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*edit* changed Nox to make composition better at 's suggestion.The Original VindicatorsΒ©
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Very nicely done! Love the group pose, the colors, and those glowy blue eyes.
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Thanks, M'chel! 
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This is very cool, but wait -- is that Magnum P.I.?!
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Haha! Yes, that's Tom Selleck! Thanks, Ed.
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Looking good man! I really like the colours.
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Good Grouping. Who is the Tom Selleck looking fellow?
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Haha!! That's Nox, it was a kinda joke because of the mustache.
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But I like Tom Selleck!
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The new coloring style is AWESOME , G. Great stuff.
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Glad to have sparked your interest! 
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Man, I meant to say how awesome this is! I love it the colors, like everyone else! Looks great dude!
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Thanks, Rikyo! I am happily pleased this new method (for me) of coloring is so well received!
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Great group shot man, haha Can't get over the fact that Nox looks like Magnum P.I.
but I guess that's what happens when he forgets to get a haircut.
Awesome colors dude, I see you laid back a little on the saturation levels this time. Killer choice.
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I pulled WAY back on the saturation on the base colors because saturated colors can't work with this method well. I was thinking of our conversation as I did it too. I just hope I can pull it off in sequential pages. Thanks, Tsuki!
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no problem man, though How do you choose which color you're going to lay out on top of the characters? I tend to struggle while doing that so then I just end up leaving it as it was. Curse my easily annoyed self. D:
for sequential pages you're going to have to make good use of the lasso-tool methinks.
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It's just a bit of trial and error, but since it's just a matter of about 3 steps it's no big deal to try it a few different ways without becoming frustrated. There are 2 tint layers, one for shadows and another for highlights. Changing those changes everything.
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Ah that makes sense, I was trying to use one layer for both shadows AND Highlights... that's why mine didn't quite work out.
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I am just trying to follow Chamba's method. The shadowing is everything. I get the impression though he fills in everything and then cuts away at where he wants his highlights, but I use the pen tool to create shapes for shadows. After that it's cake.
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Yeah, he has some PSD files for download but since I uninstalled PS CS4 I can't really open them now. 
but I think you might be right, Seems like he selectively cuts out where the highlights will be. Not hard to do by any means so I'll give that a try. Using two layers has definitely been fruitful in my endeavors.
The shadows definitely are everything when it comes to his style, otherwise the characters seem rather flat.
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You need at least 10 layers to do his style.
1. lines (linear burn) I put my opacity to 50%
2. Shadow tint (hue) 50%
3. deeper selective shadows (linear burn) 30%
4. Gradient Layer (linear burn) 30%
5. 25 25 25 0 layer (linear burn) I'm not sure why it's there but it's possible that it makes it CMYK
6. Highlights (overlay) 15%
7. Highlights tint (overlay) 40%
8. Highlights blur (overlay) 30-50%
9. add shine (overlay) 50-100%
10 pure white (normal) 100%
I don't know how it plays out in gimp but It may help. also the line layer is in-between the shadows and highlights layers
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Wow, yeah, that's pretty much how I was setting up the layers, though I tried to stay as low on layers as possible... seems like I'll have no choice but to create them en masse.
I don't quite see the purpose of setting the lines to Burn since they'll end up looking black either way. 
Thanks so much for the info dude, I just started trying it out and it totally works better than what I had, just got to mess around with this until I get something awesome. I'll save a copy of your comment in case I forget later on.
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Cool, glad to help! I did forget about the base colors, but I think you get my drift on that. The lines, however should be translucent and gray. Chamba says he uses a 3px constant line for his whole pic. I use a tapering 7px line using the pen tool. His is hand drawn. The point is the lines are only there for support not to be prominent unlike all that I had done previously.
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ah yeah, I have noticed that his lines tend to blend in with the rest of the colors, I guess that's why it has that opacity. Well, I still like seeing my sketchy lines, so I'll only adapt his highlights and shadow hues for now. 
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Whatever works! It was only meant as a base anyway. I can see much use in it for other things too.
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Oh yeah, I was messing around with this and I found that it does wonders for backgrounds! Holy hell man, they look so badass now.
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Hell yeah they are. oh and Very cool Avatar you've got going on dude.
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Like my new avatar? Cool!
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Definitely man, just the angle of the face alone surpasses the previous front-view avatar.
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Cool upgrades, Hulkster! The new style really suits you. The guys look great
...but when did Magnum P.I. join the team?
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The only thing I'd point out is composition related.
Your pose, size and position for Nox lead your viewer off the page.
I'd reverse the pose, make him a bit smaller.
It'll close the composition and bring the eye back to your focus point.
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Cool, thanks Rod. I was thinking more about the individual characters though. I can definitely fix that but I was wondering how you felt about my take on their looks this time.
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Like I said, they all look great.
You've zeroed in on a technique that works for you, go with it.
The Preylord is exceptional and stands out compared to the others.
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Thanks, Rod. I appreciate that.
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I like this group and you have done an super job bringing them to life.
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Thanks, man. The coolest thing is this is just a rehashing of work I'd already done except Nox in the front there. His were so bad I had to draw a new one.
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that's a shame but they all look great.
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Excellent job!
But why does Triumph have gold hair?
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