Do you have any tips on coloring specifically?
Well, there's two ways to color. Actually there are more, like with masks and stuff. I'm learning different ways myself.
But the way I do it is, if im familiar with the subject, like, I KNOW what the colors are for the 00th, I'll create a color layer and crank it out. Either stick it under the inked layer or set it to 'multiply'.
If you use the wand to select large areas to paint one color, I usually go Select/Modify/Expand and expand it by at LEAST 1, usually 1-3. That's so when you color fill an area you don't get that stupid white line on the boarder between the color and the black line art.
OR if you're just messing around and are not sure of the colors, have each color on its own layer. This is tedious. When the painting is done though, you can go back and change a color via the Hue/Saturation tool in Adjustments. So tedious, but a big time saver in the end.
That should help you get started. Just draw every day. That's what I decided to do 2 years ago after a 10 year hiatus. You can see the massive improvements on the Taleworlds forum if you search my profile and see some of the older pics I've posted to what I've got now. And I KNOW I'm getting better.
This pic was done in 2011.
This is one I'm working on NOW
First, I get an idea. It helps if you're insane like me. I immediately sketch it out in a thumbnail or scribble down the concept in notebook that I always carry. Thoughts can be lost. Paper is forever. It's the most indestructible thing on this planet. Then I hop on Photoshop and either scan the concept or just crank out the concept on Photoshop.
I do two 'Sketch Phases'. I sketch out an idea. Then I turn down the opacity and sketch over it again, refining the image and ideas. This is the end result of the 'Sketch Phase'.
Ink Stage
2011
2013
So there you have it.
2 years spent improving anything each day
WILL generate results.
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