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COLOR - No Swimming by ~Nyachu:iconNyachu:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Surreal

©2008-2009 ~Nyachu
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This nifty book full of free lineart got handed out to me at SDCC this year - The Brothers Washburn Color-Ink-Book. So, since I got a new coloring book and love to color, guess what I did? :giggle:

Some of the lineart pages I'm coloring traditionally, but I also wanted to practice my digital coloring skills, and this one is the first I picked out - No Swimming by Bob Dob. I'm not that experienced with lighting yet, so I'm not sure if that's 100% correct, but I do like how it turned out overall. Feel free to critique/give feedback if you like...I'm always looking to improve. :)

Digital paint ©Tm 2008
Lineart © Bob Dob -> Bob Dob's Website
Lineart featured in The Brothers Washburn Color-Ink-Book -> Color-Ink Book Website

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~xparament Sep 19, 2008, 7:46:49 AM
nicely colored !!!! :D
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~Nyachu Sep 19, 2008, 3:48:17 PM
Thank you! :D I tried a new technique I learned from a panel at Comic Con this year, and it's so much better than what I was doing before; it gave me a lot more freedom to just color and have fun doing it, rather than worrying about all the technical stuff in Photoshop.

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~xparament Sep 19, 2008, 8:30:23 PM
whats the secret ?
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*OceanSama Sep 20, 2008, 5:50:12 AM
This is very good coloring work. The hues of the color and the roughness give it a storybook/dream-like quality. Great stuff.

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^ArtisticAunJuli Sep 20, 2008, 9:06:34 AM
I didn't mean to send that comment yet. xD

Anyhow. I think some dimension could be good with at least or two more shades to give depth and another facet for a light source! The overall look is great and I'm glad you chose the colors you did, it definitely brings the lines to life.

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~Nyachu Sep 20, 2008, 11:20:17 AM
Haha, don't you hate it when that happens? XD

Thanks so much for the feedback. I'm glad the colors were a good choice, and I'll definitely look into adding more to the light source. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. :)

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~Nyachu Sep 20, 2008, 11:21:07 AM
Thank you. :) I'm glad everyone seems to be liking my choice of color.

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~Nyachu Sep 20, 2008, 11:28:11 AM
It'd probably be too much to explain everything, but you take advantage of the channels instead of the layers, so it's less messy. There's also a book outlining the steps, which they sold at Comic Con (though I have yet to get a copy), and you can check out here - [link] It's more than likely a lot better than my memory too (it took me a while to remember everything correctly, and I'm still not sure I got everything). ^^;

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