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His bottom line "when you find #000000 in your color picker, ask yourself if you really want pure black. You’re probably better off with something more natural.
by mudita 6y ago
His bottom line "when you find #000000 in your color picker, ask yourself if you really want pure black. You’re probably better off with something more natural. And if you’re feeling adventurous, try staying away from the left edge of the color picker altogether" is much less radical than his title "never use black".
I think this more subtle statement is fair advice to beginners in design, who might sometimes make an unreflected choice of black or not be aware that shadows aren't just black.
So in my opinion it's probably bad advice for more experienced artists like you, but it might be very helpful advice for somebody else.
- hairofadog 6y agoGreat minds, etc.
- a1369209993 6y ago> His bottom line "[...] You're probably better off with something more natural. [...]" The point is that this is false. In the vast majority of cases, you are not doing purely non-functional visual artwork, usability matters, and naturalness (or pretentions thereof) is undesireable.
- Broken_Hippo 6y agoIt isn't helpful, though. It creates false rules for folks, and his conclusion is false. It doesn't take long to explain where such rules came from and the effect they have. He's just parroting an "art rule" that isn't and then explaining some of his own process while acting like it is a hard-and-fast rule. I should mention that this "art rule" is the most commonly repeated "art rule" that folks repeat. I've had this conversation before. (Seriously, I'm sitting here from the side of helping others people do art when they are a beginner, and have for some years. I've taught a weekend art class for children and have been making art since I was young - I started oil painting before I was 10. I'm over 40 now).