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    Colors that tell stories: the psychology of color in illustration
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    Colors that tell stories: the psychology of color in illustration

    1. Introduction 2. The same character can convey gentleness or danger just by changing the color of his clothes. Color is not only aesthetics: it is a silent language that communicates emotions and deep meanings. Color psychology studies how tones influence our perception and emotions, and in the world of illustration it becomes an essential tool to give life to characters and scenarios. Have you ever wondered why an illustration immediately calms you down or, on the contrary, instantly transmits tension? The answer usually lies in the choice of color.

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    • Kelly Kessels-Aerdts Kelly Kessels-Aerdts @kellykesselsaerdts Venlo, Netherlands
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        Sarah Stokes Sarah Stokes @sarah_stokes Gallery representation outside of U.K. Upper Arley, United Kingdom
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        • Watercolor Painting
        • 👀 Tune into our Q&A session with Sarah and Katarzyna! . Watercolor Painting project by Sarah Stokes - 07.18.2025
        • 🥳Free video of a watercolour Stag painted in CMYK . Watercolor Painting project by Sarah Stokes - 07.08.2025
        • Free Live Instagram Feed Capturing Light . Watercolor Painting project by Sarah Stokes - 07.01.2025
        • Expressive watercolour Squirrel . Watercolor Painting project by Sarah Stokes - 02.23.2025
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        Gabriela Niko Gabriela Niko @gabrielaniko Freelance Artist Kraków, Poland
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        • “50 Common Mistakes in Portrait Drawing” – educational e-book. Drawing project by Gabriela Niko - 06.16.2025
        • My Custom, Traditional Brush Set Created in Collaboration with Craftamo – Brush and Packaging Design. Industrial Design, and Packaging project by Gabriela Niko - 06.13.2024
        • Wednesday - Fan Art Portraits . Sketchbook, Colored Pencil Drawing, Sketching, and Portrait Drawing project by Gabriela Niko - 12.13.2022
        • My project for course: Vibrant Portrait Drawing with Colored Pencils. Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Sketchbook, and Colored Pencil Drawing project by Gabriela Niko - 10.11.2022
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        Julie Mellan Julie Mellan @julie_mellan Lyon, France
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          • L'année du tigre. Traditional illustration, Children's Illustration, and Watercolor Painting project by Julie Mellan - 03.07.2022
          • The Festival of Lights. Traditional illustration, Children's Illustration, and Watercolor Painting project by Julie Mellan - 12.22.2020
          • Bedtime Story. Traditional illustration, Children's Illustration, and Watercolor Painting project by Julie Mellan - 03.04.2022
          • Promener sa tortue. Traditional illustration, Children's Illustration, and Watercolor Painting project by Julie Mellan - 03.04.2022
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          Laura McKendry Laura McKendry @laura_mckendry Artist-Illustrator: Natural World London, United Kingdom
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          • Ravens. Traditional illustration, Fine Arts, Painting, Creativit, Sketchbook, Ink Illustration, and Naturalistic Illustration project by Laura McKendry - 10.03.2021
          • Oxen. Traditional illustration, Fine Arts, Painting, Sketching, Creativit, Drawing, Watercolor Painting, Artistic Drawing, Sketchbook, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, and Gouache Painting project by Laura McKendry - 07.09.2021
          • Coastal Birds. Traditional illustration project by Laura McKendry - 06.28.2014
          • Shearwater birds. Traditional illustration project by Laura McKendry - 06.28.2020
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          Marco Mazzoni Marco Mazzoni @marcomazzoniart Voghera, Italy
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            • Graphite Drawings. Artistic Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, and Portrait Drawing project by Marco Mazzoni - 01.20.2021
            • Final  project of my course. Artistic Drawing project by Marco Mazzoni - 04.28.2020
            • 1 moleskine sketchbook + 23 bic pens. Traditional illustration project by Marco Mazzoni - 02.04.2020
            • Contemporary Bestiary. Artistic Drawing, and Traditional illustration project by Marco Mazzoni - 02.04.2020
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            Alicia Aradilla Alicia Aradilla @a_aradilla Madrid, Spain
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            • My Course Project: Watercolor Travel Notebook. Traditional illustration project by Alicia Aradilla - 02.05.2021
            • Kaiku jurado de concurso. Traditional illustration project by Alicia Aradilla - 07.06.2020
            • Libro Sevilla Acuarelas de Viaje. Traditional illustration project by Alicia Aradilla - 10.03.2020
