Desira portrait colouring process
Because people always ask how i colour stuff i thought i'd do a quick overview
in case its helpful to anyone. I colour in photoshop with a tablet
Step 1- scan in inked line art at 300-600 dpi B&W bitmap. tidy up line
art, convert to RGB. Magic eraser the white, select the image and copy and paste
it in a new layer which will be coloured.
Step 2- bucket the flats and magic wand/ save selection them.
Step 3- load appropriate selection i.e. the body, airbrush the two darker shades
according to the anatomy/light position
Step 4- air brush the two lighter shades
Step 5- colour the other areas in the same way
Step 6- colour in wings/ eyes/ jewellery etc *tip on colouring metal- most of
the shine is white with high contrasts between the lighter and darker areas*
Step 7- more work on the wings
Step 8- the purple and pale orange spots i put in to tell me what the main light
and back light colours were and their direction. I chose these colours as they
would look good on this character. I rim light with them using my selections
again according to the anatomy/ light direction and how close that part of the
body is to the source.
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