>>90315538>>90316086Sorry I took so long to reply, here's my opinion on how to improve your coloring:
Simplify your rendering. Since you are painting with flat colors, instead of picking 5 shades for each color, pick 2, 3 max. Focus on the color picks right now instead of the rendering itself.
Stop scribbling with your tones, it doesn't add texture, it just makes a mess.
Like on image 1, the artist uses two colors for skin, for the clothes, a third being used as sort of an outline, and they complement each other so well we don't even notice how simple it is at first glance. When he wants to add textures, he uses a different brush, but uses it sparingly.
Are you painting with black and adjusting the opacity for the darker tones? I am not sure you do this, but that's what it looks like to me, the colors are so boring. Try playing more with your palette, and don't use transparent brushes. Really pick a color, make the brush opaque and go for it. Avoid super saturated colors and the really dark values close to black like you have been using on your latest pages. I get it's night time, but instead of making everything super dark, change the colors to have a bluish hue or something like that.
Also try to avoid black in general, use dark reds or a dark blues, like you did on the line art for that one patreon image.
Image 2 is a page from a /hyw/ comic where the artist really only uses the base colors and highlights, but the dark red instead of black inking makes the colors pop, it's simple and pretty.
Finally image 3 is just a cool reference for serious rendering. I'd say study this stuff, but only add a more complex rendering to your comics when you are confortable with it. Don't use your comic as a sketchbook like Dewd.
