Coloring in Photoshop (Beginner Friendly)

[meanlilkitty]

This is the first tutorial I've ever done, so if you have any problems with it let me know and I can explain or fix whatever it is. It explains everything from turning the outline into a transparent layer to shading...hope it's useful. ^.^

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/tutpt1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/scan.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/tutpt2-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/outline.jpg

[meanlilkitty]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/tutpt3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/tutpt4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/colored.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/tutpt6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/meanlilkitty/Picture16.png

[aznkangaroo3]

WOW. You drew that. *Envies your skills*

[meanlilkitty]

It's muh rpg character. Thanks! ^_^

[aznkangaroo3]

Wanna make one for me :D?

[Aeonsky]

Thanks a bunch! I finally found a tutorial on this.

Nice file name (Joy's crap) XD :D

[meanlilkitty]

Would love to, I'll see what I can do. ^_^

Hehe, yeah...I didn't even realize that was in there. I'm glad it was of some use. :D

[aznkangaroo3]

You're the best Joy :D!!

[Sombra]

WOW this is a great picture, I in the other hand could never do stuff like because I can't download photo shop for some reason. I hope to see more of your creations, I wonder if you can make one for me :D? It's OK if you can't I was just saying this because I wanted to show how my character looks like in a sig with his cool cothes and stuff, thanks for your time and once again nice creations.:D

[meanlilkitty]

Thankyou, I'll see what I can do about making you one too. ^_^
I've kinda been in an artsy mood anyway lately.

[aznkangaroo3]

Joy is so generous. Always giving :D

[meanlilkitty]

^.^ I try. It'll probably take me a little bit to get them done, I've got a bit on my plate this week.

[Sombra]

Well I'm glad to hear that from you, I really can't wait to see my character which was drawn by you. Please take all the time you need I'll wait so don't worry there is no rush at all.

[midorika]

Your tutorial helps~!!
I was trying to create a character... i got the mood to draw and wanted to colour it now~~
Thanks a lot~!!

[meanlilkitty]

awesome! I'm glad it helped. ^_^

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

woulda never thought about coloring this way lol
guess its a pretty good alternative

[midorika]

Well... as long as the drawing is coloured... i don't mind whatever method I use... the simpler the better....

[dicken]

hmmm,your way is pretty good. just a little note. u can always use burn/dodge tool for the shading. and when it comes to more complex work, make good use of your layers. it'll save you a lot of trouble if you need to do correction/retouch. trust me i've been there...
also what i can say is, just fool around, on photoshop or whatever program you using, until you get use to the tools and stuff. you'll find ways to color that suit you better.

[aznkangaroo3]

It's been two weeks ^^

[rh1ngo06]

wow it's a nice tutorial, and easy to understand right now i'm gonna try it =)

[shadowbane91]

Thanks alot! I really needed this, I have Photoshop, and CS3 but I don't even know how to use'em hahaha thanks for your tutorial,its so simple and yet clear...I never knew you could take out the white colour o.o...I used to just color is without using the paint bucket tool...gahhh..silly me...well thanks a bunch!!now I can save an hour on photoshoping wahahahah!!!
:pglomp:

[meanlilkitty]

I'm glad it helped everyone out. I tried to make it as simple as possible for noobs. ^_^ and kang, I haven't forgotten about your character, sorry, just haven't been able to get into a drawing mood again lately. :(

[aznkangaroo3]

I'm glad it helped everyone out. I tried to make it as simple as possible for noobs. ^_^ and kang, I haven't forgotten about your character, sorry, just haven't been able to get into a drawing mood again lately. :(

It's ok. I can wait.

[saniya]

thnks learned new stuff:P

[thenecessity]

this saved me from a failing grade in art today...thanks so much

[armutso]

you rock at this heh thanks for tutorial