Twin 1 (Green Haired)
Why did I choose green? Very simply it is the dominant colour my sister wears. She wears mainly neutrals so green was meant to be the primary colour for this colour scheme. I wanted to do a mono green mainly because at the end the skin tone would shift back to a normal one making the design less mono green since the skin tones for each character are the same value of grey but in their respective colour tones. This in turn makes the mono green all that much brighter and also not so green heavy in the end.
These are the few colouring options I considered before ending on the final one. I wanted a vibrant colour scheme to make them stand out from the backgrounds and make them the true centres of the film itself. All options are good however, all have reasons to not be used in the final piece.
First colour is bold and striking. This design leans into a darker colour scheme more brooding causing for a more mysterious atmosphere to form around the character which is what I was going for. The reason I did not choose it is because the dark colour washed out the rest of the design dominating the screen making the face of the character not important anymore which is not what I wanted to achieve in the end.
The second colour scheme is far better and much closer to the end result of what I wanted. The lighter coat but darker inside insinuates a friendly but dangerous person on the inside. Pivoting the trousers to be the darkest helps balance the lighter look on the top balancing this character out. My issue is when I put this colour scheme in black and white the colours merge more at the top with the lightest colours being so close in value the face shape gets lost again this design.
In the last colour scheme to combat this I changed the inside shirt to be a little darker and the hair to sport the top to be brighter than the other way around. I also made the inside of the jacket to have the same colour as the trousers. Finally when I turn this into black and white all the colours look separated in value and with the bright hue at the top draws you to the face first than the trousers which is what I wanted to happen. The only part I changed in the end is the hue of the hair being a little less neon looking since it was a bit too sore on the eyes after a while of looking at it.
Twin 2 (Blue haired)
The same reason for why I chose green on the other character is why I chose blue on this character. I had a lot more difficulty with my own character because I used much more muted colours at the start. I wanted to have a more neutral blue to match the neutrals on the other character but when I started to explore neon options for twin 1 I decided to do it on this one too. This was an amazing discovery since neon’s worked well to make mono blue and mono green work very well on their own.
These were runner ups for the colour choices made for the twin who represents me. The first colour scheme is meant to represent innocence. Since, I want this character to be elegant and regal I chose a colour close to white as the base of the dress. This was a poor decision since it overpowered anything else. As an illustrator I should know that anything close to white will immediately take the viewers eye there since it is the lightest colour in the scene so I scrapped the first one entirely after learning this lesson once again.
I took that lesson and made the hair the lightest part of the look. I took inspiration from the dresses I referenced from Pinterest and created a turquoise but closer to blue colour scheme. This however, did not work out because everything is so close in value except the darkest and lightest value which are overlapping each other clashing and making this entire colour scheme not viable at all.
I decided to make the top part the most important part of the character so I made the hair a bright neon colour. This set the tone for the rest of the look since this last colour scheme was very close to the final look compared to the other ones. This colour scheme is still far too close in value since the tights and dress are not contrasting enough to be able to distinguish themselves from one another easily. The muted colours don’t mix well with the neon colours making the head and the rest of the design look disjointed. However, I did enjoy the look of the neon colours so I continued it out to the next design.
Overall these colour tests are far more off to what my actual l colour scheme looked like. But, because of all of this experimentation I was able to pinpoint what did worked and what didn’t very quickly. In the end this experimental ride of colour combinations worked in my favour to hone in on that overall neon colour scheme I wanted in the end.