Coloring Technique Sharing

The Snoo · Post by **The Snoo** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:21 pm

<sigh>.....
I try to do stuff like that all the time, with the gradient type shading, and the highlights and stuff, and it always comes out looking shitty. But! I have hope, for everytime, it looks a teensie weensie bit less shitty than the last time.

DancingChaos · Post by **DancingChaos** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:35 pm

The more you do it, the better it will get.

DancingChaos · Post by **DancingChaos** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:56 am

I have some new lineart!!!

Here it is:

And my colored version:

Bluebug · Post by **Bluebug** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:19 pm

This thread is zombified!

Here's some lineart I've been working on. It's Brooke from Hawker Reed's "Culture Shock" (http://www.alternatedimension.com) . Still working on the color, but if anyone wants to color it up in the meantime, go right ahead.

Here's the ref pic:

Boogiebop · Post by **Boogiebop** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:50 pm

Oh you terribly talented bastard. That's awesome.

One note though. On the foot on our left, shouldn't the line used to define the bottom of the foot be curling upwards to define the ball shape of the heel?

Twotimingpete · Post by **Twotimingpete** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:07 pm

This is fun!

Who wants to color a dinosaur half robot alien thing by me? In it you get to color scales, wood (on the mallet), his steel jaw, and a gemstone that he has set in his skin. Lotta fun.

Have at it, I'd love to see (and learn from) anything you guys might be able to do with this.

Flathead · Post by **Flathead** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:06 pm

<img src=http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs11/i/2006/1 ... ihmtau.jpg>

If that doesn't work, go <a href=http://www.deviantart.com/view/35462319/>here.</a>

Damn, TTP, your Lineart is CRISPY! How do you do that?

Twotimingpete · Post by **Twotimingpete** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:04 am

hey! that's pretty badass. great job.

the linework was sketched out on my intuos3 tablet. no paper involved this time.

War · Post by **War** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:44 am

Hmm, taking way too long, I'll stop now.

Twotimingpete · Post by **Twotimingpete** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:12 pm

that's pretty awesome, war, I like the little scale texture lines. The only drawback is it seems too dark on my screen to see the finer details. Still great work though.

War · Post by **War** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:20 pm

Hah yes, it is a bit dark isn't it. Tried looking at it on another monitor and it looks like a big block of black.

Bluebug · Post by **Bluebug** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:40 pm

Boogiebop wrote:Oh you terribly talented bastard. That's awesome.

One note though. On the foot on our left, shouldn't the line used to define the bottom of the foot be curling upwards to define the ball shape of the heel?

lol. Thanks. About the foot ... I don't think so. The ball of the foot isn't that round. It flattens out around the heel. From the side it might look more like a ball, but from the bottom/three quarter view, it looks rather flat.

Nice dragon, TTP. Such a unique design. Reminds me of Gunnerkrigg court in a way. As does flathead's coloring.

War · Post by **War** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:17 am

You have the big toes on the wrong sides.

Bluebug · Post by **Bluebug** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:19 pm

War wrote:You have the big toes on the wrong sides.

o_O I can't believe I didn't see that. This is why I need to post my stuff up. Well, since I got that wrong, maybe I'm wrong about that foot ... What's your opinion on the ball of the foot mentioned by Boogiepop?

Levi-chan · Post by **Levi-chan** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:37 pm

Don't worry BB - I still love you with all my heart. :3

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:24 pm

Ooh, I like this thread...wanna do some stuff, but I need to draw and color something of my own right now.

BeefotronX · Post by **BeefotronX** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:05 am

Teh lizard goes moo!

Twotimingpete · Post by **Twotimingpete** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:06 pm

nice job beef. leaving some of the blackness out of the metal jaw part woulda made it look "metallier", that's my only crit. rest looks great.

Bluebug · Post by **Bluebug** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:20 pm

Levi-chan wrote:Don't worry BB - I still love you with all my heart. :3

Thanks, Levi. Haven't seen you on dA for a while ... thought you'd fallen off the face of the earth.

BeefotronX · Post by **BeefotronX** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:08 pm

Resurrected with a coloring of Sput's pimp guy from page 1.