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Ross-A-Campbell — Lady Immolatasia by Walter Geovani
Published: 2013-01-20 20:40:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 4610; Favourites: 105; Downloads: 112
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A color commish for ~Exeter42 pencilled and inked by the ace Red Sonja artist ~wgpencil . Fantastic piece, very glad I got to color this
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Cheers, Si! Always means a lot coming from you 
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Fan-friggin'-tastic work, Ross! Really love how this turned out. Thank you, again! ^_^
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My pleasure dude! Loved it
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thanks for making this ^^
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well... no problem 
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you a comic book artist
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I don't get it... is that a question :s??
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Right. Yeah, comic colorist 
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Well, as you're obviously uninitiated to the art that is production of a professional comic book, allow me to explain briefly. A book comes out monthly usually. No artist I've heard of can write, pencil, ink, color and letter and generally edit 20 odd pages a month for however long the ongoing book lasts. A team is made of indivuals who excel at their given task, and with good direction and collaboration, they will make a beastin' book, much better and quicker than one that only one artist has done. That is in theory anyways, it seems to work for most companies. A lot of european publishers will hire one artist for both story and art (including colors and lettering)but it takes a lot longer. I personally prefer the american style books but the european market is quite vast and definetly not to be disregarded.
And don't let any other colorist catch you saying "all you do is color". A lot of us feel undermined, under-appreciated and underpaid. The work we do can be incredibly tough and a lot of the story-telling elements can be accentuated and even created through use of good color work. With "colorist appreciation day" only a couple of days past, we're especially cranky just now towards those who, not only don't appreciate our work, but are condescending and attenuate our work.
You're off the hook though, but now you have been enlightened. Don't let me catch you saying such tomfoolery again
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That's OK man, I can't blame you for not knowing
As for the devwatching, I'm VERY selective about who I add to my devwatch so I must politely decline, but don't hesitate to ask for advice from time to time. If I get some down time, I'll do my best to answer as best I can.
To start you off with the coloring biz, most of us use photoshop (free CS2 version from adobe here [link] ). Install that and look up some tutorials about coloring lineart/comic books and you'll be well on your way
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Well, I would highly recommend working in digital. It's harder to grasp to begin with, I still much prefer the feel to pencil and paper but the advantages are vast. Much easier editing, directly choosing colors with no mixing, no waiting around for paint to dry, you can apply textures in just a few clicks and it theoretically it gives a cleaner finish. So all of that contributes to a much quicker turnaround in my opinion.
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Often, yes. A lot of the lineart still is done traditionally and then scanned but the colors are almost always digital.
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