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Amaretti — Basic Manga Colouring Tutorial

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Description Ok, I promised tutorials so here they are! X3

Advanced Manga Colouring Tutorial can be found here: [link]

These tutorials are zipped, so to download them you need to click the 'download' option from the menu on the left and extract them onto your computer.

This one is the basic tutorial that covers everything from what do with your image when you first open it in photoshop and right up to filling in the base colours. So this explains how to separate lineart from the background, how to use layers, how to best block in the base colours and lock their transparency in preparation for shading.

The advanced tutorial picks up where this one leaves off. So think of this as a tutorial in two halves.

These two tutorials are more of a walkthrough of how I work. With photoshop there are many different ways of doing the same thing, so this just explains my particular way of doing things, and I'm a lazy short-cutting bastard so I always use the easy method. XD
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Comments: 325

il-piccina [2008-08-01 23:18:26 +0000 UTC]

When I download it, it won't open! @___@;;

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Kinotsune [2008-07-29 06:19:04 +0000 UTC]

Uh, thanks a lot for this! It is such a great help!!!

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Sherlock2008 [2008-07-28 14:20:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!!

I just finished my very first opus,

Hope that you could give me some suggestions~

[link]

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LyraElson In reply to ??? [2008-07-26 20:18:50 +0000 UTC]

thankyou so much!! i've been preparing my artwork in a very weird way for ages! thanks for doing this

xxxxxx

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Guigui-kun [2008-07-19 05:39:54 +0000 UTC]

Hum yea it helps a lot. Only one problem left. I dont have photoshop O_O!! Anyone have a link where I can download it? I heard taht it cost money T_T...

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Avatar-anng [2008-07-15 05:20:16 +0000 UTC]

where is the paint bucket on CS3 ??

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H2O589 In reply to ??? [2008-07-11 18:12:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for this, it really did help me a lot especially the part about locking the layers. I've always heard you should color in layers but was entirely sure on how to go about it but this really helped.

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jess09 In reply to ??? [2008-06-20 05:51:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank u so muuuch, Amaretti-san!!

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Elnath-sama In reply to ??? [2008-06-18 22:28:25 +0000 UTC]

Hey, this is really, really useful for beginners like me

Thanks a lot! ~

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ovais1432 [2008-06-16 06:55:16 +0000 UTC]

thanks for sharing

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Asheraine [2008-06-15 05:14:18 +0000 UTC]

I really like it! Thanks for making! It helps alot!

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Mikii-chan [2008-06-14 18:12:10 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much for sharing it!
that was so, so helpful ....

*KanPai~*

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whitecrystal14 In reply to ??? [2008-06-10 03:19:26 +0000 UTC]

Hehe great tutorial... Love it, check out my colouring if you like. Its my own style.

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itsumo-momiji [2008-06-10 02:16:36 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Jinx0007 In reply to ??? [2008-06-08 14:12:18 +0000 UTC]

wow! this will help A LOTTTTT

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wla91 In reply to ??? [2008-06-07 20:35:26 +0000 UTC]

wow..niice

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sasumayu [2008-06-07 03:10:06 +0000 UTC]

WOW thank you!!!
I'm sure it will be very useful! thx!!!

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dudeguy84 In reply to ??? [2008-05-06 13:15:36 +0000 UTC]

my photoshop gotta be f***** up...got no paint bucket

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BlueBead In reply to dudeguy84 [2008-05-22 00:34:19 +0000 UTC]

It's behind the Gradient tool. Click and hold down the Gradient tool and a menu will appear. Select Paint Bucket Tool. Wa-la~!

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dudeguy84 In reply to BlueBead [2008-05-25 20:00:04 +0000 UTC]

yeh it was there thanks

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BlueBead In reply to dudeguy84 [2008-05-25 20:28:19 +0000 UTC]

No problem! ^_^

My dad had to show me that when I was beginning. xD I thought it was really weird myself, because I used the bucket so much on the last program I had used. (PhotoPlus+)

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dudeguy84 In reply to BlueBead [2008-06-01 15:09:28 +0000 UTC]

yeh...but i now see that photoshop colouring might be a liiittle too difficult for me...btu i'll learn from you and my brother(mangamaniac87) ^^

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BlueBead In reply to dudeguy84 [2008-06-12 20:00:16 +0000 UTC]

I thought that to, so I warmed up with easier programs and then got newer and newer versions of Photoshop. (or wait 'till I could afford/get my hands on them)

And I have one word for you.






