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Blue-Ten — Coloring Tutorial - Part 2
Published: 2007-06-05 11:00:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 17870; Favourites: 327; Downloads: 590
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Phew. Finally done!I couldn't go over everything in this page -- without ending up with a 3mb monster
. So, if you want to know anything else, just ask in a comment 
.I've been pretty dead around here lately... I'm in the last two weeks of Spring Term in school and my instructors started to spring final projects on us, so, yah... I've been busy with that
.BUT, as soon as June 15th comes around, I'll be going crazy with the art. Believe it!
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you-amatuer? i want to laugh like crazy right now. compared to me you are GOOD!!!
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Aw, thanks
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This is a very helpful tutorial, especially in its simplicity. One question, though. In Steps 1 through 6 you show the process, but not which tool is used. Are you using a specific brush, or even a gradient method or...dangit, I forgot the term. Um, when you right click on a layer and it says "do wanna do layer effects, like an overlay and stuff-ness?" Did you use that application, or another specific tool, or was it all done manually? If it was, in the case of brushes, did you change your opacity to get that smooth transition of color, or were you just really, really careful?
Or I might just be confused on your use of Gradient mapping. Do you use it on each individual section, such as a petal by itself, or is it a general thing?
I don't know if that made sense or not, but...*shrugs*
*takes out a paper and pen for notes*
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Thanks very much for the comment
I probably should have restated somewhere in the tutorial that I was using the same tools from part one (a regular brush -- the one that has the softest edge).
For the coloring, I didn't use any blending modes or gradients*, just the brush, and I kept its opacity at 100%. Hehe, I didn't need to be especially careful either; if something didn't look soft enough, I would just alt+click (eyedrop) a nice midtone and smooth things out.
*What Gradient Mapping does is replace the dark-to-light range of colors in the selection with your own custom range. For example, if you had colors going from dark-red to bright-yellow, you could gradient map it to become dark-blue to light-green, or even black to white. I applied a gradient map to the entire flower after I was finished because I didn't like it's original color range.
Hehe, to be honest, this isn't exactly how I color anymore, and I really ought to release an updated tutorial 
I'm glad you thought it was helpful though
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Wow, I was looking for an easy way to color with soft shading that also allowed the colors to be edited afterword. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll have to try out the gradient map technique.
The tutorial itself could have used a few more progression examples. But I know you already know that from previous comments.
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Thank you so much!
Hehe, I was thinking of doing a new tutorial with better progression plus some of the new things I learned since the old one. I'll see how that works out
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What do you mean by "photo impression"? Sorry
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lol i think it might be something like photoshop
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Ah, you were asking if this tutorial will work for that program...
Well, if it supports layers and brushes, I suppose the same thing, or something close, could be done in Photo Impression
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very very helpful!! thank you so much for posting htis!!
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No problem! Thanks for reading it
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Wow you have a very good coloring style! (looks really hard to do though T-T)
I assume you use a tablet?
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Thanks
And, yeah, I use a tablet. Can't imagine working without it.
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Oh yeah also I forgot to say that the tutorial is pretty nice ^^ (although I wish I could've seen how you colored the skin and dress a little more in detail)
And I'll probably end up getting a tablet later (but I need to improve a bit before I do
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Thanks
I think just getting a tablet can help improve anyone's computer art skills, so unless the price is in the way, I'd suggest investing in one 
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Awesome can't wait for the next one ^^
I'm currently saving for a tablet but still debating whether I should get it
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My dear blue-ten you are entirely too hard on your self, I think you are a very gifted artist and I covet your skills. Thank you for this tutorial it helped me alot.
I do recomend adding more details about which tools you use, like it looks as though you used the smudge tool on her hair but i'm not sure.
P.S how do you do your linearts?
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Hehe, thanks very much 
"I do recomend adding more details about which tools you use, like it looks as though you used the smudge tool on her hair but i'm not sure."
Thanks for the advice. I will keep that in mind for future tutorials/explanations, if any. However, for coloring this, the only tool I really used was the brush (varying sizes).
"P.S how do you do your linearts?"
Normally, I just scan the lineart and fix up any problems in Photoshop, then start on coloring. However, if the scan is really sloppy, I use the pen tool to make entirely new lines, such as in this picture.
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Wow, this whole gradient map thing is totally new to me. I'm gonna need to test it out!
For my first CG, I've been going over it continously with a different color tone, or with a different opacity. >_<
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Thanks so much for this tutorial!
This will be really helpful for improving my coloring.
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Hi! Love your tuto, I'll try that asap.
Just a thing I've read on other tutorials that you may know but whatever. In Photoshop instead of doing Ctrl+click to select "non transparent" pixels, you can check the option to lock layer transparency, which will block you from coloring transparent pixel.
It's not that useful, but may save your Ctrl key
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Thanks so much
O_O I never knew that... So that's what those icons/buttons are for
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Hey, I'm curious. Do you use a tablet for your work? O_o
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Oh, yep; I use a tablet for all my digital arts
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Very nice!
And don't worry about being inactive, it happens, especially during exams and finals. :3 Can't wait for more art, though!
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Thank you
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Damn instructors bombarding us with work all the same time last minute
It's a pretty nifty tutorial. Though I stupidly have to ask.. when you talk about "Alt+Click" what exactly do you mean? What else do you have to press besides the Alt key. *fails at life and brains*
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Thanks
Alt+click means to hold alt on the keyboard and click on an area within the canvas in Photoshop. This lets you use the color picker (dropper) while you're painting. It's basically just a shortcut
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Ahhh, I see! ... You know about 10 seconds after I posted that comment, I realized what it more than likely meant. I'm such a dingbat, lmao XD;;;;
I tried it in OpenCanvas but it doesn't seem to have the same effect. Oh well, it should work on my Photoshop Elements 2.0, at least when I get it re-installed <<
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LoL
But, yeah, the shortcut works in Elements 2.0 -- which is what I was using before I got CS2
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Ooooh really? o.o I'll have to try that sometime.
I have so much to learn about digital art programs still.. DX egad.
Awesome :3 xD hehe
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Very lovely tutorial. Your coloring is very smooth and fluid, and it did make me wonder how you colored it. Thanks!
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Very useful tutorial, Mike!
I never thought of using the gradient tool, but now I know that that's an option whenever I dislike the colors I choose. Thanks for making this tut! ^^
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Awesome
Hehe, thank you for reading/commenting
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Hehe, it's no problem. Thank you
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