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LadiSilverfox

PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:37 pm
Erius
Thaliat, do you color your pictures digitally? (your signature)
If yes, are you using a program that supports layers?
If yes, does this program allow you to change layer blending settings?
If yes, try making your lineart a layer which is using multiplicaction as it's blending mode.
That way the lines will darken/blend with the underlying colors.
If you keep your lineart greyish instead of dark then it will create an effect of dark tinted lines automatically, which look quite nice.
(Imagine dark brown for skinny outlines, very dark blue for jeans etc.)
Plus you don't have to worry about erasing lines/colorpatches that way, since lineart and coloring will blend.

If these unicolor lines are your personal style, however...then don't mind me mrgreen


Ooh, Erius I know your comment was aimed towards Thaliat but our styles are alike in coloring so I will have to see if paint.net has that setting.
 
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:43 pm
Well, it's of course more of a general statement mrgreen but I just happened to notice something in Thaliats signature.
Some of the lines aren't really black/dark enough to actually outline the coloring.
Imagine a dark blue patch outlined by a medium grey tone, or something...
Oh well...

Oh and if your program doesn't support the things I listed...then The Gimp might be an alternative.
I never used it myself, but Iheard lots of good things...plus it's freeware/open source.
(iirc)

Add:
I should also mention that multiplication is great to color freshly scanned line art which still contains the white of the paper.
You see...if you paint under a layer which uses multiplaction than the white will be ignored and the dark will blend.
That way you don't have to get rid of the white first...
Which means a simple contrast/brigntess adjustment to eliminate greytones on scanned lineart usually is enough to clean it up.  

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:33 pm
Erius
Thaliat, do you color your pictures digitally? (your signature)
If yes, are you using a program that supports layers?
If yes, does this program allow you to change layer blending settings?
If yes, try making your lineart a layer which is using multiplicaction as it's blending mode.
That way the lines will darken/blend with the underlying colors.
If you keep your lineart greyish instead of dark then it will create an effect of dark tinted lines automatically, which look quite nice.
(Imagine dark brown for skinny outlines, very dark blue for jeans etc.)
Plus you don't have to worry about erasing lines/colorpatches that way, since lineart and coloring will blend.

If these unicolor lines are your personal style, however...then don't mind me mrgreen


Yes I color them digitally, but line art is done by hand.
Photoshop does support layers. Sometimes I use them.
I think it will allow me to change layer blending, but not sure I know how to actually do it without screwing up my art...yet.

That is an interesting concept. I may give it a try in future art. I'll have to experiment a bit to figure out the "multiplication" blending. Thanks for the tip!  
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:40 pm
    I...drew myself.

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    ... sweatdrop
 

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:49 pm
Waku, thats cute. <3  
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:26 pm
:3 I drew Elcia!

It might be a while before she sees it though. Oh well. :3
 

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:39 pm
Here you go Omni


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:48 pm
Never and Penned...I got your line arts scanned in...still have to color them. Should be up by Sunday night. I got a little busy. redface Sorry for the delay.


Sassafrassing email stealers...mutter...mumble...grrr...

EDIT: Never is done!
The 1st I colored from memory 'cuz the internet dropped. The 2nd if the corrected version. Sorry, I am still learning how to shade.

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penned ignorance

PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:57 am
hey no problem... I can wait  
PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:16 am
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:3 I drew Elcia!

It might be a while before she sees it though. Oh well. :3
Thanks Silver heart heart heart It's really cute ^_^ *runs off to put it in her journal*


(this thread went from half dead to booming since last i was in here O.0)
 

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:29 pm
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Here you go Omni


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omigosh! i want one!!  
PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:30 pm
wakusei
    I...drew myself.

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    ... sweatdrop
how cute!!  

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:38 pm
Hey Penned...here you go!

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:59 pm
everyone is so talented sweatdrop *is jealous*  

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:34 am
Thaliat Everwood
Hey Penned...here you go!

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aww that's awesome, thank you!

And I can make you art too Katie  
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