My colors are off

Another artist pointed this out to me, actually thought it couldn’t be “that” off.

Did some color calibration. (Apparently couldn’t trust my own eyes or monitors since all three were showing things differently even my cintiq. Bought an X-Rite Colormunki to keep profiles more up to date and to take my office room’s ambient lighting into consideration.)

Looking at older colors and rechecking the most recent stuff. Holy shit, the contrast, and darks are WAY darker than they should be. Smolder’s gear is almost pitch black, kitsune’s hair is almost the same and shading is far darker than intended. (that shouldn’t be the case)

Gonna have to recolor a few things. gah.

Probably a good time as any to consider getting around to actually doing ref sheets of my characters so color picking will always remain accurate / I can tell when things are a lil fucked.

(also a lil reminder for others, color calibrate your monitors often. maybe)

What’s a star dragon?

A star dragon is a type of dragon that can produce the hottest flames like that of a star.  (in this case, Smolder’s blue/white flames being the hottest. Think Blue Giant.)

It’s what people story-wise have come to refer Smolder as. (canonly – a name that was given to her as a joke by her “sibling” but stuck around.)