Part 15 - How to color Manga a Comics the Pro way - Sexy Lara Croft from Tomb Raider

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To easily follow this series on painting manga and comics, go to the site, and then go to Digital Painting, and scroll down. I will be updating as I put the new parts up. To see my artwork, go to the gallery. Visit the forums to ask me questions, or to post your own art, or tutorials. Thanks.

This new, free series is all about coloring manga and comics, but the techniques can be used for painting as well. I teach techniques in this series that I haven't shown on any of my other videos, so that is exciting.

I show how to clean your scanned line work and remove the white so that the lines stay crisp. I show how to color the lines without coloring anything else but the lines. I also show other techniques for changing line color, but the lock transparency pixels is the best, I think. I will be showing how to get that nice cell shaded look that is so often seen in comics, especially manga. In the end, you'll be able to apply this knowledge and create great colored works of art. 

If you want to color this Lara Croft drawing I did, you can go to www.ipaintgirls.com and then go to gallery. Be sure to download the full sized version. If you do color it, link back to me, and let me know so I can check it out, yanno? Coolness.

Category:

Howto & Style

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• Lara
• Croft
• Tomb
• Raider
• color
• manga
• comic
• photoshop
• coloring
• tutorial
• how
• to

[nerdieone1]

Fantastic tutorial and very helpful. :) I'm curious, how big a file was this when it was finally done? I'd love to try this out myself, but I can't have massive file sizes. ^^; Any tips to help avoid that? Thanks.

[architectus777]

@nerdieone1 Use few layers. Work at smaller size, that is 5x6 inches 200 dpi.

[IbbChr]

What tablet are u using? :D

[architectus777]

@IbbChr Intous 3, 9x12

[funGODfun]

I don't get it... If you're using a tablet without an LCD-screen like the cintiq, how can you know excactly where for example her hair is? I'd love to take my digital art to the next level, but I've got no idea wether a bamboo is the right option for me..

Anywayz, great tutorial! Its very informative and incredibly clear and easy to understand. By using it, I was able to make a pretty cool looking Jill Valentine by using my mouse

Thanks for spending so much time to make a great tutorial :)

[architectus777]

@RedGothicPrincess Yeha, I am using a Wacom. You can buy them on Ebay or on their site. Bamboo is actually a good tablet for cheap.