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thejason10 — Prince Adam - sketchy
Published: 2008-01-25 21:27:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1525; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 15
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I'm not entirely happy with it, but I think I've reached the point where I don't want to work on it any more either.I may tweak it / update it someday, who knows.
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thanks - I always (well, maybe not *always*) thought he should have a little more sex appeal (or a little more appeal in general)
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I think he could stand to lose the emo hair, but the shirt is coming along nicely. Do you ever ink your pics? I think some solid ink lines might compliment your digital style a little more.
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Well, I don't have a pen-pad/tablet of any kind, and I hateHateHATE inking with a mouse, so for right now, no. I'm working on it though, because I think you're right.
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I have a Wacom, and I still can't ink with it! I ink mostly with felt tip pens and a black prismacolor marker.
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Oh, yeah, I sometimes ink with actual ink over the pencil sketch. I actually did that on this one.
I've just started using Photoshop (PS Elements, that is, not the full-on deal), so I'm just learning about it, and the way I've been coloring right now is to draw it, scan it, then Cut or Erase the white parts of the drawing so I can color on layers "underneath" it. When I do the Erasing/Cutting, I tend to lose a bit (not much, but some) of the line work (mostly just in thickness) ...
It's (obviously) not ideal, but it's the best I've come up with so far. Tips and tricks are always welcome.
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You can either set your Layer mode to "Multiply" or you can try this:
Scan your inked drawing as a black and white (bitmap) at 300dpi. Import it to Photoshop, and set the image mode from Bitmap to RGB. Double-click your Background layer to unlock it. Then go to Select>Color Range and use the eyedrop tool to select the white of your drawing. Now, when you hit Delete, all of the white will be gone, and only black will be left.
I know it sounds like a lot of hastle, but this way you can select "lock transparent pixels" (it's the little checkerboard looking thing under the the pulldown menu in the layers box) and you can color in your lines like this [link] .
I actually use both methods, depending on if I feel like inking the drawing or not. Everyone treats their lines a little differently, though. If you search DA for "coloring tutorial" you'll get a ton of different methods.
Anyway, I hope I helped a little. If I didn't explain myself clearly, feel free to ask me.
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I will definitely try that - I tried a couple of other things recently too that helped, but I'm for sure going to give that method a shot too. It doesn't sound like NEARLY as much hassle as the way I'd BEEN doing it. Thanks!
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