Coloring a scanned lineart with PSE 6

My first drawing video! (My first video period)
This tutorial shows many tools and functions of Photoshop Elements 6.0 (and later versions) like adding textures, getting lines from a scanned lineart, layers, groupings, and more!

For more of my art, go to:
thepuddingmonster.deviantart.com

Music used:
Kokoro (feat. Kagamine Rin)
and
Bulletproof by La Roux

CREDITS

Lineart and Color by me,
DaPuddingMonster (AKA
ThePuddingMonster)

Characters:
Vincent and Luna Solaris, my original characters

Program:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
(It came free with my pen tablet)

Tools:
Paper, .5 mm pencil, Sakura Micron
inking pen (005), a scanner, Wacom
Bamboo Fun Pen tablet (5x8 I believe)

I have my pen tablet programed so the left and right buttons on it are really [ and ], which change your brush size on most versions of photoshop, and a button on my pen was programmed to be ctrl+z, which = undo. These really save a lot of time while drawing; I highly reccomend doing that.

Captured by HyperCam 2, which I downloaded from here: http://www.hyperionics.com/hc/downloads.asp
(No viruses so far xD)

Thanks for watching!!!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• anime art
• art
• drawing video
• Adobe
• Photoshop Elements
• PSE 6
• Vincent
• Luna
• Solaris
• ThePuddingMonster
• DaPuddingMonster

[nanamimiko96]

please i really need to know how you made that brush to color clothing :(

which buttons did you press to make that brush,what did you do.please comment back thank you

[DaPuddingMonster]

@nanamimiko96 So I use the first brush that's listed on the brush selection. The real basic one, that doesn't vary in opacity. On PSE 6, there's a brush option menu next to the airbrush symbol, it's the one that has pen pressure options like size, opacity, hue jitter, roundness, ect with little check boxes next to it. I have the size box unchecked and the opacity box checked. I use [ and ] for quick size changes. Mess around with different options for varying brushes, and I hope this helps!!!

[InfiniteBlueSky]

how do you select the black colour(lines) only? near the beginning 1:07

[DaPuddingMonster]

@InfiniteBlueSky

Right after scanning, I press ctrl+L and change the levels around so that there is a very limited gray area in the lines. Basically, I make the lines a consistent color. This helps the next step, when I use the magic wand tool to select "black" I give it a low tolerance so that only the black on the picture is selected. Then I invert the selection, so that everything /but/ black is selected, and I press del. If everything was done right, you should be left with only the lines.

[InfiniteBlueSky]

@DaPuddingMonster Thanks for the help ^_^, I've been always wondering how people coloured images without colouring over the black lines. Again Thanks for your help, Life saver

[DaPuddingMonster]

@InfiniteBlueSky

No problem! And of course, there's always the option to just put the scan layer on the 'multiply' setting, but I never use that because it leaves me without the options to edit the lines if i want to or to change the colors. Although, it can give the picture a cool paper texture. :)

[BlueNayru]

8D Now I know how to actually use Elements 6 for lineart xD

Thanks for the help!

[nanamimiko96]

@DaPuddingMonster thank you so much XD

[DaPuddingMonster]

@ToraMimiNeko

Thank you!

[ToraMimiNeko]

Awesome! And now I have learned how to color mah scanned linearts. :D

And you do draw some pretty awesome-looking guys.