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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]).

 

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

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2. Set the blend mode to “multiply” & lock it.
3. Create a new trasparent layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) & put it below lineart

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

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

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

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

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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:
colorcar
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One Response to “Comic making: How to color line art in photoshop”

  1. i love that….its a real good training from Artboy…and u gat to extend it to me eben
    love ur zeal to become….ok let chat here ebefemonis@yahoo.com

    Posted by eben | January 15, 2010, 1:19 pm

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