guides Color theory - less is more

I've seen a lot of fugly characters going around the world and this came up on reddit so I thought I'd post about it here as well.
Reading through the DOTA 2 guide and seeing their examples, I took the "less is more" approach to my character and shied away from the typical white/gold/black/grays (which I used a lot before this). Of course, you're limited based on what dyes you have but this is where you can get creative. Also, dyes can be pretty cheap on the Trade Post, aside from rare dyes which can be 1g and up.

Resources

• Theory:
  • DOTA 2 Character Art Guide (pdf)

• Tools:
  • Adobe Kuler (highly recommended)
    • Kuler tutorial
  • Color Scheme Designer
  • Color Combos

The result for my character was:



I used three colors; 'Blue Shade' was my primary color, secondary color was 'White', and to accent my helmet to make things stand out a bit more I used 'Strawberry'.
The 'Blue Shade' is a Natural Metallic finish which I chose for the metal bits on my armor, otherwise I went with a matte 'White'. I was a bit limited on my Red dyes but I thought 'Strawberry' was the most vibrant shade I had that stood out the most. It doesn't have a metallic finish but I'm ok with that.

quote tekmosis

I've seen a lot of fugly characters going around the world and this came up on reddit so I thought I'd post about it here as well.
Reading through the DOTA 2 guide and seeing their examples, I took the "less is more" approach to my character and shied away from the typical white/gold/black/grays (which I used a lot before this). Of course, you're limited based on what dyes you have but this is where you can get creative. Also, dyes can be pretty cheap on the Trade Post, aside from rare dyes which can be 1g and up.

Resources

• Theory:
  • DOTA 2 Character Art Guide (pdf)

• Tools:
  • Adobe Kuler (highly recommended)
    • Kuler tutorial
  • Color Scheme Designer
  • Color Combos

The result for my character was:



I used three colors; 'Blue Shade' was my primary color, secondary color was 'White', and to accent my helmet to make things stand out a bit more I used 'Strawberry'.
The 'Blue Shade' is a Natural Metallic finish which I chose for the metal bits on my armor, otherwise I went with a matte 'White'. I was a bit limited on my Red dyes but I thought 'Strawberry' was the most vibrant shade I had that stood out the most. It doesn't have a metallic finish but I'm ok with that.

wow looking nice!

strange question how do hide you UI i think its called also im hoping to do a simlar thing of my ranger if i can ever a bow that doesnt look boring

quote Flame Phoenix

Speaking of colors in this game.

I have like 50 dyes. If anyone is looking for any kind of dye feel free to ask me.
I am on the Sanctum of Rall server. Meliza.8970.

My husband has got the Abyss dye. I have received White dye and Mightnight fire dye. I think that's what the last one is anyways.

Anyways you look pretty cool!

what colour do reccomend the for a norn ranger also is there a way to change ur race? for example my norn rangers looks ugly id like to change to the tree people.

quote Flame Phoenix

I have antiqued gold and green for my ranger. But I often like to switch it up. It really depends on what you like and what you think looks awesome. Also on what your ranger looks like. What level are you?

nearly level 65 (male norn looks really bunch which is okay if your a warrior or melle class hes got a weedly littel shortbow looks so odd.)

im considering switching my norm ranger to Sylvari if its at all possible? thou

quote Flame Phoenix

Oh yeah. If you were lower level I would suggest making a new ranger. I don't think you can switch races. :/

im currently have a level 14 guardian which im turning into a tank all defence and hp . which will be my cool looking class i think now . i level my ranger to 80 and then use it for pvp and use as a bank for my other chars. while i level my guardian to 80 .

ill post a pic of ranger you can see how bad it looks and how good my guardian looks in comparsion only at level 14

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quote tekmosis

quote bronze0800

strange question how do hide you UI i think its called also im hoping to do a simlar thing of my ranger if i can ever a bow that doesnt look boring

I think you got it based on your latest screenshots but it's Ctrl+Shift+H to hide it, or just Shift+Prt Scrn

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At 75 now with new armor, changed color scheme to gold/white/steel

personally i think thats looks kinda horrible but what ever floats your boat (:

quote Lorx

I always try to only have one stand-out color, over a backdrop of something very dark. Which I guess is the "less is more" mentality. Too many colors always makes things look...jumbled and chaotic.

im testing out red steel and light blue ill post a pic later

basic pic gonan find some nice area pic now



nice area pic slight chance of colour