John Kricfalusi’s Colour Theories
John K, of Ren and Stimpy and Spumco fame, is currently doing a very interesting series on his colours theories on his blog. Although he’s talking about colour in cartoons, the information could easily be applied to most artistic mediums.
UPDATE: He’s also now posting some great stuff from early Hanna Barbera colour stylist and background painter, Art Lozzi.
Colour Theories for Cartoons
- Garish versus Warm
- Pee and Poo colors versus Colorful Greys
- Look at the sky before you paint a sunset
- What’s wrong with these pictures?
- Good color without a lot of money – Art Lozzi at Hanna Barbera
- Does cost equal quality?
- Will It Ever End?
- Eye relief
- Steal from anime if you can’t think of anything yourself
- Neutral or natural colours
- Art Lozzi: Early days at Hanna Barbera
- Colour and Background painting reference: Old Golden Books
- Art Lozzi: Bob Gentle and Skeeter Trouble
- Art Lozzi: Scooter Looter, Paint Technique, BG Painting
- Art Lozzi explains some technique
- Color isolated from detailed technique: Yogi Bear ‘High Fly Guy’
- Art Lozzi: Hanna Barbera starts to standardise
Antikewl Daily / John Kricfalusi on Composition in Cartoons November 25th, 2006 1:16 pm
[…] Following his lessons on cartoon colour theory John has started a series on composition. I’ll readily admit that I don’t always agree with every word the guy says on his blog but, once again, these lessons are a treat. Again, many of these lessons can easily be applied to other mediums, such as film, television and illustration. […]
John Kricfalusi’s Colour Theories July 18th, 2011 1:21 pm
[…] the following is from http://antikewl.com/daily/2006/10/30/john-kricfalusis-colour-theories/. Thank you Trevor May for posting this, great […]