Macs Photoshop Lineart And Colouring Tutorial - Part 1

[Mac]

Ok guys this is a big tutorial, i warm those on low connections.

Spoiler: Open at own will

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/045/4/2/Line_Art_Tutorial_by_Mattmanmac.png[/img]

 

[Scribblette]

Useful for folk who don't know how to use the pen tool for converting sketches, yes, but the text on the background... maybe that's just me. I would've liked traditional text with inserted images, heh! but I got what I needed out of it anyway.

 

[tiduskeegan]

Very nice, thanks ^_^

 

[Duke Igthorn]

The Pen tool, friend to everybody

Great thing Mac! Hope to see more of this...

Greets,
Dukey

 

[shadowfox]

hmm..I've used the pen tool before, kinda takes awhile to get it right.
I usually use a different method. Hopefully you don't mind that I post it
kinda crappy..but its old.
Line Art Coloring

Spoiler: my tutorial I made awhile back 0_o

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1249/colortutorial1mb9.jpg[/img]

 

[Duke Igthorn]

I guess both approaches have their "right to exist"

Mac's pen approach is mostly usefull if the base lineart
is kinda rough or too dirty/sketchy to get it cleaned nicely. It smoothes all curves to the users liking, giving it a bit more "press print" look.

Shadowfox' approach is great if the base lineart is already near perfection, where it's simply not needed to correct it or to smooth it out.

Nevertheless having the lineart "pen-traced" makes the picture infinitely scaleable due to the paths beeing vector curves. It's more work than running a tracing program over it, but definately provides the most accurate/controllable results.