Comic making: How to color line art in photoshop

       

This simple tutorial shows how to color lineart in photoshop in a few steps. You might also want to check out the first part of this tutorial (Comic making: Turn your rough sketches into line art [Pt. 1]).

 

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1. Open the lineart in the photoshop & unlock it by double-clicking the layer & rename the layer “lineart”.

 

2. Set the blend mode to “multiply” & lock it.

 

3. Create a new trasparent layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) & put it below lineart 

 

4. On the new layer, use the lasso tool to select various parts of areas of the line art.

 

5. Fill your selection with flat color (alt+del). I used #D4AA04. Also, remember to fill different colors on seperate layers.

 

6. Create a new trasparent layer below the “lineart” layer but above the other layers & use the pen tool to make paths to shade.

 

7. Convert the path to selection and shade in the selection with the gradient tool(G), using #ffffff(white) as the foreground color.

 

Apply the same treatment for other areas that need shading. 

Note: You may also use the lasso tool to make your selection. Play around, be creative and take time to master the tools.

 

8. For the headlamps, i filled it with #f8f79d, used a white airbrush and in the layer style(double-click the layer) apply “outer glow”. Just try various stuff & you’ll come up with something nice.

 

9. The back wheel looks kinda flat, huh? To fix that, use the pen tool to create a path, make it  selection and use the gradient tool. 

10. Add some more finishing touches and you’ll have a new ride all to yourself! A lot more can be done to it but this is just a basic tutorial. I’m looking foward to seeing what you can do with the little you’ve learnt from this tut.

 

And here’s my final image: