Here's a walk-through on how I color an Image, complete with
process pictures and a speedpaint video! This took me about 5-12 hours to draw and color, I used MyPaint
and GIMP to color and I used HyperCam to record, all are legally free
and I highly recommend all of them.
Remember, this isn't a tutorial this is just a walk-through.
Enjoy!
Drawing Process Using MyPaint and GIMP.
First:
I sketched in MyPaint, somehow sketching with a brush that
represent a pencil seems more natural to me, I don't know, it's just
much easier that way.
Second:
I "inked"
also in MyPaint, using the pen brush (the one that looks like an
inking pen in the representation picture), but instead of black I'm
going for a more color based look this time, so this will be like a
combination of cartoonish and my less hardlined type styles to it.
Third:
I switched to Gimp, fixed a few missed "inked" spots
and used the selection, bucket, and grow, tools to color the big
areas, I also got the digbat font heart that I use for all my heart
Lp's (like Crystal Love and Love can Shine in the Darkness) and
stretched it out then alpha selected it and shrunk by 7 pixels and
deleted the middle. I made each part (rose, leave, vine, etc..) on a
seperate layer so I could shade in MyPaint using the lock alpha
channel making it that I don't go outside the colors, it's kind of
like having it selected with the selection tool in GIMP.
Fourth:
I started shading the rose and the leaves, using one of the
marker brushes for the softer shadows then the pencil brush for the
fine details and such.
Fifth:
I worked on
shading the vine using once again the marker and pencil brushes, I
also tried to add some other colors to shade to make the surrounding
colors appear to be casting a shadow...I'm not sure how well I pulled
this off but I tried all the same.
I also started on the
flowers shading them and also making the rose shading a little deeper
as well as trying to make the green of the leaves reflect off, I
don't think I like that part, I might change it. There's still much
to be done but it's coming along! (all the shading is in MyPaint so
far)
Sixth:
I've switched to GIMP, and added
texture to everything, lighting, and more shading/shadows, and
started on the wooden heart; At this point, I'm almost done!
Seventh:
I worked on the heart a bit more until
I liked it, did some finishing touches and added a background....Annnndddd....!!!..... I'm done!
Process Video:
I hope you enjoyed this post, and it's at least given you an
idea on how to start if you didn't know what to do or how to do it!
May God Bless You, Your Family, Friends; Along with the Health
of Yourself, Family, and all That Know You. ~ Amen
~ Firefly
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