YOUR COLORS ARE SO VIBRANT EEEE!!! HOW DID YOU DO THAT ON PAPER?? ITS AMAZING!!!!!

YOUR COLORS ARE SO VIBRANT EEEE!!! HOW DID YOU DO THAT ON PAPER?? ITS AMAZING!!!!!

TYSM!!!! 🙏💕 I’ll do my best to explain!

Okie, so this is how my drawings look before I do anything to them. Depending on the lighting of the room, the color(s) might already pop well enough.

Next, I decrease the contrast. You can go all the way back to -100, but usually I go to about -70 or less. It varies from drawing to drawing and really just depends on what looks best to you. I also like it because any pencil/eraser marks don’t stick out as badly.

After that, I adjust the brightness and black point until they look right to me.

By then, the colors will probably be vibrant enough to where increasing the saturation won’t be necessary, but I say go for it if you want. I like to go up a smidge myself.

Lastly, I slap a filter I like best over the drawing (“Vivid” for the iPhone is my go-to).

And here’s the result! I hope this was helpful. :>

My Stone Ocean OC, Sheena!

Her name is a reference to the Ramones’ song “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker”, and her design is partially inspired by Joan Jett.

My Stone Ocean OC, Sheena!

Her name is a reference to the Ramones’ song “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker”, and her design is partially inspired by Joan Jett.

Btw I haven’t forgotten about y’all’s suggestions! My Apple pencil has been missing and I have to borrow someone else’s tablet to do digital art for now. I’m sorry that it’s taking so long.

I see lots of "let people enjoy things" in fandom but no "it's not the end of the world if people don't like this thing you like, chill out" which is a shame I think fandom could benefit a lot more from the latter than the former