Share your color palette or finished piece!

Follow along with Victo's process to "steal" a color palette and apply it to your own sketch. To get started, choose a piece with a clear background, middle ground, and foreground, and pull it into your digital illustration program of choice.

As you work, consider:

What feeling do you want your piece to evoke?
Where did you look for color inspiration? What appeals to you about the palette you chose?
How many colors did you start with? How many did you end up with?
How are you using the principles of color to move viewers' eyes around your piece?

Whether you're gathering inspiration or you've already colored in your piece, share your progress in the project gallery. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Resources

Download the Color Vocabulary Cheat Sheet
Download Chinese translations for all lessons

Connect with Victo

Find Victo on her website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Behance

Victo's favorite tools & references

Reference books: Pattern: Kimono & Pattern: Chinese Textiles
Computer monitor hood
Color calibration tool: Datacolor Spyder5PRO
Check interactions between your colors: Color Interactor
Create & test color palettes: Adobe Color
Color palette inspiration: Color Collective
Color palettes for artists & designers: Color Hunt
How I learnt about color theories and made my best color palettes in one month (article by Sandoche Adittane)
11 Optical Illusions Found in Visual Design (article by Balraj Chana)
Optical illustrations change how we see (TED Talk by Beau Lotto)
Blending Modes Explained – The Complete Guide to Photoshop Blend Modes
Difference Between sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto – RGB and CMYK
Adobe RGB Versus sRGB Color Space – Which Should You Choose?
Website of contemporary artists mentioned in the class: Tomer Hanuka & Julia Noni

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