[IGB]

All submissions this week MUST be done with these simple rules in mind:

*Image-size of 1000 x 650-pixels: (no more, and no less, either portrait or landscape)


*Image must be done entirely in set banner colour scheme: (You can only use the three colours in the banner image colour scheme! The image file is attached for you to download.)

*Any use of textures is limited to (2): (textures can be used for anything from helping to bring about some material-contrast for your creature, or quickly adding a gritty, organic-overlay to your finished image. But whenever applying textures to an image, do so with the attitude of “less is more”...and don't use them as a mask for bad areas of your work; just put in the extra effort to make your work better!)

*Really focus on your creature concept here. ( But if you want include a background, thats fine! )


**Lastly, you can spend no more than 4-full hours on your image this week...with perhaps, just a smidgen more, so that you can include your signature on it, ok? ;)

This weeks theme is:

Deep Sea Life

Have fun!

[Wellander]

I assume we are allowed to mix, brighten and darken the colors as long as we don't add any new colors.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Wellander

I assume we are allowed to mix, brighten and darken the colors as long as we don't add any new colors.

I reckon no, mainly because mixing and editing colours makes "new" colours lol, so would defeat the object of having 3 set colours.
But maybe you can, dont go by my say

[IGB]

Hey guys.

No to mixing to make different shades, but just use those three instead. Sticking to the [very] limited palette should help you concentrate on your creatures form.

[Wellander]

gottcha. 3 it is

[Mull]

Hats off to Ian & CB for a really nice approach to these weekly challenges, top score lads

[Eclipse]

I'm gonna try this =P

what if we accidentally like... mix a color? is there a way to check?

a few ideas on preventing this

save as a gif with only 4 colors, 3 for the image, 1 for the background
do not turn on opacity pressure and keep your opacity at 100% - will prevent it from mixing

Do we get disqualified if we have GASP 4 colors in it?

if we include a background after we're done with the creature can we use more then the 3 colors? I'd probably attempt to stay restricted to the color pallete but eventually you're gonna start to lose the creatures definition because of a lack of contrast...

my 2 and a half cents

[IGB]

If you're worried about contrast that much, you could always use black or white as the backrgound if its a problem

but if you're really clever you'll be able to just use your palette of three blues :P

As for how you paint it, thats all down to how you paint yourself.

[Andrej]

No soft brushes?
No antialiased strokes?

[kbarts]

I think the 2nd and the 3rd blue are very close in value. Maybe need to be darken the 3rd.
Anyway great theme.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by kbarts

I think the 2nd and the 3rd blue are very close in value. Maybe need to be darken the 3rd.
Anyway great theme.

x2
I got no time for this anyways

[Mull]

guys, its an exercise in restricting your colour palettes to help you all understand value. You'll get slightly different shades where the brush opacity overlaps a value underneath it anyway, the emphasis is however just using them 3 colours only in a constructive way.

If you really wanted too cheat yourself and go outside of what this exercise is all about then paint your piece in grey scale then overlap a top layer with the darkest blue tone but seriously what will you have learnt from doing that ?????????????????????

[Eclipse]

yeah but I'm wondering if we can do this? 2 colors, just opacity settings

[IGB]

Check out a PS3 game called FLoW

Maybe that will help you guys if you are lacking ideas. :)

[Mull]

maybe the restrictive colour palette has them stumped Ian, perhaps leaving it either b&w, all colour or 3 different shades for the next weeks challenge?