Hergé on colouring
With few exceptions, the colors are applied in flat areas, that is to say, without taking into account either the shadows or gradients.
This gives, in my opinion, more “clarity” to the drawings and also, I think, more freshness. I also believe that the concepts of shadows and Chiaroscuro (light-dark) are conventions. I prefer to side with solid colors, which has the merit of simplicity and readability.
For a child, for example, the Tintin sweater is blue, completely blue. Why would it be light blue on one side (the side in the light) and dark blue on the other? It’s the same sweater, right?”
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