[nick reynolds]

* these are not my original drawings!!!! I used them to learn how to color with photoshop.

These are my first ever serious photoshop colorings! (2 trys before, that really sucked) tell me what you like and dont like about them!

Joe Mad! pencil http://www.fuelvideo.com/image20b72.jpg

Feng Zhu inking http://www.fuelvideo.com/colortest2back72.jpg

thanks

[Fabrys]

They are quite good for a first shoot.
On the Feng Zhu inking, you really managed to deal the metal render. The major problem is the depth. There are no shadows on your work or those are made to shyly. That is normal because you respect the artwork of the inker. Just try to be more foolhardy and to give more contrasts.
First of all, choose your light source to cast the shadows properly.
Think of what you want the reader to see in the fisrt 1~2 seconds. It may seem not to be important because you worked on characters but, when you'll try on big pictures with many details, you'll have to show the way to the reader.
Hope it helps you.
Cheers !!

[nick reynolds]

that helps! i was thinking the same thing this morning when i woke up and looked at. It needs shadows under the chin, casting from the arm gun thingy,and more contrast up in the armpit area. thats something i seem to forget alot unless im working straight black and white. Thanks for the crit!

[TossMonkey]

I love that Joe Mad skeleton guy!!

[saladbowl]

Hmmm, I like the work!
So much better than my creepy coloring...
Is there any site where there's a detailed! description how to color characters in Photoshop [withot a tablet].
Stuff like : what kind of brushes, layersetup/order and that kind of stuff.
Or can somebody summarise it here?
I'm sooo lost...

[nick reynolds]

AP[ol]LO -
go here, http://sv1.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?s=e1268035a92c5249272d11c508ef6b5a&postid=6307#post6307

i posted a write up on how i did it and posted a few links too!

[Fabrys]

On the second post of this topic, I explained (in english) how I work on Photoshop (well... what a bad, bad attitude, trying to up my own topic... )
My own topic that I want you to up (just kidding)