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Manga-colouring: Kobato

Jan 14, 2012 22:25

Original Scan: Chapter 24, page 15
Animanga: Kobato
Character: Hanato Kobato
Time: 2 hours, give or take :T
Notes: For tcg_exchange.

Hnnnnnngggghhh, first time colouring manga. Her skin is too pale/yellowish, shading is horrendous and wtf is up with the haaaairrr? ;A;;;;;

( Duuuuuuuuurrrrr. )

c: hanato kobato, !manga-colouring, f: kobato

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laerkstrein January 14 2012, 18:57:49 UTC

stharridan January 14 2012, 23:11:56 UTC

Because it is! (Or rather, the skin makes it horrible. -.-)

dreamer1789 January 14 2012, 19:19:15 UTC

The hair isn't bad, even if the skin could have used a bit more color contrast. ^^
What kind of program are you using though? And mouse coloring or tablet? Asking because that'll make it easier to point you towards some awesome tutorials you might find interesting. Also, with some programs it's easy to clean up the scan first (like those black-toned spots in different places over the hair - I get they're meant to be either shimmers or drops, but once you start coloring, it's better to substitute that kind of effect, imo.)

stharridan January 14 2012, 23:06:34 UTC

Yes, the skin. I'm never good with colouring skin. D: Always turns out like...like...like that.

I'm using PS CS5 (forgot to include that in the post, blah >_>), and a tablet. I don't know whether it's got pressure sensitivity or not, but I've heard that that'll help a great deal in colouring hair.

dreamer1789 January 15 2012, 08:39:02 UTC

Wow, going right in with all the good stuff, huh? ^^
Ok, with a tablet you should definitely have pressure sensitivity. Easiest way to find out is just to open PS, get a blank canvas, pick a dark color and set the brush to 'airbrush pen opacity flow' - then just play around. You should get different results depending on the pressure you use on the tablet (and depending on its settings - but default setting should be medium.)

Ok, some stuff I searched for that you might find helpful, namely PS tutorials on skin shading: here, here, one of different skin tones here, a PS for beginners (even if the tutorial uses an older version of PS, the basics are still the same. And lastly, don't start with this one ;), a more advanced tutorial, specifically for anime style.

There are literally tons of tutorials everywhere. The trick is just finding a few you like and not giving up trying out diffente styles, because your first tries will not yield immediate awesome results, but just keep at it. Practise makes the better coloring. A good program - ( ... )

stharridan January 15 2012, 09:33:40 UTC

Heheh, naww. I hog CS5 just to make icons. Only recently did I decide to try out manga-colouring. ^^" But it's no use having good programs if you can't utilize them well. ;A;;;

I'll have to check the settings for the tablet again then. Because I remember fiddling around with it when I first got it, and the pressure now seems to be a bit off. A Wacom Bamboo Fun, if the model's all that relevant. (Actually wanted it to draw, but I had in mind the tablet that acts like a canvas where you draw on it and the picture comes out ON the tablet screen itself, like the Wacom Cintiq. But it's damn expensive. o.o) Airbrush pen opacity flow - have to remember that.

By the way, how would you say the hair colouring is? Just...threw in random colours and gaussian-blurred them. Didn't know what I was even doing. I was trying to get the look of fiendie's hair-colouring, but ehhh...

Oh, thank you very much! I'll most definitely take a look at those tutorials once I have the time! I am buried under tons of homework right now. >_> (One thing that I never ( ... )

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