Crisp Bright Coloring Help
Program(+version) I'm using: Adope Photoshop CS4
Example(s) of the coloring I want to learn how to make + credit to the maker: these from lookbook.
A different image I want to color(this is not the original): this or this
Basically I want to learn how to get that crisp & bright type of coloring shown in any of the four thumbnails from the sample. Whenever I try, my version just looks washed out and a bit heavy on the blue side of selective coloring, which is nowhere near as pretty as the fourth one in the picture. (Also, are their faces/skin are airbrushed and smoothened in some way?)
The closest I've gone is this:
It's pretty far off from the crisp light/bright tones in the first 3 samples, which is what I want (not vintage-y pink or yellow or blue tones).
Example(s) of the coloring I want to learn how to make + credit to the maker: these from lookbook.
A different image I want to color(this is not the original): this or this
Basically I want to learn how to get that crisp & bright type of coloring shown in any of the four thumbnails from the sample. Whenever I try, my version just looks washed out and a bit heavy on the blue side of selective coloring, which is nowhere near as pretty as the fourth one in the picture. (Also, are their faces/skin are airbrushed and smoothened in some way?)
The closest I've gone is this:
It's pretty far off from the crisp light/bright tones in the first 3 samples, which is what I want (not vintage-y pink or yellow or blue tones).