Tones give volume to image

Tones give volume to image.

As you notice can see the different between superman and flash, superman stands out more than flash has it has been tone down. Superman also gives a 3D effect to the image.

When the artist is working a flat, two-dimensional surface, as in drawing and painting, in order to create three-dimensional, rounded or projecting objects, he or she must rely on illusion alone (more on 2-D and 3-D later). In other words, the 2-D artist must learn to “fake it.” A circle is rendered into a ball by using smooth, TRANSITIONAL values, gently moving from dark to light, whereas a box needs ABRUPT value changes to show that the light is different around its corners, top, and the side facing the viewer. BROKEN values are what cause us to see texture in a drawing, painting or print. Looking closely at a rendering of crumpled paper, you can see many little abrupt changes in value which, when you move back from the artwork, blend to become the subject matter. Generally, lighter values appear to be “closer” to the viewer, and darker values tend to “recede” from the viewer. All of these characteristics of value help the artist create illusions of space in two-dimensional works of art.

Some pictures that have been toned by Agus Suwage.

Agus Suwage
Brobak Suck Therefore I Am, 2004
Oil on Canvas

Agus Suwage

Cindera Mata A La Indonesia (Souvenir from Indonesia),
1996 Mixed Media

Agus Suwage

I Lick, 2004 

Oil on Canvas

As you can see all these three images have been toned, the artists have use tone in his artwork as he wanted to give an importance on the colored object. In all three images the artist is trying to express his emotion in a different way. It gives you the feel that these emotions are very important to him. The artist normally uses himself in most of his artwork and loves to express his own feelings or emotion to the public. 

The artist is born in 1959; Agus Suwage (pronounced soo-AH-gay) is one of Indonesia’s most visible contemporary artists. His New York solo debut at Tyler Rollins Fine Art in 2011 was death-saturated, filled with images of skeletons, though its tone was far from downbeat. Mr. Suwage, who began his career as graphic designer in the city of Jogjakarta, where he lives and works, made a brash, antic thing of mortality: a skull in one oil-on-zinc painting had Mickey Mouse ears; another got a kiss on the mouth from the artist himself.

Why Is Tone Important To Art Work ?

Why is tone Important to art work ?

When the artist is working a flat, two-dimensional surface, as in drawing and painting, in order to create three-dimensional, rounded or projecting objects, he or she must rely on illusion alone (more on 2-D and 3-D later). In other words, the 2-D artist must learn to “fake it.” A circle is rendered into a ball by using smooth, Transitional values, gently moving from dark to light, whereas a box needs abrupt value changes to show that the light is different around its corners, top, and the side facing the viewer. Broken values are what cause us to see texture in a drawing, painting or print. Looking closely at a rendering of crumpled paper, you can see many little abrupt changes in value which, when you move back from the artwork, blend to become the subject matter. Generally, lighter values appear to be “closer” to the viewer, and darker values tend to “recede” from the viewer. All of these characteristics of value help the artist create illusions of space in two-dimensional works of art.

Tone dark to light

Tints, Tones and Shades: These terms are often used inappropriately but they describe fairly simple color concepts. The important thing to remember is how the color varies from its original hue. If white is added to a color, the lighter version is called a "tint". If the color is made darker by adding black, the result is called a "shade". And if gray is added, each gradation gives you a different "tone."

Similar values distributed in patterns throughout a work of art can lead the viewer’s eyes around the piece to receive the message the artist intended to send. Thus value is an important compositional device, but values can be used to create the illusion of space as well.

Being “0” the lightest and “5” the darkest.