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Doom-the-wolf β How to color in Photoshop
Published: 2010-06-01 03:56:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 24623; Favourites: 93; Downloads: 203
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Well, here's my tutorial about how to draw pictures like mine. I hope it will be understandable enough. I couldn't spend too much time explaining all the details, so I'm going to suppose you know a bit about how photoshop works.I know the tools in this tutorial are in Spanish. I don't have the English version of photoshop. So I hope you'll be able to locate the correct tools by the shape of the box.
The character in this tutorial is Bunnie Rabbot, from the old Sonic TV series.
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I wish i could find out...
but my stupid flash player is out of date or watever.
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This tutorial is very old, and there are many better coloring tutorials on Deviantart.
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Just curious...
Are you spanish?
I only ask...
That's an spanish photoshop (photoshop in spanish idiom)
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Yes, I live in Spain.
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Do you talk spanish?
I'm 100% spanish...
And I can say...
WHAT I LOVE YOUR ART!!!
Un momento
ΒΏPorque hablo en ingles?
Bah, ya lo sabre.
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I would rather not talk in Spanish on this website.
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I talk in two idioms specially for my friends.
I have some spnish friends...
Sometimes, I prefer talk in english, I don't know ther eason, but I feel good.
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I'm still using Photoshop CS. But I'm sure you could even do this in earlier versions.
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Yes, all Photoshop versions have that tool. It should be located in the same button the rectangle selection tool is.
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ok i need to find it.
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When i make a line the brush seems to only want to snap vertically or horizontally
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The shift button will draw vertical or horizontal lines if you drag the mouse. But if you just click the mouse while holding shift, it will draw straight lines in any direction.
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I found this an interesting read. Some aspects were variations on approaches I already knew about (for example, a similar shading result can be achieved by using opaque shades of grey on a multiply layer). Others I hadn't noticed before (such as putting stress lines in fabric).
The most interesting part would have to be the fur texturing approach. I think it's possible to implement it algorithmically, so you might be able to write some ActionScript code to do it. Even if the results do turn out to be too slow to be practical, it would still make for an interesting programming exercise.
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about ActionScript to pull off anything interactive just yet, so it's off to the help files for me.
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The coloring method here is oneI made up on my own. So if you noticed any similarities or differences to other coloring methods, it's probably because I got some of my techniques right while other ones are not so popular.
It would be nice if I could program textures into a picture, but that's far beyond any possibilities. Photoshop doesn't allow other programs to insert algorithms into it, and Actionscript is a pretty bad language for serious programming.
Even if it was possible, it's extremely complicated for any program to detect where the fur should be facing on each part of the character, or even which parts should have fur at all, or even if there is a character there. Our human intelligence far surpasses artificial intelligence when it comes to recognizing shapes in images.
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Actually, regarding orientation of the fur, that could be handled by using a curved 2D grid. In the case of an arm, use curves running along the length of it and running across it. The latter would be giving the curvature. I think you can see where this is going now.
For a fully procedural texturing approach to graphics, it might indeed be easier to make a whole new program from scratch.
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The program might be able to color the fur based on the orientation of the lines. But that would only work if everything was in 2 dimensions, where depth doesn't exist.
It's really a lot easier to just draw the fur myself. I don't have the time, interest or maybe even the ability to make such a complex program to do that. Maybe you're an expert programmer who knows how to do it more easily, but I just can't think of a way.
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You can, however, change the distance between the offsets so they're more frequent near the ends of the curves which serve as a horizontal axis for the pattern, mimicking what happens with perspective.
I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I have managed to write a basic raytracer.
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Well, if you think it's worth the time, give it a try. I don't think I could gain more than I lose by making such a program.
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I'll consider it research into procedural texturing.
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just a question... are you going to make more flash animations? because i think all of the ones so far are...EXELENT!!!!!
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this culd actually be useful for me...if i can get everything figured you .
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2theresq+sidecike was colerd using this metherdh ttp://tronhoward.deviantart.com/
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this was helpful but I only had one thing to actually do in photoshop but it didn't turn out very good so I decided not to post it and redo it over a week or two to try and fix it
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thanks for showing us ^^ I aprecieate your works
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this is very helpful I will learn from this and do digital artwork soon.
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;3; I've been looking for a way to color a certain sketch for a long time. This was perfect, though my Photoshop sucks and I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the lines. They just thickened instead of disappearing.
XD Still, it was fairly easy to understand!
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When you're erasing the lines, make sure that only the lines are selected. Then use the blur tool on full intensity (100%). Make sure you're using the blur tool and not something else, the button has a little drop symbol on it.
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this does work, however, I think you should increase the pixels per inch to about 300, and increase the image size to at least 5x5, because you've got some aliasing going on around your edges. Otherwise, this is a fairly effective way of getting things colored in. However, I'd suggest using the pen tool, in stead, and giving it a fill and a stroke. Kills two birds with one stone, that way, and it's a lot easier than using the pencil tool to outline an entire drawing
Oh, and the other thing you may want to consider, since you seem to be going for a stylized, or cartoony look, is your shading. In stead of doing gradients, use the pen tool and make a single shade of the color, use a small area around where the shadow would be with that one shade to make the shadow. It will look much better than a bajillion gradients
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You can change the settings you see fit. This tutorial is just a description of how I draw my pictures. I think Photoshop made a disaster out of the pen tool, I could never control it. Flash does a better job at it.
I don't think my pictures have a cartoon look, they are supposed to look half realistic. I don't want to use solid shading. If that was the case, I'd color them in Flash.
I've been using this coloring method for two years. It might not be the best method, but you'll find it nearly impossible to get me to change my style. If you have a different method to color pictures, I invite you to make your own tutorial about it. Some people might be interested in hearing it.
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lol understandable. I meant no offense, it's just I've got quite a bit of experience with this stuff. And yeah, you can't really get a great shading effect without a tablet, to be honest. A decent one, at that. Overall, though, I'd still suggest working with a higher pixel rating 
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I am slightly disappointed you would say that. No, I don't believe a tablet is necessary to make high quality art. In fact I think the tablet is essentially useless, the most it can do is increase the speed of drawing a picture, but never the quality.
But I know my pictures aren't extremely good, the reason is because I'm not an artist. Don't blame the mouse on it. If you want to see a good mouse artist, check out *tailsrulz . He uses a mouse, or he used to.
An artist's skills belong to him, not to his tools.
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This look great I don't know if I have fotoshop anyway.
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Thanks for the tutorial Doom! Now I can attempt making a 3D picture!
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