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BW to Colour

Square


Double-Split Complementary



Triad

Artist Statement:

For this project, I tried to use three different colour schemes for each version to have some variation. To colour the pieces I used the brush tool on Photoshop and used the eyedropper tool for each colour from the palettes I created on color.adobe.com. I used the colour replacement tool to change some colours on the different pieces as manually doing it would not make my pieces look harmonious and play around with the composition. 

For the first one, I chose the square colour scheme and tried to make it aesthetically pleasing by choosing a nice skin colour tone and making my hair a purple colour so it stands out from my skin. I tested out different colours on different parts of the picture but settled on the way it looks in that piece because it looked the best in my opinion. 

For the second one, I chose blue as my main colour and did a double-split complementary colour scheme. I wanted to play around with the colour combo of blue and orange along with some green to bring in a different mood for the piece. I made it look more fantastical with blue hair and green background and matched my lip colour to my hair.

For the last one, I chose to make pink my main colour as I really like pink and wanted to try out the triad colour scheme. I like the way the pink and blue have darker versions of them as well to help with contrast. For this, I could have used darker shades for shading but I wanted to play around with the colours and make it non-realistic.


 

Comments

  1. Zara in the MomentApril 25, 2023 at 12:11 PM

    I really enjoyed going through your website because of how much the theme matches your personality. I clicked on this BW to Color project because I thought you had done a great job; I struggled a lot with this project and was perhaps maybe the worst one I had done. However, I think that yours is great: the tones, color choice. If I had to give you a small critique it would be that I would recommend a photo of you standing just so that the audience can see you more clearly.

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  2. Tony GalindoApril 26, 2023 at 4:38 PM

    Your colors turned out great in the Black and White to Color assignment. It looks so natural, and the opacity was done to a T! Mine assignment looked really blocky, but I should have been sitting next to you because maybe I would have learned better!

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