Coloring Technique Sharing

CapitanG · Post by **CapitanG** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:27 pm

Right, here we are:

I wish I had this much patience for all of my other stuff. ~3 hours, and I hope you don't mind, Humbug, but I re-rendered the lines so I could work at high resolution. Hence why they may look a bit different.

Oi.

Eunice_P · Post by **Eunice_P** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:53 am

I'm an inker expert for lineart but a lame colorist. Here's one for you guys to try out. You might need to convert this lineart into RGB before you start coloring it. Oh yeah, I believe you guys should know how to resize your work after you completed coloring eh?

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:34 pm

I am DONE :3

http://xthost.info/otc/tlhblood.jpg

I am quite content with it,

!

Humbug · Post by **Humbug** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:10 pm

CapitanG wrote:I wish I had this much patience for all of my other stuff. ~3 hours, and I hope you don't mind, Humbug, but I re-rendered the lines so I could work at high resolution. Hence why they may look a bit different.

Not at all.

Very nice work.

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:40 pm

Blah! Three hours, time to call quits. Mostly I was making a shoddy repair to the lighting - I thought the lass's right leg was her right arm (still do actually O.o ), realised my mistake an hour in, did a bad repair and everything went to pot, ho hum, looks nice in black and white... Original Monster Size.

Ryuko · Post by **Ryuko** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:48 pm

I'm sorry RA, the coloring on your picture is pretty good, but what the heck is up with her right foot. It makes me (someone who twists her ankle a lot) cringe just to look at it...

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:50 pm

I think it's just that TLH drew her toes facing the wrong way. I think. *shrug* I'm not that good with anatomy myself, thanks for the compliment on the colouring though :)

Ryuko · Post by **Ryuko** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:01 pm

Oh yeah, I love the background and the way the blood looks and especially the eyes. I didn't see it earlier in the thread, sorry.

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:09 pm

Aww, thanks. Glad the three hardest things for me turned out ok :'D I tried like 3 million different directions for the background before I finally found one that worked. The blood was crazy fun, played with it for about an hour. It was even purple at one point to entertain myself. XD I am normally quite terrible at eyes, but I decided to try and make them stand out this time, glad you liked them.

*craves more lineart to colour, eyes the thread and takes one*

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:00 am

I stole this from one of my future pages.

Yes, the assault rifle was a bitch to draw.

Corgan_dane · Post by **Corgan_dane** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:33 pm

I colored this, from the inking thread (using McDuffies' posted inking).

Bluebug · Post by **Bluebug** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:38 pm

That's an awesome job, LAGtheNoggin. She practically glows.

Here's my take on your character, Eunice. When I finished coloring him, he really needed a background so I threw one in. It was a tossup between rain and lightning - but since I can't draw lightning, you got rain

Oh, and ignore the fact that the grass isn't backlit ...

Isukiyomi · Post by **Isukiyomi** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:49 pm

bluebug wrote:*awesome pic*

*drools* that is so....gah...awesome!

Eunice_P · Post by **Eunice_P** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:28 am

bluebug wrote:Here's my take on your character, Eunice. When I finished coloring him, he really needed a background so I threw one in. It was a tossup between rain and lightning - but since I can't draw lightning, you got rain Oh, and ignore the fact that the grass isn't backlit ...

OooooOOOoooo... That's just too awesome!

Thank you so much!! Hey, how did ya know the character I drew had green hair? LoL! I really like the way you did the blade. It looks very realistic there.

You know what? We should do some collabs some times.

Oh, I'll post up a fanart of your character for you soon in return for your incredible coloring job!

KathleenJ · Post by **KathleenJ** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:52 am

I did this yesterday, and it just occurred to me that it might work as lineart for this color jam. Anyone want to give it a shot?

Bluebug · Post by **Bluebug** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:36 pm

Eunice_P wrote: OooooOOOoooo... That's just too awesome! Thank you so much!! Hey, how did ya know the character I drew had green hair? LoL! I really like the way you did the blade. It looks very realistic there. You know what? We should do some collabs some times. Oh, I'll post up a fanart of your character for you soon in return for your incredible coloring job!

Glad you like it! He's supposed to have green hair? Cool! I chose rightly then ^_^ It was either that or black/blue hair, but green seemed more interesting. Hey, collabs would definitely be fun! Your lineart is always so awesome. Feel free to PM me and we can throw around some ideas. It would be fun doing some GhostHunters pinups ... ah, I miss Timmy!

And fanart from you of KM? That would make my day ^_^

Sketch286 · Post by **Sketch286** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:52 pm

bluebug how do you do that? what do you use? how long does it take? I wish I rocked like that

Bluebug · Post by **Bluebug** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:29 pm

sketch286 wrote:bluebug how do you do that? what do you use? how long does it take?

*blush* Thanks, sketch286. I used Photoshop, with lots of layers. Surprisingly enough, it took me a lot less time to do than most of my color images. About two and a half hours total. And yet now it's one of my favorite pieces. I credit most of that to Eunice's awesome lineart

I wish I rocked like that

It'll take time, but you'll get there! Just keep practicing ^_^

Simbrie · Post by **Simbrie** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:34 pm

LAGtheNoggin wrote:Blah! Three hours, time to call quits. Mostly I was making a shoddy repair to the lighting - I thought the lass's right leg was her right arm (still do actually O.o ), realised my mistake an hour in, did a bad repair and everything went to pot, ho hum, looks nice in black and white... Original Monster Size.

O.O Crapola, that's gorgeous! I love the red highlighting and how the shading brings out the texture of the fur. xD tis muy awesome.

Oh, and sorry for the late reply and that right leg. I was off in Hong Kong for a week, and I get confused with that leg too. I didn't realize how confusing it was until I finish drawing. =p

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:37 pm

Not as cool as bluebug's but I tried. 8)