            • HP Creadores. Traditional illustration project by Alicia Aradilla - 10.08.2020
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            Felix Scheinberger Felix Scheinberger @scheinberger Illustrator and Professor for Illustration Berlin, Germany
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              • some of my books. Sketchbook project by Felix Scheinberger - 07.30.2020
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              Maddy Bellwoar Maddy Bellwoar @maddybellwoar Amsterdam, Netherlands
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              • Witcher 3 - Gouache "Travel Sketchbook" . Traditional illustration, Gouache Painting, Painting, and Sketchbook project by Maddy Bellwoar - 04.26.2022
              • Gouache-style Digital Environment Paintings. Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration, Painting, and Naturalistic Illustration project by Maddy Bellwoar - 04.25.2022
              • Nature Sketchbook in Gouache. Traditional illustration, Painting, Gouache Painting, Naturalistic Illustration, and Sketchbook project by Maddy Bellwoar - 04.25.2022
              • QUIET - Gouache Series. Traditional illustration, Painting, Gouache Painting, Naturalistic Illustration, and Fine Arts project by Maddy Bellwoar - 04.25.2022
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              Ella Nitters Ella Nitters @ella_nitters Medical & Scientific Illustrator Rotterdam, Netherlands
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              • Hip Joint. Traditional illustration, Realistic Drawing, Pencil Drawing, and Naturalistic Illustration project by Ella Nitters - 09.21.2022
              • Musculoskeletal System of the Lion. Traditional illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Realistic Drawing, and Pencil Drawing project by Ella Nitters - 09.21.2022
              • Bones of the Foot . Traditional illustration, Pencil Drawing, Naturalistic Illustration, and Realistic Drawing project by Ella Nitters - 09.20.2022
              • Rabbit Skull - ventral view. Traditional illustration, Pencil Drawing, and Naturalistic Illustration project by Ella Nitters - 09.20.2022
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              Urban Anna Urban Anna @urbananna Making the mundane magical! Heerenveen, Netherlands
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              • Urban Anna Sticker Book. Traditional illustration, Drawing, Painting, Watercolor Painting, and Children's Illustration project by Urban Anna - 01.04.2025
              • El Mueble magazine came with three prints of my watercolors. Traditional illustration, Architectural Illustration, Drawing, and Watercolor Painting project by Urban Anna - 09.01.2024
              • New colouring book! Urban Colouring part 2. Traditional illustration, Children's Illustration, Ink Illustration, and Watercolor Painting project by Urban Anna - 10.21.2024
              • Imaginary shop illustration for Tease Me. Architectural Illustration, Ink Illustration, Watercolor Painting, and Drawing project by Urban Anna - 05.26.2024
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              Chiara Vercesi Chiara Vercesi @chiara_vercesi Freelance Illustrator Amsterdam, Netherlands
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              • The Milaneser. Traditional illustration project by Chiara Vercesi - 05.03.2022
              • Domestic. Traditional illustration project by Chiara Vercesi - 07.01.2022
              • Hope in Crisis - The opioids epidemic, W&M University. Traditional illustration project by Chiara Vercesi - 11.30.2020
              • The Urgent Need to Improve Health Equity - Scientific American. Traditional illustration project by Chiara Vercesi - 05.17.2022
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              Nastia Calaca Nastia Calaca @nastiacalaca Haarlem, Netherlands
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              • My project for course: Ceramic Character Design: Explore Color and Texture. Character Design, Arts, Crafts, Fine Arts, Sculpture, and Ceramics project by Nastia Calaca - 03.17.2022
              • Fairy-tale teapots. Ceramics, and Sculpture project by Nastia Calaca - 01.10.2022
              • Illustrated dinnerware. Ceramics, and Children's Illustration project by Nastia Calaca - 01.10.2022
              • Fantastic creatures. Sculpture, and Ceramics project by Nastia Calaca - 01.10.2022
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              Adrianus Kundert Adrianus Kundert @adrianuskundert Rotterdam, Netherlands
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              Manon Pons Manon Pons @dutch_dots Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
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              • My favorite BuJo weekly logs. Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting, Gouache Painting, Management, and Productivit project by Manon Pons - 07.29.2022
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              • April bullet journal 2022 | Tombow markers. Traditional illustration, Floral, Plant Design, Management, and Productivit project by Manon Pons - 05.02.2021
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              Alexander Steenhorst Alexander Steenhorst @thedrdraw Amsterdam, Netherlands
