[Art] Azhure's raven banner.

[moonvoice]

I loooooove the colours in this. There's tricks to getting red/purple right, I think. Which usually involves staying away from very blue-based purples and sticking with violets and mauves, and staying away from too many orange-based reds and sticking with blue-based reds.

Raaaavens are fun to draw.

Comments

[silverjackal]

Non-artist that I am I wasn't aware that there were blue-based reds. This probably explains why I like some red and not others. (I don't particularly care for orange/yellow, but i really like blue a lot.)

The art, of course, is amazing. :)

[outlineofash]

Beautiful. The subtle blend of colors in the raven's feathers is amazing.

[moonvoice]

Blue-based reds fall in the alizarin family. And orange/yellow based reds fall in the vermillion family.

Alizarin is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alizarin_crimson_%28color%29

But if you scroll down, you can see some of the other reds as well.

It's also true of blues (cool and warm blue), yellows, and blacks (red-based black, green or blue and so on). What can make disparate colours compatible is sometimes the root colours behind a specific shade.

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

[silverjackal]

Thank you! That actually clarifies a great deal for me about what colours I like vs. which I shades I don't particularly care for.

[ariestess]

zOMG! This is gorgeous! WANT!

[darakat]

The purple/red works very well! I like this a lot.... (can't wait till he can afford to commission something).

[shimmerhawk]

I don't have words to describe how much I love the colors in this too. Great work!

[starstrider]

I really love the washes in the background, and the subtle colors in the raven and feather. I tend to really dislike the orange and yellow based reds unless the rest of the color scheme really makes them work. I'm not really a red person anyway, but that burgundy/alizarin crimson color by the top right corner is one of my favorite colors. =)

[amethystfirefly]

That's gorgeous! It's a color combination I wasn't expecting for whatever reason, though.

[aries_ascendant]

"Raaaavens are fun to draw"

Raaaavens are fun to look at. I heart them. :)

[eldriwolf]

***WOW !***
It is even better with the colour

[azhure]

Eeeee!

And I've only just realised the similarity in colour scheme to the raven totem in my icon :)

[bunny_m]

Ravens are fun!

[mirrorred_star]

I love the colours. Absolutely. And I like the psuedo irridescence with the purples and greens and insane colours.

[nachtrabe]

Oh that's lovely. I particularly like how you've captured the colors on the Raven.