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murderaddict — Color and Shadow Tutorial
Published: 2010-06-02 07:40:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 3812; Favourites: 61; Downloads: 78
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This is coloring and shadowing in 10 easy (not really) steps. It took me about... eh... a month to get used to my tablet. But I'm still learning about Photoshop after having it for about half a year.Alright, I admit it, I haven't taken any formal classes, but hey! This may help you a little, alright? I just took some of the pain out of figuring photoshop out. It took a lot of time to figure it all out for me... Appreciate this a little, please? *puppydog eyes*
Any other tutorial ideas? This one came from a request from a couple friends of mine, so I decided to do it... It's not in my current style, though, since that would throw you off and totally confuse you... I use a whole lot of colors in my most recent style... so... I left that out.
This is a very crude tutorial for beginners... Like... beginner beginners... Just to help them get off of the ground.
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Date: June 1, 2010
Characters: Spain (Antonio Fernandez Carriedo)
Series: Axis Powers Hetalia
Media: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0, Wacom Bamboo Tablet
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Comments: 30
OH MY GOSH I LOVE YOU!!!! you made my art so much better <3
This picture was made with you style and it looks heck of a lot better then my older works
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Thank you~ I don't color like this anymore, but I'm glad it could be of help!
Your coloring is quite nice yes~
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thank you tons 
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Oh really? Thank you~ I'm glad I could help some!
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dude you made me do this
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thats more than some
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Wow... That's really good! And I like the wrinkles you put into her clothes~
I helped you make that...? I'm so proud~ Ehehe~
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You're welcome so much~ I'm glad it could help you~
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hmm ive used SAI before but the free trial is over and now im using this ADOBE Elements 7.0. its so confusing because when i finished a drawing on it and tried to upload it here it told me to upload a preview image >.< what am i doing wrong 
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Hmmm... well, it might be that your image is too large? In which case, you might want to save the picture as a PNG instead of tha JPEG; it'll make the image smaller bit-wise. If that doesn't work, resize your image. If it's a 25'x40' image or something, it might be too much for the server to make a preview for, so you'll have to make it a little smaller.
Also... I'm not sure, but I've heard that certain color formats require a preview because the deviantart preview-maker can't handle it. But I haven't had that problem myself, so I don't know how to fix it...
I've had the issue before and I haven't quite figured it out... but it went away after time... I'm not really sure what I did right, though... ehehe~ Sorry if I couldn't be of much help... orz.
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hmm its a bit complicated for me so i just asked my friend to download a "version" of SAI 
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Ah, alright~ Sorry I couldn't be of much help... OTL
Is the preview working fine now?
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Holy maple syrup! You are the only person (that I've found) who did a coloring tutorial for photoshop elements 7.0! 
Only, I don't know how you made it so your color went right over the lines! I 'locked' my backround/lineart, but it goes right over the lines ... Am I doing something obvious that's wrong? Do I have to press something else? Or did I just not read your tutorial right ...? *Iz obvious noob*
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Ehehe, that's cool~ Yeah, photoshop elements 7.0 isn't very common... orz... However, all of the tools are the same if you want to look at other tutorials~
I'm afraid I don't really understand the question, but I think you're asking how I get the color to go under the lineart? A common problem is that your lineart is on a white background, not on a clear one. What you have to do is change your lineart layer from "normal" to "multiply". There should be a box that's set on "normal" on your "layers" palette, and if you pull down the menu using the arrow, you'll see that you can change it to a bazillion different settings. But you want the "multiply" setting. Multiply changes your lineart layer from a lineart on solid paper to see-through layer. You can then add more layers underneath it to color your lineart in~ If that's what you wanted to do, then that's how you do it!
However, your lineart has to be in black, otherwise it'll look weird... if it's in red or some other color besides black, then it'll look see-through.
I hope I could help... ehehe~ Play around with some of the other setting there too~ Some of them, like the overlay or screen tool, can change your lineart from black to green or pink or something.
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Oh .... I think I got it ... Sorry!!
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Thanks so much for the help in the other reply! (I'm keeping it for a little reference 
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You're welcome~
Yeah, the multiply tool is good for pictures that you scan in black-and-white and want to color~
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T-THIS IS AWESOME BECAUSE YOUR EPIC IN COLORING (And lineart) AND I NEED GUIDENCE!
*Dies of Happiness*
I noticed we kind color the same (Although yours just comes out more epic xD) but I was hella alarmed when you did your hair! I do it sooooooo different! Kinda...?
But nice~
Its helps sooooo much because I seriously love your shading and colors~
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Awwww, thank you~ But I'm not all that epic~
We color the same? Well, I think you'll have an easier time with this style then, right~?
Ehehe~ I don't think anyone knew how I colored my hair... But now you know~ It's really quick and easy~
I'm glad it could help~
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You be all welcome~ And FUCK YES YOU AAAAAAARE.
To an extent we do, it reminds me a bit of how I color, and I suppose I'll try this style but I'll totally kill it~ D:
It's so... so... xD I DON'T EVEN KNOW!
Yesh~
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Alrighty then, but you're EPIC-ER!
Well, try it out~! You'll never know~
Is it really that amazin'~? I'mma be all blushin' nao~
Yay!
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Yesh, and WHAT YOU BE TALKIN' ABOUT!? YOUR'S IS FREAKING GOD'S GIFT TO THE WORLD OF ANIME, SPRINKLED WITH YAOI, SPARKLES, RAINBOWS, AND YUMMY AWESOME ALLLLLLLLL OVER!
S-Sure~? I'm not sure I could get it to look like that still though~
Hell yeah it is! You hair comes out soooooooo freaking...ugh I wish I knew a word that could describe it! Which is pretty sad seeing as I have a pretty big vocab... Are you really blushing~?
YUPS~
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OwO this is what i need!!! OwO
-tries to do on next bored-so-im-gonna-color-one-of-my-friends-comic-she-made-for-me day- =3
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Oh really~?! Wow, I'm glad it could help you~
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>w< i always wanted to learn how to blur and shade and all that fun stuff...>w<
i is really happy that you created this...>w< <333
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Ah, it'll help you a whole lot, trust me~ And in addition to it looking nice, it'll be much faster as well, once you get used to it~
I'm glad it could be of use to someone. Ehehe~
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>w< yea...eventually...>w<
^w^ i wouldnt mind in some more...>w<
maybe a guide on how to draw boobies...
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