In this final stage of this tutorial, we'll take the flat colored version of our Superman/Doomsday design (part 2) and bring it to life and add depth of field by adding highlights and shadows.
You can see how the reflected light from the fires on the characters, along with the shadows on the side facing away from the flames, serves to give them a feeling of weight and 3 dimensions (verses the flat colors).
Another long time colorist tool is the intensity of color. Notice the colors and outlines in foreground debris stands out from the characters, adding depth to the scene. Along those same lines, on the debris behind the characters I went with even lighter colors and outlines less intense, to pull those items back in the scene from the characters...adding even more depth of field. So in essence, what I've tried to do is create a foreground, middle ground and background through the intensity of color.
So there you have it! I hope this is helpful information.
For those of you interested, this print design and so many others, are now available for purchase at my new website: BobTheArtist.com ....which should go live sometime today (if you get directed to headpress.info, try again later, as that means bugs are still being worked out).
R.J. Luedke
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