Something that I wanted to try a lot more in my art is using gradients; they can do a lot to help with lighting, as well as making things a lot more interesting. I got a little bit carried away with this on, including with saturation, but I do like the effect of shading without the block colours. I think that for the bottom right character this was more effective, as the gradient doesn't make any parts of the face too dark or light to see, and you can actually notice it enough, unlike with the other two on the right hand side.
I then tried using gradients much more subtley; I feel like this image could be a lot more exciting if it at least had some shading too, or more contrasting gradients, but I do like the change in shades of pink on the hair; I feel like that is the most effective part of the image, so I'd like to try that idea out more.
I used a lot more gradients on this character, specifically the skin. It id by far more effective than the top two, although it does like somewhat airbrushed. There is some block colour shading too, but it isn't that noticeable, and maybe making that darker or more contrasting would benefit the piece. I also used a gradient on the hair after putting down a layer of block yellow. I don't usually use colours that are that different on pieces that I do but I decided to be brave after the last image, and I do like how it came out. I made sure to make all of the other highlights on her more yellow tinted, so that the lighting looks a lot more consistent.
I also tried a few more random colour effects just for the sake of it. I would probably do well to try some more ways of choosing colours, like sticking to a more limited palette, and only using different tones of the same colour. I am happy with my colouring progress so far though; the latter is much more effective than the first illustration I did, and through trying these methods I have a lot more ideas of how to improve in the future.
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