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BlueRoseArkelle — Coloring Tutorial
Published: 2011-05-29 02:51:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 8350; Favourites: 221; Downloads: 125
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OKAY.I FINALLY DID IT.
I MADE THE TUTORIAL.
Yeah, its like, 500 pages long, I know, but hopefully it gets the point across.
; w; Err, I tried my best to explain, but if something doesn't make sense or there is a question you have about my coloring that I didn't cover, than feel free to drop in a comment
; u; Ohhh, and feel free to try out my coloring style! I have no problem with that. xD If I did I wouldn't have made this. lol
; w; Hopefully it can help some beginners out there. I know tutorials really helped me when I first started out <3
.......xD Oh and sorry ahead of time for the typos. I'm sure there are a crapload of them. Pffft.
> u< Lemme know if this helped! <3
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Comments: 27
Hi there 
Thanks for the tutorial, the names of the colors really help me picking the right one.
Just a little question. You use verithin and standard pencils, do you also use soft core pencils beside those? Or are the standard pencils soft enough for the blendig?
Thanks in advance
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if i may ask~
i have seen your traditional art and it's so beautiful and the colors are smoothly blended and its vibrant and just amazing!!!
i was wondering what do you use to edit your drawings on? I do traditional art, but my scanner always eats up the colors and blegh, but I don't know how to fix that(?) if you could answer it! please and thank you so much!
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>//w//> Aww, thank you so much!!~
^w^ I use Photoshop to edit. Specifically the CS5 version. ;3; And I know what you mean! Scanners totally kill colors! OTL
;w; Usually what I do first is adjust the exposure/offset, if the scanner you have doesn't automatically do that. This will help generally fix the washed out look that scanners create. Then edit the Levels, or the amount of darkness and lightness in the picture. I sometimes play around with the Brightness/Contrast or Curves at this stage if I need to as well. A great way to check if your values are good in a picture is to convert it to greyscale. If the image looks washed out in greyscale, it is probably a good idea to edit the levels a bit more, for most drawings anyways. Then once the values are fixed I edit the hues via Color Balance. I play around with the various sliders until the overall colors of the pictures are what I want them to be. Then I sometimes edit the Vibrance to make the colors a little more intense if need be. Annnnd finally because scanners can sometimes make images look a little fuzzy, I scale down the final image and apply a Sharpen filter to set the drawing in focus.
;3; Err, if you don't have Photoshop, if I remember correctly GIMP has most of these features, and it is free. I used that before I got PS. TwT Anyways, hopefully that helps. Maybe i'll like, make a tutorial on it someday~
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wow you have one of the coolest tutorials i read so far i cant wait to try it out im exsided cause i was watching you for a long time and wasn't expecting to find one
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Nice tutorial. What I really like here is that you also go from dark to light, I like to do that too when I do something with coloured pencils (which isn't very often but you know).
I read many tutorials so far and there it's always explained to go from light to dark with the coloured pencils, which I just can't really do or what means I can't it's just that colours don't blend good then and it looks messier which I personally don't like.
So I'm kind of glad to finally found someone who does the dark to light thing just aswell^-^
Now I will take the inspiration you gave me and work on my stuff, have a nice day.
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NOW i haz ur art skillz
ima try and do this with crayola pencils and try not to fall on my face XD
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I LOVE U SO MUCH!
Finally i found something i am looking for x3
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QvQ Daw, Thank you!~
>u< I'm glad this helped!!
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xD ahaha~ Yeah, it seems to be the easiest one to find <3
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Found it in paperchase <3
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> v< Yes! Finally! xD lol
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This is perfect. You've really put thought into making this! Oh dear, I feel like a complete beginner after reading this
I didn't know that Prismacolor makes pencils other than markers. I use Derwent pencils from England myself.
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; v; Ahh thank you! I really did try my best with it <3
; o; Oh, and don't worry! You'd be surprised how many self-taught artists out there don't know basic drawing techniques. xD I only just recently learned about the 3 color rule. Hahah~
o vo Ohh I've used those before~ They aren't bad, but not as easy to blend~ If you can find them near where you live, I'd definitely suggest you get the two different Prismacolor pencils.
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Yup, I'll definitely try if I see them somewhere
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I love you this is a nice tutorial, more inspired to color :> awesome as always <3
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; u; Aww, thank you!~
> u< Glad you like it!
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*A* fff this is so awesome. I've always wondered how you colored so well! XD
Do you ever CG? owo I don't think I've seen a digital piece from you before.
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> u< Ahhh thanks so much!~ ; w; Hehe~ yeah, allot of people ask me how I color, so it was time I made this
ahhh well I don't have a tablet or any digital drawing program better than MSpaint, so I can't CG. orz
; 3; I want a tablet and SAI so baaaaddddd hnnnggggg
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I need to supply myself with some Prismacolors again because coloring with colored pencils really is fun. XD
Oh, I see. D: You really should try to get a tablet some day! And SAI is such an awesome program. ;w; I bet your CG stuff's gonna look amaaaazing! I remember using the mouse and MSpaint to draw back when I had nothing else lol. xD
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; w; Ohhh do etttt <3
> u> I bet you would be awesome with colored pencils!~
; A; I want one so bad. I've been asking for one for years now, but everyone is too broke to afford one. OTL
; w; Ahh but I really really want to try and CG <3 So many cool effects you can make on the computer!~
o no Omg, props to you actually having the patience to use a mouse and MSpaint. Oh gawd, I'd go all rage in like, 20 seconds. Pfffft.
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