Having impactful colours in your images can do so much for the interest, even if the quality is rough.
This is a rough illustration I did a while back.
It’s got some fun action, but the colours, contrast, and saturation are weak.
I decided to see how borrowing the colour palette from the following image by Tim McBurnie could improve my image. I paid attention to the saturation and values. I probably just used the colour picker.
This is the result of my application of that palette to the same composition.
I think it gave the impact a massive boost. I also tried to add motion blur and a bit more of a painterly quality. Now the image throbs with intensity! What happens next!?
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the before and after:
Don’t worry, he’s okay in the end 😉
