"No! Skin isn't light blue...and hair isn't just shades of blue either...you should have brown for brown hair, and skin tones for skin colors."
"He's got a big green splotch on his face, you might want to check that out..."
"Yeah, way too much green, red, and yellow on the face....and the white streaks you've got, hurt to look at---what, is he wearing a stripe suit or something?"
I donno, guess Picasso, Dali, and Van Gogh really didn't know much about art...
Color choice doesn't have to be based on a mirror-like mentality. It can, but it doesn't have to be. So, for one, color choice can be a mood/emotion thing. And so if you are going for this, I think Adarias has succeeded quite well: The original colors definately portray a b-movie, 70's-film-quality feel to them, and does so enviously within the color restraints.
And arguably, I think every color of light is hitting the object anyways...so when you see an apple, there really is blue and green, not just shades of red.
i could proof read this and put in big words to make me sound more credible, but i'm just not in the mood right now...But as for critiques and such:
-I think the idea is good....broccolifro's a new concept for me.
-It's not really a color thing...well it sort of is: it's rather inconstant in value, and what I mean by that is that the pants go way dark, whereas the fold of the fro and branches and stuff really don't go as in depth. It's an emphasis thing really; what do you want us to see more? Otherwise it's a preference thing I guess...
-The lighting on the bat seems iffy, but almost necessary I guess... Because if you look how you've shaded the rest of the figure, it is really a front-left thing, but the light on the bat is all from the right...up to you I suppose.
-Lastly, the part dangling from the bandanna really, really lacks readability. Upside down sponge bob? I really can't decipher what it is...
(I'm going from the first version by the way...
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But, over all, nice work