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Done in Photoshop 7.0

A tutorial requested by Sokoyama. This is an extremely large file so please download, not full view in order to see all the details. Here is a run down of the steps to go with the picture.

Quick progressions of my Coloring Practice. The first 1-7 are just the fastforwarded-ness of sketch-to-face, and then 8-14 focus on hair shading/detailing and 15-16 are just the background and border.

notes
-done 100% in adobe photoshop 7.0
-wacom intuos2 tablet (the big one)
-lots of food was consumed during this ^___^
-22 layers in all
-18 layers excluding the border/background (I think...)

Here's a more detailed breakdown ^____^

1 - Quick sketch done on a separate layer in a color not used in the finished product (you can sketch in any color, and go back and change it later using the hue/saturation options). Throughout the coloring you can change the opacity to whatever you like. I usually set it to around 30-40%

2 - On a second layer underneath the sketch, choose a base skin color. Make a blob of it and choose at least 4 shadow colors. The lighter shadows I use darker versions of the base color, and the darker shadows I use purple/blue/grayish colors. You can go ahead and choose a couple highlighting colors for the skin as well. Blob on the skin color, don't worry too much about staying in the lines.

3 - Apply the shadows according to your light source. I start with the lighter color first, and then go in with the darker colors. If your shadows look to defined, then you can always go in and smudge them around until you get the smoothness you want. Make sure to also put shadows that will be cast by any bangs/hair. I abuse the smudge tool in this, and I duplicate my skin layer in case I should screw up on the shadows and don't want to reblob my base color, it's up to you ^^

4 - I duplicate the new skin/shadow layer also, to avoid any unwanted mistakes. On this layer of skin, you can apply your highlights where you want them. Darker highlight, and then lighter highlight, and go to town with the smudging ^___^

5 - On another layer, create a color pallet for the face - eyes/lips. Red is my favorite color so I chose a maroon-ish color. If I went into detail on eyes this would have many many details. So if you want to know how I did my eyes, then let me know. If I get any requests, then I can make a separate eye tutorial.

6 - I duplicated the sketch layer. I hid one layer, and on the visible one, I erased the face sketch lines. This is just to make sure no details are lost between the sketch and the coloring/shading.

7 - New layer again. Choose a hair color scheme. I kind of went crazy here For the pallet, I first just have the base color, one solid shadow, a darklight color (the blue), and one highlighting color. Color in the base color. Try to follow the sketch as best as possible. To get the feathered tips, use the smudge tool.

8 - I duplicated the hair layer. Hid one just in case I want to go back to the beginning, and proceeded with the darklights on the visible one. I put in the darklights with a small/medium brush similar to how I would put in shadows, but thinner. Smudge these so they are somewhat pointed at the ends - these are the start of the fluffiness/details of the hair. When you are done, hide the sketch layer of the hair.

9 - On a new layer, take the highlight color with a small brush, and draw them in to start making it have the appearance of different strands hair versus just one shaded blob. If any of them look to rough then just blur/smudge them. Be careful not to blur/smudge them just into highlighting blocks, you want them to stand out.

10 - Create a new layer, and set it to color burn. Get a medium-large brush with the base color of the hair and color in the shadows. This is less for strand detail of the hair, and more for just creating the body of it, if that makes any sense. You can adjust the opacity of the layer to your own desire. Since I used a dark base color to start with, I left it with 100% opacity. Using a lighter base color, you may need to adjust the opacity. Smudge as needed ^___^

11 - Create a new layer, and set it to color dodge. Get a medium brush with the base color of the hair and color in the highlights. Basically the same as 10 with the color burn layer, just a smaller brush.

12 - Create another layer. Using the dark/shadow color, with a small brush, draw in dark hair strands following the shadows/darklights put in before. Lightly blur any rough strands.

13 - Create another layer. Using the light color, with a small brush, draw in lighter hair strands following the highlights put in before. Lightly blur any rough strands.

14 - For shits and giggles, I added in some blonde highlights/streaks/strands/whatever you want to call them. This is again on a new layer. Use a small brush and follow the movement on the hair, lightly blurring any rough strands like in 12 & 13. The blonde was basically done because I found it to look very dark/bland/boring without any additional color in the hair.

15 - Erase all the color pallets, choose a background color and bam!

16 - I added a border/my sigs. .... Yeah. Basically just pencil'd in and embossed/texturized. Nothing fancy

Please let me know if this tutorial helped you.

