Photoshop actions can be a real time saver and they are easy to create if you know how. Here’s a guide to creating very basic actions in Photoshop.
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Comic Book Colorist
Photoshop actions can be a real time saver and they are easy to create if you know how. Here’s a guide to creating very basic actions in Photoshop.
This video is included in the free trial of the Learn 2 Color Comic Books 101 course.
Watch me color this Judge Dredd piece.
After flatting a comic book page I like to begin unifying my colors and establish the mood. Here’s how I do that.
The line art used in this video is by Stefano Raffaele
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Looking to speed up the time it takes you to flat a page of line art? Try the approach and see if it helps.
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If you ever have flats that were done at the wrong size, instead of re-flatting the page try this handy technique.
The line art used in this video is by Stefano Raffaele
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The first step to coloring a comic book page is laying down the flat colors. Here’s how its done.
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This one is for all the process junkies out there. Here are images of each step in the coloring process I used on the Star Trek/Green Lantern #5 cover I colored awhile back. The line art is by David Williams.
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First here’s the original line art as I received it.
Here’s the adjusted line art with the blue lines removed. (Click the image to see how that was done)
Flat colors, using local colors.
I added a 40% color fill to help unify the flat colors and a few multiply fills to the foreground elements to begin creating some depth.
Here’s how it looked after the rendering stage. I used multiple layers set to a linear dodge to add the green highlights, and a few with some blue reflected light to help set off the figures.
Here’s the final image with the special effects added. The glow around Green Lantern and his power ring shield was done with the polygon tool with a little bit of feathering. I also used various custom fractal brushes to create some “energy wisps” coming off the shield (cause it looks cool). The swirls in the shield itself was done by sampling a photo of a bubble.
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If you’ve ever wondered how to create a base color to use as a skin tone in your comics coloring, this video will help get you started.
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