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| Colors Have Moods |
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| No, you read correctly. Colors have "moods." Every color there is has an effect on a character's personality is, or how a scene is describing itself to you. Think for a moment here. Ever noticed how yellow is used for happy, relaxing scenes, while red is mostly used for telling war and evil? |
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| This can be compared between characters as well. Since I'm such a large Sonic fan, I've decided to compare Sonic and Shadow (since they are slightly similar). Sonic's blue fur suggests he is a friendly and cool sort of character, while Shadow's black fur shows he is very serious and dark, yet mysterious at the same time. Two characters that share most to all of the same looks can have total different personalities, just by different colorations. |
| I will show you another example, using a ReDead (a type of zombie) (yes, they are from the Legend of Zelda... Hey, when you see those things, they stick with you the rest of your life...) |
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| Okay, so here's one of the disgusting, annoying monsters called a ReDead (honestly, they don't look this creepy in the game). Because this thing is a zombie and is half-dead after all, its body is sort of grayish or brown. Now, what do these colors tell you the ReDead is, regardless if you've ever seen one before? Evil, sickening, rotting... dead. That's good to think that, because that's what it's supposed to be! Now, what happens if you don't pay attention to a character's colors and just give it any sort of look? |
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| Here's the exact same ReDead. But now it's PINK! What sort of half-alive creature looks like this?! Does the ReDead still look disgusting? Oh, definately. Does it look as threatening in pink? Actually, it's not so easy to be sure. It looks like the thing landed in the Powerpuff Girls world... or really doesn't know how to blend in with the surroundings. |
| So when you sit there at your art desk, thinking of a new, totally awesome character, think of these things: what do they look like? How do they act towards others? Make sure you know how you want your character to be to make it effective. |
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