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SvenjaLiv — Digital Colouring Tutorial
Published: 2013-04-15 16:04:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 4356; Favourites: 151; Downloads: 77
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I finally got around to finishing and uploading this! Ever since I posted the coloured version of Jack Sparrow, you guys have been asking me about the colouring technique I used, so here it is. It's fairly straightforward, I think. If you want to see it in action, check out the time-lapse video I made.This is meant mainly for traditional pencil artists who want to try colouring their pencil art digitally. I imagine it's a ton less useful if you're a digital artist, but then again there are already a ton of tutorials out there for purely-digital art. It's made with the assumption in mind that you know little to nothing about digital art and software, so if you're more knowledgeable than that, forgive the layman stuff.
If you have any questions, just ask! Likewise, if you use this technique, I'd love a link to what you did with it, or if you run into trouble or want some help/advice on a WIP I'm happy to take a look as well.
Stuff in this tutorial:
Jack Sparrow colouring video: [link]
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I'm glad to hear it, thanks!
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..Magic !
Thank You for sharing Your knowledge with Us
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I hope it works for you! Thanks.
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ALSO WORTH NOTING: you can use this method to colorize greyscale photos. That's handy for changing colors - just copy the segment you're changing to a new layer, greyscale it, and recolor (avoids miscolored reflected light from abusing the hue shift function) - but it's also fun for people who want to set up a darkroom in their basement (color film processing is wicked expensive... but b&w starts to look bland after a while.)
Some folks also like to paint digitally in greyscale before they colorize, but beginners to that technique don't really get that you have to add more bright/dark in the color layer... or shift the hue, for that matter. 
I tend to use the overlay mode for my own stuff, but I'll have to give soft light a try too.
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I hadn't thought of that! But I guess you're right. Cool. 
Flats under greyscale never look good, I agree. That's why I showed my colour layer on its own, to show that it's lots of colours, not just one.
Overlay works too, I just find that it tends to oversaturates the colours. I guess it depends on what look you're going for though!
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Very interesting. I usually paint the whole picture again when coloring which is good for correcting errors but takes such a long time. I might try this technique in the future.
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I do that if I'm working a sketch or something into a proper painting. This technique allows for more messiness when colouring, I guess. Actually, the one I'm working on right now, I have to fix the drawing itself as well - I do that with a pencil-like brush, just in black and white on the drawing layer, and then colour underneath as usual.
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Is the pencil-like brush one of the standard brushes or one you found online or made yourself?
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That just makes so much simple sense! Thanks!
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My pleasure, thank you!
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Thanks a lot for sharing this technique! Great help!
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Thanks for making it, rather.
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I hope I can find time to try this sometimes. Thanks anyway for taking time to build this up and share
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No problem, I hope you can find the time as well!
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Your most welcome! :3
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