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                • Draw overs from my course: Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses. Drawing, and Figure Drawing project by Alexander Steenhorst - 06.26.2024
                • Sketchbook illustrations + sketch. Sketching, Sketchbook, Drawing, Figure Drawing, and Traditional illustration project by Alexander Steenhorst - 04.12.2023
                • Illustration 2019-2020. Traditional illustration, Drawing, Sketching, Sketchbook, Ink Illustration, and Artistic Drawing project by Alexander Steenhorst - 04.12.2023
                • Sketchbook study pages. Sketching, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Sketchbook, and Artistic Drawing project by Alexander Steenhorst - 04.11.2023
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                Hedof Hedof @rickb Breda, Netherlands
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                  • Raffles City Chongqing. Traditional illustration, Advertising, 3D, Interior Design, Marketing, Sculpture, and Set Design project by Hedof - 03.25.2022
                  • Native Shoes. Traditional illustration, Advertising, Design, and Set Design project by Hedof - 03.25.2022
                  • Magic Spoon Cereal. Traditional illustration, and Packaging project by Hedof - 03.17.2022
                  • Youtube Studio. Design, Traditional illustration, Br, ing, Identit, UX / UI, Editorial Design & Information Design project by Hedof - 03.17.2022
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                  Redmer Hoekstra Redmer Hoekstra @redmer Elst, Netherlands
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                    • Stages of the final project from my course. Drawing project by Redmer Hoekstra - 02.04.2021
                    • Animal music. Drawing project by Redmer Hoekstra - 06.26.2020
                    • Several drawings . Drawing project by Redmer Hoekstra - 06.26.2020
                    • More drawings. Drawing project by Redmer Hoekstra - 06.26.2020
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                    Sarah van Dongen Sarah van Dongen @sarahvandongenillustration Amsterdam, Netherlands
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                      • AWW Magazine. Traditional illustration project by Sarah van Dongen - 01.01.2021
                      • Flow magazine. Traditional illustration project by Sarah van Dongen - 09.01.2020
                      • Adobe coloring page. Traditional illustration project by Sarah van Dongen - 05.30.2020
                      • The neighbourhood surprise . Children's Illustration project by Sarah van Dongen - 04.22.2021
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                      Laura Zalenga Laura Zalenga @laurazalenga Rotterdam, Netherlands
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                      • oasis of creativity - Adobe. Digital Photograph, and Fine-Art Photograph project by Laura Zalenga - 04.25.2019
                      • Tenerife - Photokina. Digital Photograph, and Fine-Art Photograph project by Laura Zalenga - 01.25.2020
                      • shine a light - Fujifilm + Flickr. Digital Photograph, and Fine-Art Photograph project by Laura Zalenga - 07.15.2020
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                      Patricio Ortega (Maderística) Patricio Ortega (Maderística) @maderistica Tulsa, Chile
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                      • Andrés Bar Furniture . Arts, Crafts, Design, Furniture Design, and Making project by Patricio Ortega (Maderística) - 11.03.2019
                      • Veladores en Jequitibá y Mañío. Arts, Crafts, Design, Furniture Design, and Making project by Patricio Ortega (Maderística) - 09.24.2019
                      • Proyecto María Ruiz . Arts, Crafts, Furniture Design, Making, and Product Design project by Patricio Ortega (Maderística) - 08.23.2019
                      • Mueble Audio. Arts, Crafts, Furniture Design, Making, and Product Design project by Patricio Ortega (Maderística) - 08.22.2019
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                      Polilla Tattoo Polilla Tattoo @polillatattoo Tatuadora / Diseñadora Digital Tulsa, Chile
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                      • Botanical tattoos. Tattoo Design project by Polilla Tattoo - 11.09.2020
                      • Chicas con color. Tattoo Design project by Polilla Tattoo - 05.29.2020
                      • Tatuaje Colaborativo . Tattoo Design, and Traditional illustration project by Polilla Tattoo - 07.16.2019
                      • Mujeres Galácticas.. Character Design, Traditional illustration, and Digital Illustration project by Polilla Tattoo - 07.16.2019
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                      Aniko Villalba Aniko Villalba @aniko Soy autora de libros y diarios interactivos de viajes, escritura y creatividad. Dicto talleres de escritura, tengo experiencia como editora, tengo dos blogs y me dediqué a viajar por el mundo como cronista de viajes durante 10 años. Amsterdam, Netherlands
