tenshinoakuma: (join everyone else on the FAILroad)
megaTEN ([personal profile] tenshinoakuma) wrote2010-01-24 04:16 pm

NEVER AGAIN



MAN COLOURING IN PHOTOSHOP IS SO.

SO.

DIFFERENT.



Man I have a new found respect for people who colour like, a million different icons asdf;lk. Especially people who do it without a graphics tablet asdf;lkj I AM. considering removing the manga shading (as much as I hate to do it), since it seems to clash with my colouring :| BUT RIGHT NOW I CANNOT BE BOTHERED DOING THAT
pikabot: (bart/sakura what is thiiiiss)

[personal profile] pikabot 2010-01-24 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
...wow, Ten you are really good. Tell me your secrets.
pikabot: (chad)

[personal profile] pikabot 2010-01-24 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
THAT'S NOT A SECRET GDI

[identity profile] tenshinoakuma.livejournal.com 2010-01-24 10:59 am (UTC)(link)
okay more seriously.

A lot of the manga lines have been chucked through a filter several times on Photoshop. Basically, I duplicate the manga panel. Then on the top panel, Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. And then tick the Colorize box, and adjust the Hue and Saturation until I get the colour I want. Then on the same layer, I erase whatever part of the panel that I don't want to be coloured. Rinse and repeat for however many different coloured lines/tone I want. For Toto I generally did it about 3-4 times.

For the shading, I generally find that even when you gank colours off official art, the shadows aren't dark enough. So I put all my shading on a Multiply layer. I find it's pretty hard to get sharp shadows on Photoshop, but if you use a Multiply layer, you can use an eraser to get a sharp shadow, since eraser edges in Photoshop seem to be less blurry than the paintbrush.

And then 1 layer on top of all the lines for the highlights.

Granted it's a lot easier doing this if you've got a graphics tablet :|b

[identity profile] tenshinoakuma.livejournal.com 2010-01-24 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah derp I should mention all flat colours are on a separate layer, too.

Having Multiply as a shading layer is kind of excellent, since if you're really lazy, you can use one colour for all your shading and still have it look good (http://tenshinoakuma.deviantart.com/art/Valiel-v2-35651492).

[identity profile] alexander.livejournal.com 2010-01-24 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
oh ho! Cute!



. . . what do you normally color in? Also I own a tablet but I use my touchpad mouse because it's easier :(

[identity profile] tenshinoakuma.livejournal.com 2010-01-25 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Usually I... don't even colour things ;; It takes a lot of time and effort (I AM SO LAZY) and I usually don't finish my pictures. I used to use openCanvas Plus before I switched to this laptop, where it didn't work, and lately I've been using the free version of ArtRage, but uh. Yeah that's not something that can be used for icons, since lol 1 layer. It's more for painting :>b

And fff I think you're the only one I know who prefers touchpad over tablet * A*

[identity profile] friendshipbeam.livejournal.com 2010-01-24 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
that is amazing :(

[identity profile] tenshinoakuma.livejournal.com 2010-01-25 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
:( ?

[identity profile] memos.livejournal.com 2010-01-25 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Looks utterly fantastic *3* you make it work!

[identity profile] tenshinoakuma.livejournal.com 2010-01-25 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks / ; A;/ I'll probably do some touchups and stuff after I get enough of these done to RP with xD;;