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Hi, I'm back! I'm still in exam period, though..(sigh)
^_^; So many people asked about my coloring method. I'm afraid if this is appropriate for the name of 'tutorial', but anyway...

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*Coloring Medium
I always use water-soluble color pencil, except for Oekaki.

+Additional medium:
Linework: Zebra pen, Monami pen
Effect & mood color: Shinhan Pastel
Over Photoshop 5.5 version

About 90% of my coloring done by manual, and 10% is done by Photoshop. I'm wondering if I have to put my work into "mixed media" category. (ponders)

*Simple tutorial on my coloring method
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1) Just plain coloring with color pencil. Looks clean but too shallow.

2) So let's give the "depth" to the coloring.
It's easy: first, do a bit of touch with yellow on reflecting surfaces. Next, give shading with appropriate color. (darker color than main one; the choice is up to you) If you color too many times, You'll have a messy(dark and not clean) result. The point is to balance between shallowness and messiness and extract the best result.
Finally, blur with soaked Q tips on the roughly colored surface. (I prefer Q-tips rather than brushes ^.^; )
One more: +You should think the 'mood color' of pic before scanning. For example, my "Xel_Zel underwater" [link] pic has the 'Cyan' as it. I colored with Pastel for that.

3) After scanning, give the lightening effect on Photoshop.
Two or Three times of Lense effect in the white space. (Photoshop menu: Filter->Rendering->Lense)

4) Add glow touch in his hair.
Photoshop tool: History brush->color dodge
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Now you got the about 80% of my 'secret'.^^ Finding or Modifying the remained 20% is up to you. Every artists should explore and find his/her unique methods, if he/she wants to have and claim his/her own originality. Please keep this in your mind.

Description
Hi, I'm back! I'm still in exam period, though..(sigh)
^_^; So many people asked about my coloring method. I'm afraid if this is appropriate for the name of 'tutorial', but anyway...

---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
*Coloring Medium
I always use water-soluble color pencil, except for Oekaki.

+Additional medium:
Linework: Zebra pen, Monami pen
Effect & mood color: Shinhan Pastel
Over Photoshop 5.5 version

About 90% of my coloring done by manual, and 10% is done by Photoshop. I'm wondering if I have to put my work into "mixed media" category. (ponders)

*Simple tutorial on my coloring method
---------------------------------------- ------------------
1) Just plain coloring with color pencil. Looks clean but too shallow.

2) So let's give the "depth" to the coloring.
It's easy: first, do a bit of touch with yellow on reflecting surfaces. Next, give shading with appropriate color. (darker color than main one; the choice is up to you) If you color too many times, You'll have a messy(dark and not clean) result. The point is to balance between shallowness and messiness and extract the best result.
Finally, blur with soaked Q tips on the roughly colored surface. (I prefer Q-tips rather than brushes ^.^; )
One more: +You should think the 'mood color' of pic before scanning. For example, my "Xel_Zel underwater" [link] pic has the 'Cyan' as it. I colored with Pastel for that.

3) After scanning, give the lightening effect on Photoshop.
Two or Three times of Lense effect in the white space. (Photoshop menu: Filter->Rendering->Lense)

4) Add glow touch in his hair.
Photoshop tool: History brush->color dodge
---------------------------------------- ------------------

Now you got the about 80% of my 'secret'.^^ Finding or Modifying the remained 20% is up to you. Every artists should explore and find his/her unique methods, if he/she wants to have and claim his/her own originality. Please keep this in your mind.