Oh no it’s a COLOURING WALKTHROUGH
The last time I did one of these I felt it was inadequate because all I did was flip through the layers of a completed piece. So this time I took screenshots as I drew!
Other notes:
This is only my method for fast colouring; if I had, say, metallic objects, or fur to colour I would likely paint it with none of the shadows layer masking business, which seems to work best on objects that aren’t particularly shiny.
If you look at the timestamps, apparently I took about an hour an a half to colour this.
Smoothing out the shadows was done with a hard round brush with flow and opacity controls turned on. (it’s a default brush.)
Your flat colours are the most important part of this process - the layer adjustments trick will save you from having to pick a second round of colours for shadows manually, but if your flats aren’t up to scratch the whole piece will suffer. Make sure your colour scheme works here before moving to shading.
Finished product can be found here. I hope this is helpful!
Someday, I’ll look at now and wish I could go back there, somehow. - Submitted by fastman27
#562661 #824062 #BE6A6A #E3A084 #E6D4A4
I have to draw a lot of gold and metal for my work, but wasn't happy with any of the metal tutorials i could find around. I prefer really specific instruction, so after some research i put together what i think works as a generalist's guide/tutorial. Not perfectly accurate, but i hope it's helpful!
“The limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief for a given element is directly proportional to its awesomeness.” - Submitted by: fastman27
#A5D8FC #70A8E8 #5269A9 #383A6B #232132 #12111B
I love you (but they're making you pretend) - a+e
#F087AA, #D769AF, #A51EA5, #7319AF, #412396, #2D1464
Enchanted Winter Forest - Submitted by Booloocrew
#b4b4e7 #e1cbee #b2e1f7 #bde5f9 #caf2dc
Mustard Float Away - Submitted by thisiguy
#29185a #4a4183 #6a6abd #c5acac #eedee6
Growing older all the time, looking older all the time, feeling younger in my mind - Submitted by: fastman27
#852C6E #DD4F9F #E673E0 #57D6F9 #26C5CA #29A48B
Try out these Halloween themed color palettes before October ends!
Nightscape: #0d0d0e #17151d #292c59 #29589f #2796ff Sour Apple Candy:#bac683 #98c246 #439e11 #204e00 #1b2600 Ruby Witch: #450019 #78021f #7e2c2e #965336 #cdad75 Starry Eyed: #080320 #180433 #48096f #d5b774 #f7ff71 Raven's Way: #0b0908 #110d0c #1c1112 #500813 #830013 Pumpkin Fever: #c3e76a #b7ea31 #f4b227 #ff5003 #6f0083 Halloween: #ffe558 #ffae2f #ff5a00 #832e01 #080202