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ky-nim — Tutorial: Panel-Drawing+Coloring
Published: 2013-02-04 21:03:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 24663; Favourites: 816; Downloads: 0
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Unlike this outdated tutorial [link] , this one is a very broad progress of how I go about with panel-drawing/coloring/etc.Feel free to post questions in comments. I will try to answer them as best as I can..?
The panel is lifted from this comic I drew: [link]
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So you do everything in photoshop?, do you use any tablet?
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I use a tablet for Photoshop
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Really love your work, you inspire me to start a Nuzlocke comic, soon still on script
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I'm sorry please just forget I said anything I tend to say stupid things on impulse just...just forget I said anything.
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How large of a sheet of paper do you normally use for sketching?
Great tutorial, thanks for making it!
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How long does it take you (like a range of time, I know it probably varies) to make a comic strip? Or even just a panel, in this style for instance.
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I wrote this in my FAQ! Check my profile page for that section :>
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Interesting take on doing your panels. It makes a lotta sense tho.
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Awesome, A tutorial from one of my fav artists.
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How do you draw the panels, cause I've been trying this my self and i cant figure it out.
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Where can I find an Intuos3 tablet? The Wacom site doesn't seem to sell them anymore, just Intuos5, and Intuos4...sad
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I'm sure you can find them on ebay.
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QAQ *hugs myself in a fetal position and crys*
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I could never do this, but I really enjoy reading this. Thx
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Thanks so much for this 
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I don't use smudge much...I use blur (the tool) in small doses. I much prefer using the blur filters (i.e. motion blur, gaussian blur)
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Oh, I see, I see! ^^ Thanks for the tip! I'll try out the blur tool, and I gotta get me some Photoshop or something so I can use filters
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This is an awesome tutorial! It should help me out a lot. Thanks for making this!
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"Ghetto, unprofessional?"
Either way it was a good tutorial. I haven't read the update yet but it sounds ominous...I think I know what will happen.
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Wow! This looks very helpful~
And if this panel is part of the next comic, I'm worried for the pokemon on the other end of that Bulldoze...
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Very simple and very helpfull tutorial, thanks for posting this! :3
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Lol I like how it says ghetto/unprofessional. Hilarious!!!
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This is pretty helpful!
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I use the magic wand on the lineart layer to select areas I want to color. Then I make a new layer and use the fill tool to color it in. Then I use the paint tool to fill in the rest
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I do that too, it just takes so long sometimes. I guess I need to make my lineart cleaner... do you do all of your coloring on the same layer?
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I color by row but I merge it in the end to one layer
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This is very cool, and simple to understand. I've always liked using Overlay, especially since it works well as a sort of time saver for highlights.
The battle effects being done with the lineart is a good idea too. I imagine it makes keeping the composition in the overall image a lot easier, right from the start.
I always have trouble with placing and organizing the characters and action in panels and I think that might be why I have trouble committing to any sort of comic based project. Got any tips?
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Well the organization really comes during thumbnailing. I kinda have a rough plan of how I want the action to come out and then make a panel fitting for that action.
I also find it easier to just have 1-2 characters in each action panel, esp if its just a simple battle. Obviously group battle panels are more complicated...
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Makes sense. I never really acquainted myself with thumbnailing, so I'll have to try to get back into the swing of doing that again. And I can imagine character-busy panels are a pain. I mean, regular images that are heavy on characters are, so condensing it into a panel is likely even harder.
Thanks!
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I'll have to do some expereimental pictures with this as my guide.
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*looks around and steals*!!!!SNAP PIE!YOU DID IT TOO?!LOLZ
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