Description
Done in Photoshop 7.0

A tutorial requested by Sokoyama. This is an extremely large file so please download, not full view in order to see all the details. Here is a run down of the steps to go with the picture.

Quick progressions of my Coloring Practice. The first 1-7 are just the fastforwarded-ness of sketch-to-face, and then 8-14 focus on hair shading/detailing and 15-16 are just the background and border.

notes
-done 100% in adobe photoshop 7.0
-wacom intuos2 tablet (the big one)
-lots of food was consumed during this ^___^
-22 layers in all
-18 layers excluding the border/background (I think...)

Here's a more detailed breakdown ^____^

1 - Quick sketch done on a separate layer in a color not used in the finished product (you can sketch in any color, and go back and change it later using the hue/saturation options). Throughout the coloring you can change the opacity to whatever you like. I usually set it to around 30-40%

2 - On a second layer underneath the sketch, choose a base skin color. Make a blob of it and choose at least 4 shadow colors. The lighter shadows I use darker versions of the base color, and the darker shadows I use purple/blue/grayish colors. You can go ahead and choose a couple highlighting colors for the skin as well. Blob on the skin color, don't worry too much about staying in the lines.

3 - Apply the shadows according to your light source. I start with the lighter color first, and then go in with the darker colors. If your shadows look to defined, then you can always go in and smudge them around until you get the smoothness you want. Make sure to also put shadows that will be cast by any bangs/hair. I abuse the smudge tool in this, and I duplicate my skin layer in case I should screw up on the shadows and don't want to reblob my base color, it's up to you ^^

4 - I duplicate the new skin/shadow layer also, to avoid any unwanted mistakes. On this layer of skin, you can apply your highlights where you want them. Darker highlight, and then lighter highlight, and go to town with the smudging ^___^

5 - On another layer, create a color pallet for the face - eyes/lips. Red is my favorite color so I chose a maroon-ish color. If I went into detail on eyes this would have many many details. So if you want to know how I did my eyes, then let me know. If I get any requests, then I can make a separate eye tutorial.

6 - I duplicated the sketch layer. I hid one layer, and on the visible one, I erased the face sketch lines. This is just to make sure no details are lost between the sketch and the coloring/shading.

7 - New layer again. Choose a hair color scheme. I kind of went crazy here For the pallet, I first just have the base color, one solid shadow, a darklight color (the blue), and one highlighting color. Color in the base color. Try to follow the sketch as best as possible. To get the feathered tips, use the smudge tool.

8 - I duplicated the hair layer. Hid one just in case I want to go back to the beginning, and proceeded with the darklights on the visible one. I put in the darklights with a small/medium brush similar to how I would put in shadows, but thinner. Smudge these so they are somewhat pointed at the ends - these are the start of the fluffiness/details of the hair. When you are done, hide the sketch layer of the hair.

9 - On a new layer, take the highlight color with a small brush, and draw them in to start making it have the appearance of different strands hair versus just one shaded blob. If any of them look to rough then just blur/smudge them. Be careful not to blur/smudge them just into highlighting blocks, you want them to stand out.

10 - Create a new layer, and set it to color burn. Get a medium-large brush with the base color of the hair and color in the shadows. This is less for strand detail of the hair, and more for just creating the body of it, if that makes any sense. You can adjust the opacity of the layer to your own desire. Since I used a dark base color to start with, I left it with 100% opacity. Using a lighter base color, you may need to adjust the opacity. Smudge as needed ^___^

11 - Create a new layer, and set it to color dodge. Get a medium brush with the base color of the hair and color in the highlights. Basically the same as 10 with the color burn layer, just a smaller brush.

12 - Create another layer. Using the dark/shadow color, with a small brush, draw in dark hair strands following the shadows/darklights put in before. Lightly blur any rough strands.

13 - Create another layer. Using the light color, with a small brush, draw in lighter hair strands following the highlights put in before. Lightly blur any rough strands.

14 - For shits and giggles, I added in some blonde highlights/streaks/strands/whatever you want to call them. This is again on a new layer. Use a small brush and follow the movement on the hair, lightly blurring any rough strands like in 12 & 13. The blonde was basically done because I found it to look very dark/bland/boring without any additional color in the hair.

15 - Erase all the color pallets, choose a background color and bam!

16 - I added a border/my sigs. .... Yeah. Basically just pencil'd in and embossed/texturized. Nothing fancy

Please let me know if this tutorial helped you.