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My first flat color test on the time-based scheme. Color took me long than I expected, however corrections/changes to the inking were done during that phase to allow the colors to integrate better with the picture. The fur's design, combined with clothes, was a bit more work than I expected to make sure the color didn't overstep out of the lineworks' bounds. I know some people uses masks and such to overcome this but for now this is something I am less experienced with sadly.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Transformation
Species Wolf
Size 580 x 750px
File Size 197.9 kB
I like how this turned out! And I'm surprised color took so long, yeah!
Have you considered shortcuts or different methods of coloring? Especially for flat colors it shouldn't take so long.
A couple ideas:
*"Area selection" tools, such as a magic wand, can fill an area and only require edges to be painted in.
*Spraying down paint and filling even to outside the lines, and then cleaning up the edges afterwards by erasing can be faster. And in that case, you only need to worry about certain edges.
For example, lay down the base color for the body by smearing paint everywhere. Clean up the edges between the figure and ground by erasing everything that went over. Select the area where the now-constrained base color layer is, and paint the shirt. Now you don't have to worry about painting outside the figure, jut outside of the shirt on the figure's interior. If you're using Photoshop, Ctrl-clicking on the base color layer will highlight everything on the layer, then Ctrl-H will hide selection so you don't have to see all the marching ants, but will still prevent you from painting outside the edges of the figure.
*Big brush, sloppy, on the interior of the figure, to go fast, but keeping back from the edges. Then a smaller brush to fill in to the edges with more care.
I haven't caught your stream for a while, so I don't know what your coloring technique is. But flat color can go real quick!
Have you considered shortcuts or different methods of coloring? Especially for flat colors it shouldn't take so long.
A couple ideas:
*"Area selection" tools, such as a magic wand, can fill an area and only require edges to be painted in.
*Spraying down paint and filling even to outside the lines, and then cleaning up the edges afterwards by erasing can be faster. And in that case, you only need to worry about certain edges.
For example, lay down the base color for the body by smearing paint everywhere. Clean up the edges between the figure and ground by erasing everything that went over. Select the area where the now-constrained base color layer is, and paint the shirt. Now you don't have to worry about painting outside the figure, jut outside of the shirt on the figure's interior. If you're using Photoshop, Ctrl-clicking on the base color layer will highlight everything on the layer, then Ctrl-H will hide selection so you don't have to see all the marching ants, but will still prevent you from painting outside the edges of the figure.
*Big brush, sloppy, on the interior of the figure, to go fast, but keeping back from the edges. Then a smaller brush to fill in to the edges with more care.
I haven't caught your stream for a while, so I don't know what your coloring technique is. But flat color can go real quick!
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