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                      • My course project: Travel Journal: Documenting Emotions and Memories. Sketchbook, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, and Creative Writing project by Aniko Villalba - 03.08.2023
                      • Soy la ciudad que habito - Un diario para explorar tu ciudad y conocerte más. Writing, Creative Writing, and Creativit project by Aniko Villalba - 03.30.2022
                      • Mi Proyecto del curso: Gimnasio de escritura: de la hoja en blanco a la práctica cotidiana. Writing, Creativit, Stor, telling, Narrative, and Creative Writing project by Aniko Villalba - 03.04.2022
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                      Adolfo Serra Adolfo Serra @adolfoserra Ilustrador Madrid, Spain
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                      • Shelter and Wings Sheet. Traditional illustration, Art Direction, Arts, Crafts, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Painting, Collage, Creativit, Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Digital Illustration, Realistic Drawing, Artistic Drawing, Children's Illustration, Acr, lic Painting, Digital Drawing, Digital Painting, Ink Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Children's Literature, and Decorative Painting project by Adolfo Serra - 12.22.2022
                      • Libretas Notebooks Redonda Shop. Traditional illustration, Design, Art Direction, Br, ing, Identit, Arts, Crafts, Editorial Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Packaging, Painting, Product Design, Creativit, Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Digital Illustration, Watercolor Painting, Realistic Drawing, Artistic Drawing, Bookbinding, Children's Illustration, Acr, lic Painting, Creating with Kids, Digital Drawing, Digital Painting, Color Theor, Editorial Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Gouache Painting, Floral, and Plant Design project by Adolfo Serra - 12.01.2022
                      • ArticketBcn. Art Passport.. Traditional illustration, Advertising, Art Direction, Editorial Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Marketing, Painting, Sketching, Creativit, Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Poster Design, Digital Illustration, Watercolor Painting, Artistic Drawing, Children's Illustration, Digital Design, Communication, Digital Drawing, Digital Painting, Ink Illustration, Color Theor, and Editorial Illustration project by Adolfo Serra - 09.12.2022
                      • Walden. Thoreau. Traditional illustration, Art Direction, Editorial Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Creativit, Drawing, Digital Illustration, Artistic Drawing, Ink Illustration, and Editorial Illustration project by Adolfo Serra - 02.09.2022
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                      Ana Victoria Calderon Ana Victoria Calderon @anavictoriana Artista Mexico City, Mexico
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                      • Traditional illustration
                      • Join me for a Watercolor Retreat in Greece! Spring 2025. Events, Education, and Painting project by Ana Victoria Calderon - 09.16.2024
                      • Portugal Watercolor Retreat 2024. Events, Education, Fine Arts, L, scape Architecture, and Painting project by Ana Victoria Calderon - 07.05.2023
                      • Magic Jungle Book: Un manual para desarrollar el espíritu creativo. Writing, Editorial Design, Fine Arts, Creative Writing, and Creativit project by Ana Victoria Calderon - 05.26.2023
                      • Magic Jungle 2023 / English & Español!. Events, Creative Consulting, Education, and Fine Arts project by Ana Victoria Calderon - 10.05.2022
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                      Paulina Maciel · Canela Paulina Maciel · Canela @pau_maciel Diseñadora, Ilustradora, watercolor painter Guadalajara, Mexico
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                      • LOVE GROWS IN NATURE. Traditional illustration, Botanical Illustration, Watercolor Painting, and Advertising project by Paulina Maciel · Canela - 11.08.2020
                      • DIARIES - MY INSECTS. Traditional illustration, and Watercolor Painting project by Paulina Maciel · Canela - 10.04.2019
                      • NATURAL HISTORY. Traditional illustration, and Watercolor Painting project by Paulina Maciel · Canela - 10.04.2019
                      • ALARE LABS . Design, and Traditional illustration project by Paulina Maciel · Canela - 10.04.2019
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                      Albert Kiefer Albert Kiefer @housesketcher Creating Magic With Pictures Venlo, Netherlands
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                      • Series of house sketches done in Januari '23. Traditional illustration project by Albert Kiefer - 05.01.2023
                      • 120 Years of Harley-Davidson. Traditional illustration project by Albert Kiefer - 09.10.2022
                      • Some recent sketches.... Traditional illustration project by Albert Kiefer - 06.08.2022
                      • Venlose Vrind. Traditional illustration project by Albert Kiefer - 03.24.2022
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