The Color Wheel & Contrasts

Posted: July 16th, 2010 | Author: luthien | Filed under: Color, Directory, Drawing, Intermediate Collaging Techniques, Intermediate Drawing Techniques, Theory, Tutorials | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The color wheel can be comprised of many, many different variations of the pure hues of yellow, green, blue, violet, red and orange. Here, we will have a 12-step color wheel which will show the steps between each primary color.

The colors ^here^ are only mixed estimates to represent pure hues. Read the rest of this entry »


Cleaning Lineart and Coloring Items

Posted: March 16th, 2010 | Author: luthien | Filed under: Color, Drawing, Editing, Intermediate Drawing Techniques, Tutorials | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

In this tutorial, you will learn how to add color to items such as templates, bases or any sort of line art. We’ll start out with this line art from Hanakamu:

Do you see the white areas around this character’s hair and face? These are stray marks that need to be cleaned up before you start coloring. Resize the eraser and start cleaning up. If you need to smooth any lines or fix more stray marks, it’s easy to catch them now. Read the rest of this entry »