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Published: 2007-05-16 16:20:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 374170; Favourites: 7777; Downloads: 12232
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This is a thankyou to all my watchers. After 3 years being asked to make a tutorial, it's finally here lol. Yeah a bit late and everyone has probably advanced past this tutorial level, but i hope it helps some artists nevertheless.I don't enjoy lineart so I'm using this recent one [link] and re-coloring it different from the original.
This is my full process of coloring lineart. I don't always use this process, but these were the same steps i used when coloring the original which can be seen here: [link]
It didn't turn out as well as the original, but i rushed it as much as possible cause i just wanted to focus on the process and it's the 2nd time to color the same thing. This took me about 6 hrs straight to fully write up and color so i apologize for spelling, grammar or just not understandable cause i haven't double-checked.
Feel free to ask questions!
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OMG! This is seriously amazing! this tutorial is my new fave! i love how you actualy show how to use the tools cuz some tutorials will say something like " use the ______ tool for the hair" and that gets confusing... anyways, great job!
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I am also new to the photoshop, and i would like to ask you about the layers, Block in? How to do that?
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OMFG!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! This Can help me SOOOOO Much in the feature!!!! I Gonna Go Buy the Program Now!!!!
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thank you for this. gonna try it when I get home tonight
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i like it but i still blur about it
i not understand wad u saying >.<
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very interesting, I've seen your lineart and love the colors. Good job
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This is just lovely. I really like how you added in the different textures and how well you explained everything from the coloring, lighting, to the brushes you use for everything.
Lovely job overall with this tutorial. I might try this out some time. :]
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Can i just ask,in which app did you make the lineart ? it would be a big help..ty
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i'm an experienced ps user,and i have to say brilliant work m8. 
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this is one of the greatest tutorials ive ever seen kudos to you
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I have a question. How do you make the shades with a smooth effect so it can fit well in the picture? I tryed doing step 3 and 4 (light and shade) with the respective colors and it looks quite solid between one color and the other. Blur doesnt help, and I want to make it work by the way you are teaching, so I avoid the dodge and burn tools
Thanks in the upper hand for the answer
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This tutorial is quite helpful. I'm going to have to try this one too. great job :3
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I've never been able to color every well, but this helped, ALOT!
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I have Adobe Photoshop CS3 and I have a Gateway Convertable laptop with a Wacom tablet screen. My actual computer screen is my tablet, and when I activate pen pressure in photoshop it doesnt work =/ Can anyone please help me?
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I've been having problems with coloring lately. This tutorial will help me out so much. Thanks!!! All you're work is impressive.
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I like this...you spell it all out in nice, easy steps and make it easy to understand. But I have to ask...what does multiply do?
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its like an intense form of darken. . . im not sure exactly how it does it, but generally with black or dark colors, that is what it ends up like.
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SICK!! REAL MEANING OF SKILL... bless ya'...
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Thank you. Great tutorial
and a awesome picture, im in love with it 8)
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How do you clean up a lineart? And, how long did it take you to do this (not the tut, the coloring)?
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I found this really helpful, actually a totally different way to how i do things but i'm just starting out with the tablet side of colouring. Nevertheless, thank you. I will definately have a go at your techniques and probably find i'm doing it all wrong!!
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This is great! I'd found this by searching for lineart, finding the lineart you used for this, and going to your gallery from there.
It'll be awesome to practice with that, so I can make a comparison
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Really fantastic tutorial. :] I just got a tablet and I've been looking for ways to improve my digital art.
I have one question though, if you've got a moment- what exactly is this technique you're using with the Eye Dropper? I'm not entirely sure what it is you're doing there, though I really like the outcome.
Thanks for your time.
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Eye dropper is a tool that picks the current color your cursor is on, i think most drawing apps have this tool.
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Oh no, I know that. 
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Sorry, in section 6 I've eye-dropped where the icons are shown in the example and then draw a stroke following the red arrow.
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ack, so THAT is what I have been doing wrong, exactly HOW do you cut and paste? outline and then cut and paste to a new layer? ( I run XP, but I can kinda translate stuff from Mac)
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Hey, just wondering, could you do a tutroial for those of us that don't have a tablet and are trying to do art with just a mouse? I need to learn how to do hair with just a mouse and it's driving me crazy.
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Well, I am personally trying to color this piece with just a mouse as well and it's driving me crazy too. 
Hope this comment makes sense and helps a bit.
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Well, I am personally trying to color this piece with just a mouse as well and it's driving me crazy too.
Hope this comment makes sense and helps a bit.
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that's ok, but it tends to desaturate your colors, so while the resampling and going more intense takes more time, it tends to look better in the long run.
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Brilliant tutorial! One of the most clear, precise ones I've seen. I was wondering, do i need a graphics tablet for digital art? (Like on your tutorial) I'm just geting the hang of this. : )
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You can do with a mouse too but maybe with a different approach. One way would be to set your brush flow or opacity on low and do multiple strokes over to get the blended effect as an alternative to pen pressure.
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ur tutorial means so lot 4 me..
i m so grateful..
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Very informative, I'll be sure to give some of the techniques listed here a try.
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Im having trouble at 2:3, you say you should block in the colors, I think Im having a bit of language problem, 'cause you can't have multiply, the colors go through the background and gets darker, and you can't paint it in normal, what exactly do you mean?
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Sorry bout that, your not the first to ask. I meant "block in" as in "draw/color in" with a hard brush at 100% opacity and flow, like color flattening. So you don't change any layer properties here.
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