Coloring Manga/Comics
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Made in Photoshop 7. Is most likely translatable.
Step 1. Pick out your base, crop it, etcetera. This was mine:
I thought the grainy background was a bit distracting,
so I created a new layer and drew over it with white
The result >
Step 2. Pick out a gradient for your background. I used this texture by Hybrid Genesis.
Drag it onto your image and set it to multiply. I erased the texture from Ed's face - it doesn't have to be prefect.
Step 3. I picked out another part of the texture to use for his hair.
Past it on your image and set it to multiply. I used the polygonal lasso tool to remove the unwanted parts.
Duplicate the hair-texture about four times (it will vary depending on the texture you're using)
You'll want it to be dark, but not too dark.
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Step 4. Pick out a texture for the face. I used this one (no idea who it's by. If you know, please tell me!
All I know is that it's been sitting on my hard drive a heck of a long time. heh)
Paste it on your image and set it to multiply at 100%
Again, I used the polygonal lasso tool to remove the unwanted bits and got this:
Step 5. Next, I created a new layer, took a nice fuzzy brush with the color #E72E16 and colored his coat. Set it to color burn at 100%. It though that looked a bit dark, so I duplicated my layer, drug in UNDER the color burn layer and set it to linear light at 17%
The result?
Step 6. Time for the fun part!
Create a new layer, fill it with FFF3C9 and set it to multiply at 100%
Step 7. I took this texture (again, no idea who made it) drug it onto my image and set it to linear burn at 39%
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I know, this looks a bit dark, but we'll fix that.
Step 8. Take your original base image (the one with the grainy background) copy and paste it on top of all your layers
and set it to hard light at 37%
Step 9. Create a gradient map
(if you don't know how, look at your layers palette. on the bottom is a black and white circle. click it
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select the back and white gradient, click OK and set it to 20% opacity or so.
Step 10. (optional step) I create some text using the font Arial with kerning of 550.
I also added some oh-so-famous tiny text.
And voila! You're done!
Let me know what you thought of the tut - if it could've been better, constructive criticism is appreciated.
It you liked/benefited from it, well it's always nice to know I didn't this for nothing ^.^
I'd love to see your results!