Tutorials

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dudeguy84 In reply to BlueBead [2008-06-12 23:21:58 +0000 UTC]

yeah i'll do that too

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dudeguy84 [2008-05-06 12:29:18 +0000 UTC]

hey!i got no tape!

Just kidding nice tutprial anyways

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naruto-eats-onions In reply to ??? [2008-04-29 22:32:41 +0000 UTC]

paris hilton thing's a joke. right?

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zelmane In reply to ??? [2008-04-23 14:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this tutorial!!
I think it would be really useful for me so I've downloaded it. ^___^
thanks again!!!

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MyFantasiMind [2008-04-19 16:22:20 +0000 UTC]

A very basic tutorial, but great!

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paulthegreat103 [2008-04-16 22:52:05 +0000 UTC]

how do i watch it? i dont get it, its just a picture

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SalDPal In reply to paulthegreat103 [2008-05-14 18:52:56 +0000 UTC]

u should download it

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Shennaniah [2008-04-14 16:29:56 +0000 UTC]

Mmh, nice and simple. Thanks for making this. And your drawing on its own is good too!

I have a question though. What do you use to draw your lineart? Cuz it's so neat. Usually when I draw and scan thin lineart like this, it comes out a bit sketchy. I usually do varying line widths and all that jazz, but I want to try for this more anime-ish look. Please tell me, I'd really like to know.

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Pixies-poke [2008-04-14 03:37:57 +0000 UTC]

hahahha sextape xDDDD

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Marc2410 [2008-04-13 12:44:37 +0000 UTC]

I downloaded it a while ago, just used it. I'ts awsome!^^
Gonna color now, and then the advanced tutorial^^
Thnx dude.

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ShinobiOfTheDark [2008-04-12 08:21:43 +0000 UTC]

you are awesome!!!!! *worships*
Your tutorial was the easiest to understand out of all the ones I found on DA. XD

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Black-Crescent [2008-04-05 15:03:49 +0000 UTC]

OMG!!! It's all clear to me now! This toturial is by far the easiest to understand I've ever seen. This is going to help me so much!

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chibi-stellar [2008-04-04 23:05:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for making this tutorial I really like how you screenshot the steps while having the instructions in the pictures (helps me better)

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PaolinoWar [2008-04-02 16:41:00 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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fairywarrioress [2008-03-30 11:32:21 +0000 UTC]

Wowzers i have to try this out! ^^

Thanks for the upload!

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bloodalchemist88 [2008-03-28 17:15:25 +0000 UTC]

im a total noob at this...and ur tutorial is really simple and useful
thanx a lot for that ^^
u rock.
xD

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Sakuya-Masamune [2008-03-24 16:56:23 +0000 UTC]

nice tutorial !!! thank you very much !

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Ragetti [2008-03-16 21:24:59 +0000 UTC]

I'm always on the lookout for colouring tutorials, so this is awesome. Thanks!

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pinkkpocky [2008-03-14 03:49:47 +0000 UTC]

Is there really a sextape???

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Eternal-justice [2008-03-11 12:32:14 +0000 UTC]

HEY!! where is the sex tapes!!!

lol. Just kidding. great job. This makes things much simpler now.

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crazysteve2000 [2008-03-08 15:04:00 +0000 UTC]

i couldnt easily understand it

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shiny-pl [2008-03-07 16:00:55 +0000 UTC]

I just want you to know I'm another person for which this tutorial was a great help .

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Key-Somniorum [2008-02-13 03:44:31 +0000 UTC]

This was unbelievable helpful. Thank you!

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WINNIEinwonderland [2008-02-08 11:54:34 +0000 UTC]

holly molly i seriously love you!
thank you for this super duper tutorial!

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worC [2008-02-02 14:11:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, this is so fuckin' useful, thanks and thanks again!

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PainedByYouForever [2008-01-31 02:24:32 +0000 UTC]

this is great! : D
i can't wait until i get photoshop [if i ever do. -_-] so i can try this out.

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niceaaa [2008-01-25 17:34:37 +0000 UTC]

AMARETTI-SAMA!
U can do magic! teach me!
weeeeeee
thanks very much!
DDDDDD

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