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Lienwyn — Coloured Pencil Tutorial 1
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Coloured Pencil TutorialPart One <---- You are here
Part Two
Part Three
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Yes, I am finally done! It took a lot of time and a lot of effort but hopefully you will find it worth it ^_^
Let me know if there are any questions concerning the tutorial or the things surrounding it! I will do my best to answer.
Verdokai deserves a lot of thanks for his contributions to this humongous tutorial and I also want to thank dcasteye for lending me her camera for the photos
Other tutorials you might want to look at:
Unique Features for Original Characters:
jeinu.deviantart.com/art/Uniqu…
jeinu.deviantart.com/art/Uniqu…
jeinu.deviantart.com/art/Uniqu…
Hair:
darlingmionette.deviantart.com…
red-priest-usada.deviantart.co…
Clothes and Folds:
darlingmionette.deviantart.com…
solfieri.deviantart.com/art/Cl…
Lighting:
angelus-tenebrae.deviantart.co…
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Comments: 35
Thanks for this... My scanned images still look about 200 times better in real life, though. 
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That's how it is for most of us, sadly enough :/ There's only so much you can do to save them, but it's easier when you know the right tricks! So I'm glad if I was able to help
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It did! A bit... I tried using your tricks on this , but it didn't work that well on that one. It helped a bit, though. And I also tried to follow your instructions on clothing folds, hair and skin (which is basically all there is in the picture) but it didn't turn out very well.
And there's always those black dots on my scans. I should probably wipe the glass on the scanner pretty much every time I scan something...
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I think it's a really good start! Keep trying - as annoying as it is you'll need a lot of practice before you get the hang of it. So don't give up! Just jump straight to the next picture and make it even better!
You should probably try that, yes, and you can always erase them afterwards in Photoshop by carefully painting them over.
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But if I paint them over, there will be slightly differently coloured areas... 
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Try a softer brush? If you have Photoshop you can lower the opacity or flow and be a bit more careful.
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Maybe... I'll try that next time when I scan something.
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This is excellent. I didn't really think about adjusting my scanner output much nor bothered to repair the scanned image, until I read your tutorial here. Now you've shown how imperative it is, as coloured pencil drawings deserve this amount of care really (since coloured pencils are so challenging to use!)
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I didn't at first either until I got a really... well... it's not a bad scanner but one that really slaughtered the images unless I adjusted the output and such and then tweaked it myself.
So I had to learn really, and it looks better this way so I truly recommend trying at least some of the tips
I don't like to meddle too much with the image myself - like real editing - but this tweaking? I think it's only fair, like you say, because coloured pencil drawings really deserve it
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thank u i have been looking 4 this kind of tutorial.
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I'm glad that I could help! ^_^
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Thanks for this 
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OMFG! XDD Fy vad mycket jobb de här måste ha varit! Och du gjorde 3 delar! Det är ju helt galet... Men bra så klart! 
Det där med hur man kan få upp kontrast och färg på inskannade bilder var nytt för mig, och kommer med största sannolikhet hjälpa många traditionella artistser
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Det var en hel del jobb, ja, men med tanke på att de hjälper folk så var det värt det ^_^
Jag försökte klämma in lite av varje och just det där men inscanning är något som många har problem med... så ja, förhoppningsvis så ska folk tycka att det är hjälpsamt ^_^
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All your Coloured Pencil Tutorials are so incredible!!! It's fantastic! I like it very much^^
Realy beautiful!!!
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I'm glad to hear that ^_^
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Thank you!
If you have time you can check out the other two as well
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Best tutorial ever! It's so neat and easy to understand! I'm sure it's gonna be useful, after reading all 3 parts I just want to take my pencils and practice right now!
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Aaawww!
Thank you dearie! That makes me so happy to hear!
I really want to be able to help and it's even better if I can inspire too ^_^
So please do! Coloured pencils are awesome!
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Yay! I'm so exited. I can't wait to read the other ones, oooh. Thank you!
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You go for it!
I hope that they will help ^_^
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Pfffft. They already have. But don't mind if I visit them 100+ times while I draw to get a serious color pencil job done nicely (I haven't in a while... I think the last one was... I don't even remember! D: ).
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I don't mind
They're meant to help so of course you have to look at them while working
You go for it!
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I'm more of a marker user but it's still really neat to see such an in depth tutorial. I imagine that this will be very helpful to just about anyone.
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I can't use markers because they smell too much x'D My nose is too sensitive so if I was around them too much I would probably have a nosebleed or something...
So I stick to coloured pencils
Thank you anyway! That makes me glad to hear ^_^
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That's no fun! D:
And you're welcome.
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No fun at all 
^_^
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