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Prometheus · member Member # Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 74

Hi , So I finished my sketch , and it looks great when I draw it in pencil . But then I tried colloring it like Sijun explains on his site , but damn , that totally doesn't work , anyone has some advice how to get started with this ? And perhaps give me some courage and tell me how long it took you before you had a good looking collored version

Thanks

Dives · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2000 7:30 am

how about posting the picture?
kinda hard to say without the picture.

Prometheus · member Member # Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 74

Well , it looks like shit

Prometheus · member Member # Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 74

http://www.planetfortress.com/catacombs/resume/work/large/1.jpg

Well it looks like this guys' picture . The red shirt , you see , has no details and stuff , well my whole character is like that , so what could I do ?

Prometheus · member Member # Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 74

well anybody knows ? I really need help , I wanne be able to color my picture :-)

Dryfire · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2000 2:26 pm

Go easy on the airbrush, try and start off with some hard paintbrush i know its a lot easier to make it blurred afterward than it is to make it sharper, yes that means you have to re-color it, i find its impossible to do other wise. Yet again, u don't even have to listen to me, since i such myself hehehe look back in some posts about the 5 year old and look what kind of brushes i used on myh pic

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coconutmonkey · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2000 2:40 pm

Here's a decent way of coloring a picture. I use it for making skins for 3d models but i dont see why it wouldnt work on pictures.
I created my layer with my sketch and made it a layer set on Soft Light at 45% opacity. Then underneath that I put a normal layer and do solid colors in there. Then I created 2 more layers one set to multiply then one on Dodge. Do your dark shading with an airbrush in the multiply layer and do your highlights with a white air brush in the dodge layer. I go back and add fine detail in a layer above the color layer set on Hard Light, with black and white air brushes. Well....that's my technique if you wanna see a skin i've done with it I'll post one.

ArMaDoN · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2000 4:05 pm

mmmm try this ... go mad on the pic... make a backup of the pic somewhere and play around with a copy. you can never go wrong this way . play with the layers and go mad... try to use the airbrush on little opacity at first and the paintbrush it works the best when you have tried the rest ehhehe

or then again i maybe wrong. keep on drawing

Isric · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2000 4:09 pm

If you find parts of tutorials that don't work, use the parts that do. your technique is part of your style.

With your picture: I noticed that on the face, it looks like you're shading the lines on the face, and not coloring it as though it were real. I know its a cartoon, but it will look good.
Everything else was pretty much stated. use hard brushes, don't use filters (ever, unless absolutely needed)

whats that big black line over her eyes? Andwhy is it shaded like that?

Prometheus · member Member # Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 74

that pic isn't mine , it's from a dude that posted the same prob here , and I couldn't post my pic since it is 5.4 mb

Prometheus · member Member # Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 74

that pic isn't mine , it's from a dude that posted the same prob here , and I couldn't post my pic since it is 5.4 mb

Prometheus · member Member # Joined: 20 Sep 2000 Posts: 74

that pic isn't mine , it's from a dude that posted the same prob here , and I couldn't post my pic since it is 5.4 mb

Seraphire · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2000 4:45 pm

Since we can't see your pic, its hard to really give good advice. Save a copy as a jpg and post it for us to see.

But, if your having problems creating details, perhaps your not using the correct brush. Are you adjusting the opacity, the hardness, the size, or the shape. You should be. Are you using only the airbrush or the paintbrush? Use them both for differant areas. I like useing the "wet edges" feature of the paintbrush, to create an overlapping effect.

Use cuts to create hard edges.

I color on multiple layers. Each section gets its own layer. Then highlights and shadows are done directly on the layer. A section being an area like, hair, shirt, skin, etc.

You asked about how long it takes to learn. Well, I've been doing coloring for about 4 months. Go to my site and check out my colors section to see my progress. (Wow, that sounded too much like a plug.)

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