Artists see the world differently than others. One of the main things I notice as an artist is color. Now, being self-taught, I've always drawn in black and white; I've never really experimented with color in traditional art (I've done some digital paintings before.) To teach myself more about colors and combinations of them, I watch a lot of cartoons and animations on the internet, being an animation major. In all the cartoons I've watched throughout the years, there are two shows that use color, and those are Steven Universe and Rick and Morty.
Steven Universe has beautiful color direction. Most backgrounds on the show are within the same three color pallets. I personally prefer the backgrounds with softer colors, such as this pink one.
And the Strawberry Battlefield, shaded with several shades of purple.
One of the most notable qualities of the backgrounds of Steven Universe are the direction of the clouds. Although they do not necessarily pertain to the subject of color, they are always pointing to the right. Of course, they are also shaded to fit the mood of the scene.
The other show that I am an avid fan of is Rick and Morty. Rick and Morty's art style is completely different from that of Steven Universe. I chose them because of that reason. The backgrounds and colors of this show are especially bright and wild and usually do not stick to a color pallet. For example:
The colors are all over the place in this show. Each color is completely contrasted from the others, giving it that "Rick and Morty feel." Here is another example of exaggerated color use.
The colors are of that on a rainbow. I think the contrasting art styles of these shows is what makes them so charming to me. They each have their own unique style and catch the viewer's eye to keep things interesting.
