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Published: 2017-06-04 07:03:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2291; Favourites: 52; Downloads: 0
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I was inspired after drawing up my little Fidget Comic- and I thought this would make a great colour challenge!
SPEEDPAINT >>> youtu.be/_0cgjBXqTkc Fidget Comic:
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I had a separate photoshop file open.
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What do you mean?
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I have two pictures open at the same time. The painting to the left- and the reference pictures on the right.
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I wish I'm able to put the reference pictures on the right and the painting on the left like you do, but I'm not. 
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Very strange - if it's photoshop, you should be able to.
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How do you add the references on the right? I know how to add the drawing/painting to the left, though.
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Follow these instructions...
just open your reference picture - and shrink the sides to fit on the right.
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Looks good. Your Photoshop is a LOT newer...
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In this vid, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0cgjB… , what did you do at 1:36, so it doesn't look sketchy and messy?
Secondly, how do you use a wand tool and a paint brush at the same time just to color in a character?
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Ah, I hid the blue sketch - by clicking the little eye beside the sketch layer. Making it disappear. I'd delete the sketch layer if you don't need it too- but I often keep it just in case something goes wrong.
If you use the wand tool and click a location- it'll stay selected while you use your brush.
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Okay, but I was talking about what happened at 1:36.
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Yeah, at 1:36 I delete or hide the blue sketch layer- leaving only the inked lines.
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Okay, then you use the wand tool, correct?
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Yes- you use the wand tool on the lineart layer- then paint on a fresh layer underneath the inked layer.
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As for the lineart layer, you mean the sketch and not the blue one, right?
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blue one is the sketch/messy lines
The black lines are the lineart/inked lines.
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Okay, that makes more sense.
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Aah - I was wondering why you seemed to a bit confused. It's really hard to explain over msgs.
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It's hard for me to explain things, too.
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In this vid, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0cgjB… , at 0:55 how did you make the blue ink light?
At 1:36, how did you make sure it didn't look like the original sketch?
What kind of brush tool did you use for the black ink?
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I lowered the opacity... meaning- I made it more transparent.
I used a hard brush for the inking - black - so it's not soft like the sketch brush.
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>>I lowered the opacity... meaning- I made it more transparent.<<
Which layer? The same one?
>>I used a hard brush for the inking - black - so it's not soft like the sketch brush.<<
Same.
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The layer with the blue sketch on it- I lowered its opacity.
Good <3 
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>>The layer with the blue sketch on it- I lowered its opacity.<<
Did you have to lock it?
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No- because I didn't use it again. But you can if you like? The only reason you lock a layer is so you don't accidentally erase it, or you want to colour the lines you've put down without messing them up
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Okay. When you draw your black lines, you lock it?
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After I finish drawing the black lines- I lock it- to keep it safe. Yes.
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Okay, thanks. ^^
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>>The layer with the blue sketch on it- I lowered its opacity.<<
Lowered the layer's opacity, correct? Or is it the part that you paint? So, you use a different brush for the blue sketch? I'm sorry if I'm asking stupid questions.
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I understand- it's very complex. The sketch is deleted later- after you ink a layer above it.
You paint on clean layers under the ink-
So the sketch layer is only for the sketch.
I use a different brush for sketching- but you don't have to. Just experiment and find a brush you like for sketching- OR - sketch on paper and scan your sketch. That was you can make a layer above the sketch and ink it that way.
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>>The sketch is deleted later- after you ink a layer above it.
You paint on clean layers under the ink-<<
Unless you plan on dragging the line layer for the shadow.
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Very true- but start simple.
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I think I'll start with blue for lineart on the bottom and black on the top. It looked to me that was exactly what you did.
Did you use the stock images after you colored the background?
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Yes- I use the textures on top of all the layers- so it makes it look like paper- rather than a flat picture
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Cool.
I think I'll start with blue for lineart on the bottom and black on the top. It looked to me that was exactly what you did.
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Love that new icon 8D
On separate layers- yes! Blue is the sketch - and black is the ink on a higher/separate layer
Good luck!
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Thanks. How many pixels did you use for the black ink?
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4 pixels is my favourite- but you can pick a size that suits you <3
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Do you color over the lines once you paint the characters and such?
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No, unless I'm adding special effects 
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Take your time with it- and experiment. You'll make lots of mistakes before you find the way you like to draw in photoshop <3
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I have a new question on your vid, Sketch, Lines and Shading Tutorial - PS7 Tips and Tricks: Why did you overlap the layers and make a new one at 7:00 ? Same with the sketch at 7:04 . What was with the blank layer on the very bottom?
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I never use the white layer at the bottom- because if you paint on it- everything else around it will be white.
The blank/new layers are like invisible sheets of plastic- and when you paint on it- only the colour you paint shows up.
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This was my first try on Photoshop from my tablet: Fidget, Olivia, and The Last Unicorn
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