HOME | DD
indigofox — Rain page 1 need help
Published: 2006-07-20 23:37:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 7763; Favourites: 149; Downloads: 183
Redirect to original
Description
Seeing as there's a fair bit more traffic here than at my blog, I'm imploring you all for help. I need help digitally colouring this. I really want to make this and two other pages work, but I'm not really sure how to go about doing it. If anyone has any tips or tutorials for digital colour that they tend to like to fall back on, could you point me in a certain direction (even a tutorial on DA, because I know there are a number of amazing ones floating around)The other thing is how do YOU go about colouring a digital piece from sketchiness to finish. And what do you think I should do -- add finished lines, or make it a no line all shape piece.
Help guys. Please
Oh, and to see the progress or, should I say, how I want it to look, please check out my blog at
www.idlesiren.blogspot.com
If you'd rather leave a comment there, please do
Related content
Comments: 34
Oooh! How pretty! Reminds me of Disney Feature storyboard pages. They're lovely even without a whole lot of color. Very professional!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Don't know if you still need resources, I just went though my favs and found some of the tutorials I keep in there for reference, here are the ones about digital colouring:
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
mouse colouring: [link]
maybe you'll have use for 'em.
Alexis
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I'm always looking for new tutorials, thankyou so much!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
You know I personally tend to draw the linework first and then color it.
So I put the color on a different layer, below the lines, and I don't have to worry about coloring outside the lines,
But
1. I'm not a pro (by far!!)
2. This might not work for everyone
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I am totally in love with your artwork! You rule, my friend!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
hahaha, thanks! It made my day and it's only 7:30 in the morning.
You rock!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Believe me, I've checked out your gallery and blog, and on my best day, I don't come close to rocking as much as you. You'll have to forgove me if I ever inundate you with questions about the tools you use or the way you draw something. I'd feel honored to take tips from someone of your talent!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ask away, but really, I've had a few people congradulate me on talent, and it's nothing like that... I go to school with so many artists who are superior to me
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I love it, when I first started school, I had many comic ideas that never got made, I had concept work for them too--I'll most likely work on them once I am done with school though. I am excited to do my own thing out of college
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
WIsh i could help with that... WAIT I CAN!
someone gave me this when i posted the same question in my journal
[link]
Whee!
zhope it helps you more than it helps me <-ishopeless
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
omg thalia.
you're a god~!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Oh geeze, that is ever so cute! xD Love all the expressions in this, as well as the idea [really like the warmer colors when she starts playing too--that's nifty C:]!
Don't really know what I can offer as far as finished work goes... You have such a striking style--finishing it with lines would definately suit it, but then you've shown here that you can convey an awful lot of character with very rough shapes [wow, that was helpful o_o;]
Gyah, I love your rough stuff C:. Keep up the great work!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
You damn right you need help. You work in a mental institution.
haha!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
actually the sketchiness seems to fit well with this,hmm...
i'd say,go with the finished lines!
...or almost finished,semi-sketchy lines maybe?
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Couldn't find a tutorial that I was comfortable recomending. I don't know what I would recomend for your pice. For me lineart is a big part of animation, and I personally can't do much without it. A lot of my recent work looks like this [link] I start with a sketch, then do some thik lines on ilustrator to give it a print sort of look, and do really simple coloring with an added texture. I also go for the "cutt out" kind of look. Photoshop vectors following my sketch. [link] Sometimes I'll go over my sketch with my wacom to make a stronger cleaner line [link] [link] Or if I did a really clean sketch I will just folow that [link] [link] I'm not real big on painting digitaly, I don't feel comfortable with my skills, and I have always been a fan of very flat images; still when ever I do something that looks a bit more like a painting or whatever i do try to leave out the lines [link]
My procest looks a lot like what you are doing right now. I do try to include a lot of information into the sketch, or make it as clean as possible. And when I have trouble coloring something I'll go back to the sketch and try to do a colored version to see if I can figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong. Like this one...[link] [link]
So that is a very simplified explanation of what I do. As for what you should do, I dont know. In the end its going to come down to what you think looks nice and you find possible to do. I always think that when you dont do lines you limit the background posibilities because you have to be always thinking about your character not getting lost in the background. With lines it is a bit easier to control that. Also, I was going through your gallery again, and I like the way you do lines.
I hope some of this information is helpful. Good luck with the rest of the proyect.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
you are absolutly amazing! thankyou for all your advice, and you have some amazingly cute and inspiring art!
Thanks!!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you soo much, I was just trying to help
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
hmmm... I like the way the lines are defined in the panel with the girl jumping. Maybe if you attempted to have all the frames like that. I like the sketchyness of it and the extra lines add a lot more movement. Since water is a big part, maybe add a little bit of a highlight wher the nearest light source is coming from. Is it supposed to look like that, as she plays she gains more color? I kind of like that idea ^^
For me, I sketch the basic stick pose, add some basic lumps of where details so be and then go in and attempt a full out ink of it. I usually redo the ink several times but I get there eventually 
You should do it how you feel comfortable, though I kind of like the idea of more play= more color ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thanks! yeah, as she's playing more colour's coming into the scene -- there's actually three pages altogether. As for your advice, I like how you've explained it, I'm not one to use burn and dodge, but to put a base colour down then go figure out your highlights and shadows.
I wish I knew what felt comfortable, I think that's what I'm looking for now ^__^
but thanks for your insightful comment!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
No prob ^^ I love giving advice when asked ^^ (and even times when I'm not asked
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
There's a link in my sig that goes to a journal of mine were I posted a bunch of tutorials for just about everything you can dream of. I can point out a few of my favorites if you'd like.
Personally, I kinda like the messy look to this. It adds a lot of character. Combined with the expression it really make sit pop. Post more! :]
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
actually, i wouldn't change much line wise for that is what caught my attention. It looks like a strong storyboard so far. As far as additions: Water seems to be a strong aspect to this, so maybe adding that as a color, dull, pale blue, especially the puddle. Your poses are strong, i like this thus far.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
