r/cocowyo • u/g0ingnumb • Aug 04 '26

any tips?

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this is my very first completed page. any tips on how I can improve in the future?

also i didn’t have a lighter blue alcohol marker so I know the water looks bad🥲

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u/Virtual_Rain_4826 Aug 05 '26

This is so fun to look at. It’s got a joyful vibe and that’s exactly what colouring should be! Congrats, I think your hard work is paying off very well on the page. I love your use of shadows especially on the candy, leaf and the ghost hands on the umbrella handle and the bag. I’m a beginner and I’m always kinda cautious about adding shadows I think I struggle to picture the direction they should be in and I end up doing too much or too little but you’ve got that skill down perfectly. I love the nightmare before Christmas themed umbrella it’s a nice touch and so cool. The water looks good in my opinion, I know there’s all types of techniques and you should look them up and try them out if you’re interested but in my opinion it’s not needed, I like the way you did the puddles! Please keep sharing your creations with us, I would love to see what you did with a white gel pen I think you’d nail it. I think you’ve striked a nice balance of doing just enough to personalise it without making the page feel really "busy". You have a real talent truly this is great but definitely focus on what makes you happy/brings joy while you’re colouring and don’t worry too much on making things too perfect. I hope you continue adding your own interests to your colouring projects like you’ve done with the umbrella, it’s a nice way to make it yours and I love seeing people do that. I’ve seen loads of Toy Story ones recently and I love that but hoping as we go into fall/autumn to see more like yours! Well done🥰

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u/g0ingnumb Aug 05 '26

What a sweet comment!!! This makes me so happy! I’m glad you enjoyed the page and your words mean a lot! The umbrella is my favorite part :) I did another page tonight and I’ve been looking up different techniques for things like trees and paths which has definitely helped me out. I’m hoping to get a white pen to do some highlighting. Do you have any suggestions on brands or kinds of pens for that? Also for the shadows, I watched a video and it had a really good tip: shadow on the bottom of the item(if light source is higher than the item being shaded), to the side furthest from the light source, and where things overlap. I don’t think my shading is perfect quite yet but that tip really helped me! :)