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Okay, this is a really big file, sorry 'bout that. I've been planning on doing a tutorial for quite a while now, not that I think everybody should use it, but just in case it might be of help to anybody. This was done in photoshop Elements

The tools I use for my deviations is basically the magic wand (or any selection tool that selects areas by color) and the paintbrush. If I'm doing complex hair, then I also use the smudge tool, but I didn't in this case

Step 1: Scan in your lineart and clean it up if you need to. I always have a few mistakes that I need to edit out. Also, I always adjust the brightness and contrast of the image to seperate the blacks from the whites more.

Step 2: Using a selector such as the magic wand, select individual sections of one component of the image, i.e. all of the flesh, or all of the section of shirt, etc... Select a color you want and fill it in. Make sure each color is on a seperate layer. Layers are important! With Renji's picture up there, I seriously had 24 layers by the time I was done.

Step 3: Shadows. On a layer seperate from the solid color, add shadows. with a skin tone, I usually go for a color that's kind of a red/orange/brown. For clothings I choose a shade slightly darker than the base color. One important thing about doing shadows is to turn the brush opacity clear down. And I mean CLEAR down. I usually work with the opacity at 9-20%.

Step 4: Highlights. Pretty much the same was with the shadows. Just pick a lighter color and smear it on the high points of a drawing at a really low opacity. If you add highlights to skin, I usually go with colors like gold or white and add them sparingly.

Step 5: This isn't shown here, but you can see it on the completed image [link] . I always make a selection of the entire figure and put a layer at the very bottom. On this layer I fill the selection with black. This brings out the lines and fills any pixels that may have not been colored.

Hope that helps!

Description
Okay, this is a really big file, sorry 'bout that. I've been planning on doing a tutorial for quite a while now, not that I think everybody should use it, but just in case it might be of help to anybody. This was done in photoshop Elements

The tools I use for my deviations is basically the magic wand (or any selection tool that selects areas by color) and the paintbrush. If I'm doing complex hair, then I also use the smudge tool, but I didn't in this case

Step 1: Scan in your lineart and clean it up if you need to. I always have a few mistakes that I need to edit out. Also, I always adjust the brightness and contrast of the image to seperate the blacks from the whites more.

Step 2: Using a selector such as the magic wand, select individual sections of one component of the image, i.e. all of the flesh, or all of the section of shirt, etc... Select a color you want and fill it in. Make sure each color is on a seperate layer. Layers are important! With Renji's picture up there, I seriously had 24 layers by the time I was done.

Step 3: Shadows. On a layer seperate from the solid color, add shadows. with a skin tone, I usually go for a color that's kind of a red/orange/brown. For clothings I choose a shade slightly darker than the base color. One important thing about doing shadows is to turn the brush opacity clear down. And I mean CLEAR down. I usually work with the opacity at 9-20%.

Step 4: Highlights. Pretty much the same was with the shadows. Just pick a lighter color and smear it on the high points of a drawing at a really low opacity. If you add highlights to skin, I usually go with colors like gold or white and add them sparingly.

Step 5: This isn't shown here, but you can see it on the completed image [link] . I always make a selection of the entire figure and put a layer at the very bottom. On this layer I fill the selection with black. This brings out the lines and fills any pixels that may have not been colored.

Hope that helps!