Comments | umfabulously: Manga Coloring 02: Suzaku of the Counterattack

norikosama in umfabulously

Manga Coloring 02: Suzaku of the Counterattack

May 27, 2009 02:49

I do color manga... just not very well and not very often ( Read more... )

animanga: code geass, user: norikosama, manga colouring

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seikita May 27 2009, 16:03:23 UTC

It acually looks nice to me.

Well done ^^

-Seika.

norikosama May 27 2009, 16:05:51 UTC

Thank you!

snoozy May 27 2009, 16:23:54 UTC

That looks great and shame on me, for not having read more of the manga. 8D {since the first volume did look promising}

norikosama May 27 2009, 16:30:29 UTC

Thanks!

I've heard from my friend (the other poster who did a manga coloring on this comm) that the end is awesome. On the other hand, she can read Japanese and I cannot. Woes.

theredqueen66 May 27 2009, 16:24:03 UTC

Actually, I would disagree with you on that point. Your coloring is beautiful! I love your colors, just basic and sticking to the main scheme of the original. Do you take requests?

norikosama May 27 2009, 16:31:38 UTC

Thank you very much!

I probably will be soon, since we recently hit 25 watchers. I take forever to color manga, though.

deknighted May 27 2009, 16:29:08 UTC

SO PRETTY *A*

did you try to shadow?

norikosama May 27 2009, 16:33:14 UTC

Thank you!

Yeah, but it's not very obvious/good. As expected. 8|

deknighted May 27 2009, 16:38:54 UTC

howdoyoudit?I can't shade/shadow for god's sake which makes me suck :|

norikosama May 27 2009, 16:45:19 UTC

It's okay, I fail at highlighting.

As per coloring manga, you need to choose a color that's only a little darker than the base of your skin. If you're using Photoshop, trying eyedropping the skin color and going just a little below it. (Unless that color looks totally weird.) It needs to be noticeable to show up, but not stand out. (That's the hard part.)

If you're trying to subtly shade a large area, I would use a large, soft brush and set the opacity and flow reaaaaally low. Like, 30% and below. Then I kept going over the desired area until the color showed up but it didn't stand out. I think for gradual transition you just place light areas by clicking the spot once or twice then mixing it with the highlight. You can always set the opacity of the layer lower if you mess up.

Hope that helps!

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isuzuchan44 May 27 2009, 19:04:20 UTC

I LOVED Suzaku of the Counterattack.
They have both volumes out in English...if you live in the U.S. xD The homolust is grand.

norikosama May 27 2009, 19:11:32 UTC

lol, funny thing with me. I went to Borders and they were stocking one volume into the bookshelf. I go away for 5 minutes and it's gone when I come back. XD
I'm sure I'll buy it someday, if only the masses would be less persistent...