Pixel Painting Series Tutorial 6: Color Transition – Production Example

Pixel Painting Series Tutorial 6: Color Transition To understand and use color, you must master the principles and methods of color summary and arrangement, the most important of which is to master the properties of color. The use of color in pixel art certainly follows this rule, but we will not analyze these cumbersome issues here. After all, this is just a tutorial on pixel painting. If you want to go deeper into these issues, you can find some articles about color brightness, hue, chroma, color mixing, color contrast, color matching, etc. to read.
Regarding the use of color in pixel paintings, we can roughly understand it as: the solid color filling of the plane, the transition of intermediate colors, and the establishment of the relationship between color light and dark. There is nothing tricky about filling the plane with a solid color, as long as you have enough patience. Therefore, this chapter focuses on learning the color transition rules of pixel paintings.
One of the color transition methods in pixel art, uniform transition

Arrange the colors from dark to light or light to dark in the same color system to achieve a uniform gradient effect. This transition method is commonly used in small-scale pixel painting. As shown in the picture:

Pixel painting color transition method two , Two-color transition

Based on the dense arrangement of one of the color points, a transition effect is produced. This transition method is more commonly used in plane drawing. Because these points are drawn with regularity, you can use the copy and paste function at this time, which will greatly improve your work efficiency. As shown in the picture:

　

Pixel painting color transition method three, cylinder transition

Gradient transition of multiple colors in the same color system, so as to achieve A three-dimensional feeling. This transition method is suitable for coloring cylindrical objects. As shown in the picture:

　

The fourth pixel painting color transition method, dot gradient transition

Another plane transition method, in one color On the basis of overlaying the grid, the drawn objects have natural transitions and full colors, but it is more difficult and difficult to master. As shown in the picture: