I am working on a short comic about dragons. It probably will not exceed 10 pages. I've decided that I definitely want to color it, the question is, what medium should I use? I've got colored pencils, watercolors, acrylic paints, watercolor pencils, and of course my trusty old computer. Ordinarily I'd color it using the computer because that allows the most flexibility. I'm seriously trying to become a good digital colorer anyway, but to be honest, I'm tired of working inside. I want to have projects that I can take to the park with me and work on in the sunshine. That leaves all the traditional media, some of which I have little experience with. I think I've only watercolored once or twice. I use colored pencils all the time, but they have an annoying grainy look when you scan 'em. I could buy a set of markers, but it would have to be an inexpensive set at this point in time.
So, any suggestions? Do folks think I should stick to computer coloring for this particular project? Should I make do with colored pencils instead, or maybe even dive into a new medium?
Maybe I'll just try my hand at a number of different things for the first panel, and I'll go with whatever looks the best.
- Mood:
Joy - Reading: The Writer's Journey
- Watching: Star Trek
- Playing: Suikoden V
Can't decide how to color
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The only suggestion I have is to make sketches and lineart when you feel like "working outside at the sun" and leave the painting part to do when you want to stay quiet at home.
That's what I usually work^^
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Maybe part of my problem is just that I'm too cautious... I work in entirely too many layers and it can take me a week or two to finish coloring a minor project. At the same time, I know I need to practice more. I spend about 90%-95% of my time working on the coloring compared to about 5-10% doing the actual lineart with digital.
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But the 'having no experience' bit is as much a reason to give it a whirl as it is to avoid it.
Thanks for your suggestion!
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But with practice, you get faster cause you already know the right brushes and techniques to achieve each kind of effect.
But the most important is that you stop wasting time in useless details that no one will be able to see in the final pic and keep focus in what is important. Once you get this feeling, your paintings will be done a lot faster! And even will look better cause you won't get tired in the middle of it so your pics will always look fresh and espontaneous
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Out of curiosity, do most people make a bunch of their own brushes or can you paint decently even with just the simple airbrushes that Photoshop comes with? I'm always curious, lots of tutorials I've checked don't go into much detail about that.
Thanks again!
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