[Solura]

Well this is my first post to these forums as well as my first attempt at something like this. After view these forums for a few days I was delighted to find so much helpful information. Looking at everyone master pieces made me want to do something. I as no artist art all. This is my very first attempt at color something like this in Photoshop. I am no where near complete. So I'm gonna stick my neck out to see what you think. Enjoy

[killtom]

I am far from great at this stuff, but i thought i could offer at least a little help. the very first photoshop illustration tutorial i ever read was dhabih's with the knight kneeling in the rain, and it actually helped alot. I used alot of tutorials and I also had some digital art classes in college, but the best way to learn is through the wisdom of those who are more experienced. If you put a multiply layer for a base color and use a hard edged brush you can get your character to not look blurry, as far as the rest of what appears to be the most finished version, it looked like alot of the stamp tool, which isn't really coloring, so i dont have anything to offer there. i honestly recommend reading some tutorials and going from there. Dont get discouraged if the stuff you start out with isn't all that good compared to alot of the stuff on here, cause there are a whole lot of professionals in this forum (or at least really really well experienced people that i can't imagine aren't getting paid to make artwork =) try to use artwork in this forum for inspiration, and with enough practice, and especially useful training tools you'll see your artwork vastly improve.
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