How Great Artists Use Simple Flat Color

Check out my Free Line and Color Quick Start Guide: https://www.thedrawingcodex.com/quick... You will learn how to develop a simple reliable process in Photoshop. You also get all the brushes and PSDs that I use in the guide (the same ones I use for most of my illustrations). --- It is easy to chase rendering and shading, but there is a lot of power in simple flat line and color work. In this study session, I flip through some of the art books that always bring me back to the elegance of flatness and remind me that the real keys to making images work are design, composition, and storytelling, not rendering. We look at work from Tatsuya Yoshikawa (Breath of Fire), Akiman/Akira Yasuda (Turn A Gundam), Krassinsky (Franco-Belgian comics), and Moebius (Jean Giraud) to understand why you probably do not need anything else beyond great line and color. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:56 Welcome 1:59 Tatsuya Yoshikawa - Breath of Fire 5:59 Akiman (Akira Yasuda) - Turn A Gundam 8:19 Krassinsky - Franco-Belgian Flat Color 12:49 Moebius (Jean Giraud) - Ground Plane Mastery 17:41 Summary and Takeaways 18:32 Check This Out BOOKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED: Breath of Fire Official Design Works by Tatsuya Yoshikawa Yasuda Akira ∀ Gundam Designs by Akira Yasuda (Akiman) Le Singe qui aimait les fleurs by Krassinsky, color by Laetitia Schwendimann (Dargaud, 2007) The World of Edena by Moebius PEOPLE MENTIONED: Tatsuya Yoshikawa (Breath of Fire artist) Akiman / Akira Yasuda (Capcom artist, Turn A Gundam designs) Sid Mead (industrial designer, Turn A Gundam mech) Krassinsky (Franco-Belgian comic artist) Laetitia Schwendimann (colorist, Le Singe qui aimait les fleurs) Moebius / Jean Giraud (French comic artist) Happy Drawing! Where To Find More About Tim Mcburnie: Learn Drawing and Illustration at The Drawing Codex: www.thedrawingcodex.com Take Your Career and Productivity To The Next Level: www.mightyartisan.com The Drawing Codex Youtube Channel:    / @thedrawingcodex   Mighty Artisan Youtube Channel:    / @mightyartisan   Portfolio: www.timmcburnie.com www.artstation.com/tim-mcburnie www.instagram.com/timmcburnie x.com/timmcburnie