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RevanREK — Gimp Colouring Tutorial

Published: 2008-03-20 15:01:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 19465; Favourites: 159; Downloads: 398
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Description Ok yes I don't pretend to be amazingly good at this or anything because I'm not so this is probably a stupid complicated way that can easily be shortcutted but my friend asked me how I coloured on the Gimp and I started to explain... a few seconds later and she was already lost so... this is what happened...
I sorta liked it so I've decided (after a lot of thinking and many cups of coffee) to put it up. But not just because I liked it but Ive found there isn't that many Gimp tutorials about colouring and for a gimp user (Like myself) that can be quite annoying!

Anyway this is how I colour on the gimp but if there's a quicker way then, by all means I would love to hear it!



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Comments: 126

ArtAghedaTodd [2013-03-20 20:57:07 +0000 UTC]

Wow,this works really well!Gonna use this!

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TikiTako [2012-05-14 06:10:15 +0000 UTC]

I usually just go to color balance and adjust my black and whtie pics there. Is it better or any different to the 'adjust color level' mode as you suggested? thanks for the tutorial.

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RevanREK In reply to TikiTako [2012-05-19 10:56:53 +0000 UTC]

Um, I guess there isn't much difference. I suppose it's about the amount of control you want really, it's only really to make the grey of the pencil become more black so using the levels like I have is just adjusting the contrast really, but with more control over just how much contrast. If that makes sense.

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TikiTako In reply to RevanREK [2012-05-19 14:34:25 +0000 UTC]

It does, thanks!

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Maxarmadas [2011-12-22 22:55:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it help MeALot

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RevanREK In reply to Maxarmadas [2011-12-29 18:30:43 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helped you!

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springerfox [2011-12-19 02:42:11 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful. The basic picture is handy.

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RevanREK In reply to springerfox [2011-12-21 18:52:35 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

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Cloudy-Darkness [2011-11-10 08:11:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, I really needed to learn this. I use color pencils, but I really need to improve on my digital skills.

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RevanREK In reply to Cloudy-Darkness [2011-11-10 23:31:56 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helped, I started with coloured pencils too!

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Cloudy-Darkness In reply to RevanREK [2011-11-11 00:00:12 +0000 UTC]

It really did help. I finished one digital coloured drawing just yesterday. It really helped a lot.

Thanks.

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Seth4500 [2011-09-30 23:20:40 +0000 UTC]

I love this!

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MusicXartXlife [2011-07-30 05:34:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Great tutorial, this'll help so much with my poor colouring skills!

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anknick [2011-06-25 10:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much......... It was a great help...

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Stephie-chanX3 [2011-06-02 16:14:02 +0000 UTC]

thank you sooo much.
I've been searching for such a tutorial for ages. =__= and now I finally found it.
It helped me very much, thank you. X3

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RevanREK In reply to Stephie-chanX3 [2011-06-04 20:56:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you too!! I'm really glad it helped!!

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gorillaz2-Dfan [2011-05-29 12:14:59 +0000 UTC]

this is brilliant!! it helped so much thankyou!

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RevanREK In reply to gorillaz2-Dfan [2011-05-31 12:33:09 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!!

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pikachu9196 [2011-03-24 02:18:22 +0000 UTC]

this was helpful. I couldn't figure out how to color on GIMP for my life

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RevanREK In reply to pikachu9196 [2011-03-26 23:59:28 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helped! ^^

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TheBrightBeast [2010-12-27 18:29:45 +0000 UTC]

thanks will do this after i finally draw a decent lineart

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RevanREK In reply to TheBrightBeast [2010-12-30 20:11:00 +0000 UTC]

Well I find that even if you think the lineart isn't up to scratch once you add colour it looks a lot better and I'm glad you found it useful!

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TheBrightBeast In reply to RevanREK [2010-12-31 11:30:41 +0000 UTC]

thankies

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jiejen237 [2010-12-18 17:41:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making this tutorial, it really helps

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RevanREK In reply to jiejen237 [2010-12-18 17:48:34 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helped

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LuvZ-Art [2010-09-03 02:09:14 +0000 UTC]

thanks for this
worked like a charm until I overdid it with the burn and dodge tools lol

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RevanREK In reply to LuvZ-Art [2010-09-03 12:23:54 +0000 UTC]

Glad it helped the dodge and burn tools are hard to get used to but it gets easyier the more you use them!

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LuvZ-Art In reply to RevanREK [2010-09-03 20:40:58 +0000 UTC]

I am having fun with them
thank you again

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Dawnoftheredsand [2010-08-12 19:39:41 +0000 UTC]

when it came to the colour levels part the thing didnt come up ?? can you help me please

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RevanREK In reply to Dawnoftheredsand [2010-08-17 18:35:21 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I'm not sure sorry have you tried it more then once?

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Dawnoftheredsand In reply to RevanREK [2010-08-17 21:24:46 +0000 UTC]

yeah
its oki ill find out soon

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LoveableRagdoll [2010-07-26 14:07:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for this, couldn't find a decent tutorial anywhere

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Mega-Tribble [2010-07-22 07:51:05 +0000 UTC]

Erm..I put it on multiply, but for some reason it still goes over the lines...Help?

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Mega-Tribble [2010-07-22 07:39:42 +0000 UTC]

I have GIMP 2.6....i dont see step 7 on mine....Its ticking me off.

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Canucky [2010-07-12 03:12:09 +0000 UTC]

^^ glad i found it, it helped me so much

shared it with friends also

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were-ukulele [2010-07-07 09:34:35 +0000 UTC]

wow, this is so useful, thanks!

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tiger200188 [2010-06-01 08:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! This tutorial was really helpful, and I used it to make a awesome looking picture!

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RevanREK In reply to tiger200188 [2010-06-05 15:38:40 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helped you!

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tiger200188 In reply to RevanREK [2010-06-05 20:40:41 +0000 UTC]

It did alot thanks.

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seppyb [2010-05-21 19:34:23 +0000 UTC]

dude nice tutorial...one question
when colouring why do you have to change it to multiply??

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RevanREK In reply to seppyb [2010-05-29 12:18:09 +0000 UTC]

Because that way it doesn't show if you go over the top of your old lines! But you don't have to do it that way if you don't want to, everyone has their preferred way of working! and thank you!

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seppyb In reply to RevanREK [2010-05-29 19:16:06 +0000 UTC]

no probs..i tryed it that way and my latest picture actually came out pretty well

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Shade184 [2010-03-13 09:18:34 +0000 UTC]

Finally, I GIMP tutorial that a n00b like myself can understand. Thanks so much ^_^

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RevanREK In reply to Shade184 [2010-03-14 14:52:05 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you found it understandable!

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Shade184 In reply to RevanREK [2010-03-14 16:56:32 +0000 UTC]

^_^

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FemaleDreadSerragent [2010-03-06 19:10:18 +0000 UTC]

this may sound dumb but how do you open the layer box

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RevanREK In reply to FemaleDreadSerragent [2010-03-14 14:51:28 +0000 UTC]

Just press ctrl and L together. that should do the trick!!

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Captain-Varro [2010-01-30 00:14:48 +0000 UTC]

Huzzah! So thats how its done! Now I can give digital colouring a proper try!

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RevanREK In reply to Captain-Varro [2010-02-02 20:49:49 +0000 UTC]

Im glad it helped

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Angelwarrior123 [2009-12-31 08:46:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank u so much!! im new at deviantart and im still figuring out how to do this stuff on GIMP because i only uploaded it about few days ago, ive been trying to learn how to colour and line art my drawings now i know how to colour but i still have to find some random line art tutorial haha. xx thxx again!

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