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makotierra · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2001 12:53 am

Here's my version of the PSM Devil May Cry cover... http://www.makotierra.com/pindevilmaycry.htm
tell me what you think.

Dean Welsh · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2001 1:03 am

Colors are lookin good as usal Kev kev. I'm afraid I don't have much to offer if you're looking for a critique..

-Dean

Daydreamer · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2001 1:18 am

lookin kewl, thumbs up man....i'd say its an amazing piece of colouring (at least a thousand times better than i could do coz i suck at colouring big time....*sniff*)

with regards

Daydreamer

PS: How do you get those kewl shadows/highlights ? just putting layer aboce layer, creating freehand selections and filling'em with gradients ? just wondering...

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makotierra · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2001 9:18 pm

Glad you could take a looksee, Dean.
Thanks Daydreamer.

sacrelicious · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2001 11:30 pm

Pretty durned good, pardner. The monster's colors seem a little dull or blas� or something- not that they need to be brighter, but more vibrant or strident somehow. Obviously most monsters aren't bright pink and baby blue, but it just feels a little drab. The other side doesn't have that effect, and overall you did a fantastic job.

CapnPyro · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 4:59 pm

i likey alot, your colors just keep getting better and better. not a muddy anymore

i like alot of it, great color choices and appropriate highlights, it looks like to me

jcFIG · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2001 3:03 am

Awesome Kevin. Can you recommend some tutorials to me? I tend to use the airbrush tool in photoshop but I want to try it your way. By the way, who do you work for again? I forget. Later.

makotierra · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2001 8:49 pm

jcFIG: my way=airbrush...that's all i use. I don't know of any tutorials because I didn't really use any, i just spent loads o' time coloring. I don't work for anyone either.

CapnPyro · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2001 9:03 pm

kevin you make mad amounts of cuts, how long does it take? do you have a quicker way or something? cause christ after making the 5th cut i get so bored i just fake it

jcFIG · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2001 11:36 pm

Kevin, Thats funny, it doesn't look like your using only airbrush, actually it looks like you're using the wand tool and gradiants.

makotierra · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2001 8:34 pm

hehe...capnpyro: I think i've actually been getting slower...i dunno why...i should be getting faster if anything...weird. I dunno, cuts...i have fun selecting them, kind of a weird idea to have fun "yes! i'm gonna go select some cuts on my saturday night"...nah

Fig: I use different selecting methods...but I flat the pic...then I use the magic wand just to select the big area for my first couple of airbrush layers...of course the cuts are selected with a lasso or something. BUt no gradients...not even for big broad skies...for some reason, i just don't like the way a uniform gradient looks...

cybertoker2001 · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2001 5:11 am

Hey cool! Kinda reminds me of the way I used to do comic coloring.

Great stuff. The slicing is a bit to hard for my tasts, but I know that's the style most comic companys are looking for.

Good show,
CT2001

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tanis · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2001 6:28 am

Great colouring!

Bibbe · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2001 1:18 pm

Awesome ..

I think it would do the image good to lower the monsters face some. Put the eyes in line. Anyways that's my opinion though .. its really good ...

- Bibbe

makotierra · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2001 11:18 pm

Bibbe: It's not usually recommended that the colorists change the pencils...
Cybertoker: I think companies are actually preferring the other styles of coloring as much as one with heavy cuts...i could be wrong.

[ October 13, 2001: Message edited by: makotierra ]