hi,

tutorial. finally. everybody's been asking me for one. so here it is. I'm not that good explaining things so if you have any questions just post it here. alright, let's do it:

a - this is the scanned ink line. first I do a pencil sketch and then I use Micron pens and sometimes a brush to ink it. 08, 05, 03, 01 and 005. all good to have.

b - is when I do the boring part, the flats. just separate the different color areas with any color actually. you can fix them later the way you want, but it's important to separate them all at first. they're all on the same layer.

ow btw, the ink lines are on top of this first color layer. I use the ink lines as a mask on a total black layer. you know, alpha channels... go learn it if you don't know it.

c - is when I create a layer on top of the flats layer. you select each color area and create your shadows with a darker tone. hmm I don't know what to say...use a normal brush and the eraser... ow this is photoshop btw... don't think I mentioned that...

d - is when I create the second shadows layer. sometimes I like to add a darker shadow just to make things deeper. same thing as c but with darker tones.

e - I just put some solid white spots on the yellow parts of the costume. to make it really glow I guess this is a different layer...

f - this is when I color some of the black ink lines. usually the inside lines of the figure. you have to color the all black layer that's using the ink lines as a mask. like I told you on "a".

g - here I created a adjustment layer to color the whole drawing with a blue hue. soft light the layer. create a mask to hide it all. and use a soft brush to show the blue hue where you want. in this case I exposed the blue on her cape a little and her hair I guess. uh, this is gonna be confusing for most of the people I guess...

h - I did the same thing as in "g" but this time with a yellow hue. I just let it show on her right arm and her face and chest I guess.

i - here I put little bright spots on her yellows.

j - I select the whole canvas and copy everything (ctrl-shift-c I guess). paste this copy on top of everything. gaussian blur (6.5 I guess). and soft light the layer. this is the final touch that makes everything pop.

so voila! this is basically most of the things I do to create one of these...

questions?