Photoshop coloring tutorial

[Plushii]

Hi all ^^
I made a tutorial of how I color in photoshop, I learned this technique from another tut, I hope it's useful to some people =3

The character I drew is a mage, my wife Raveon in Apoline.

Final result
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravycolortutcopy.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy1.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy2.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy3.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy4.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy5.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy6.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy7.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy8.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy9.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy10.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy11.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy12.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy13.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy14.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy15.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy16.jpg

*to be continued~

[Hakai_Miko]

nico tuto plushii~ =3
too bad i don't use PS xD
i hate it <.<
=x though i can reproduce that techniques with the software i use soooo
Thankyuuu~ >:3

[Naomi89]

Very nice. Thank you for that Plushii it's very helpful. You are a very good painter btw :)

+ rep for you :)

[Plushii]

Thank you ^.^

Continued~

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy17.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy18.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy19.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy20.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy21.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy22.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy23.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy24.jpg

[Naomi89]

Is it wrong because I fill up the parts with the paint bucket? Then I fill in any parts that the paint bucket wouldn't have covered. I'm still learning about this ^^

[Plushii]

Is it wrong because I fill up the parts with the paint bucket? Then I fill in any parts that the paint bucket wouldn't have covered. I'm still learning about this ^^

That's a way to color fast, though it wouldn't fill outlines, for example in my sig, I filled up the brown arm color with the bucket, you see tiny white dots in the outline.
Though they can be fixed if you swipe a brush over them :P
I rushed my sig ^^ and was lazy.
But yeah, the bucket is a nice tool to get things done fast =3 thx for pointing that out :P

[dockie]

I like the way you color skin :D, and your linearts are very net ♥

[Phantomduck]

Wow...again just wow...xD

Hopefully I'll be able to produce something resembling art soon because of this tuto. and your drawing one... Thanks a TON!

[RockSea]

Plushi to the rescue again! I don't know if I can rep you anymore just now but I will try. ;) I just got Photoshop myself so I am learning as I go and this is a great help. Thanks so much!

[Celtic_Princess]

Lol, very nice guide, I think i repped you yesterday for the start of it. I can't wait to try some of the tips I've learned from this, but I am interested in seeing how the rest of your example sketch turns out. Think you could post it sometime?

[Plushii]

Thanks all :D
Yup I'll post the finished picture as soon as I'm done with it @_@ maybe tomorrow (coloring lvl 60 mage armor is harder than I thought O= )

[Hunter_Fusion]

Awesome tutorial. This helps me a lot. kuDos!

[Bebellicious]

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s183/watergirl70/ravy6.jpg



okaaay,sorry if i sound a little nubbish o.0
but i'm seriously stuck at that part XD the color won't fill the eye..
i know i'm doing something wrong and i'm sure i'ts no big deal, but i'm stuck on
that step for like HOURS XD
ty :D

Btw,hi plushi nice tuto :)

[saueracker]

this is a sweet guide plushii. i dont do things the same way...for some reason rather use the teensy weensy brush and do everything by hand...no filling. i dont know why but i should really start doing things this way.

thanks for the tips Reps to u

[Poisoned77]

okaaay,sorry if i sound a little nubbish o.0
but i'm seriously stuck at that part XD the color won't fill the eye..
i know i'm doing something wrong and i'm sure i'ts no big deal, but i'm stuck on
that step for like HOURS XD
ty :D

Btw,hi plushi nice tuto :)

You probably have the order of the layers switched, where the layer you are painting on is lower than the lineart layer in the layer list.

Either that, or you are trying to paint on the background layer.

[Plushii]

Yup, what Poisoned said ^^

[fightingranma]

I think that r very good tips 4 all guys who dont know how 2 make a cool screenie. :D
Very informative and thats what I like at so guides :) xD
What a pity that I havent got the program...

-ranma

[Strang3r]

Ah, so that's what the burn tool is for. I don't do a lot of coloring on sketches since I don't have my own scanner.

Most of my Photoshop is based on 3D

[Plushii]

upping this a bit ^^

[Hakai_Miko]

hmmmmmmmm~
wonder if Corel Paint Shop Pro has a 'Burning' tool as well
*starts to try all tools desperately*
>///<!! D= i want those little strokes!

[keiiii]

Very good tutorial :3

[amberaddiction]

yeah pretty much what we had to do in my animation course lol
except for we had to make a stitches palet and that thingy where it records what your are doing so it rotated and unlocked made layers moved them around that we needed and all that had a colouring part to it also luckly i still have that all on my portatable harddrive mwahahahaha*cheats* (when she gets photoshop) but thanx again for that might try it out...
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj6/AmberXAddiction/2ikbj2s.png

[kibaxme]

8D awesome tutorial +rep u

x.x i do all the coloring on seperate layers lol kinda makes it easier to edit for me 8D

[kawaiichibineko]

I like clean my outline to just black and white them then make duplicates layer of the outline layer filling each in for different things like hair eyes skin clothes.