LadyJudgement

Not a probelm Kai, these look unfinished to me too... I don't think if they looked finished, that they would look like these... but that would change the one thing I do like about coloring this way. I use this mostly for studies, like the War Patriot piece. He liked the pose, and the color was enough to suggest the final...

Btw WP, I gots a trick up my sleeve for yours, a little thing I likes to call texture. I'll send you a new sketch as soon as I can...

LJ

Can you get the old job back? I would hire you, if I had tons of money... You know about naked thursdays right?

*please don't report me*

I have to confess I didn't look for my screenshot of you, so I used your avatar piece by Celtic Bolt for reference.

Here's how this style developed, I was drawing in Illustrator, I forget who, but I had spent a lot of time on the line work, and was dying to see it colored right away.

SO I figured, pop a layer under it and start coloring. But then Illustrator makes really flat color, I am not a wiz at gradients and meshes like the wifey who taught me Illustrator over a year ago... So for me the only way to color it was either at 100% opaque, or turn down the opacity and play with transparencies, which were new to me.

I pretty much only use this style when I don't feel like flatting in Photoshop, and for those who do that, then you know it's not a quick process if your subject is made of a million details. So basically I'm still learning this, I think I skipped the whole learning to color with markers phase growing up.

I know I did some of it, but man it's been a while. I think the more I do this, and perhaps study how others might do it, then I'll be able to polish this feel that I am going for...

Like my brain knows I should leave some of the white showing, but again, the speed demon in me, sometimes won't let me. I think I will buy myself some copic markers and play in my sketchbook, then see if I can reproduce that again in this program.

Thanks everyone for listening to me blab.

LJ

Plasma Stream

Still a no go Plasma?

LJ

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Chocofingy is special. His mommy told him so.

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They have retarded chickens? Are those the kind that eat eggs?

It's okay not to like it, I'm not looking for approval, in fact I'm looking to see what's good AND bad about this... while I can't convey any prices here, since to me this is a particular style someone will ask for over another, I plan to offer this at my lowest rate.

Su-Lin: I totally understand your input, but for me to spend that much time on it, would take away the spontaneity of these. The semi translucent look I think is what's best about these, it's NOT cell shading I know. The color isn't meant to be vibrant, also I found when I applied too much like the Mr. Majesty piece, it had an overworked feeling to me.

I will try one with more detail, but it won't be the same in the end. Still I'm curious to apply what you suggested, thanks for your advice.

Here's an example of the process: some eyes

The top left is the first pass of all the starting colors, the more I go over it, with different colors, the darker it gets... and this only took 10 minutes.

LJ

It's the same style through out Temp, except the last 2, (tundara and conan), those were colored at full 100% opacity. The suggestions your talking about are for Photoshop, I am using Illustrator for these, these are actually vector drawings.

I use Painter for my other watercolor look, similar to the layering of light to dark, but Painter blends much better. I'm not going after a watercolor look per say... it's just these are drawn with a very thin line, that is thickened and emphasized by a thicker line, then those black areas are placed on the top layer, below it on 1 layer is all the color at 50% opacity.

It's just once you cross a section over another, the overlapped part becomes darker, so it is the same color in most areas, just several passes over the same spot. Much like a watercolor would do if you worked from light to dark, which is how these colors are laid down.

I'm not looking to combine coloring styles though. I already use Illustrator for all my inking and most of my drawing. But I guess what I'm asking is, if people like the way I color with it as well, I will offer this in addition to the Photoshop coloring. This style will of course be considerably cheaper... as it takes less time and effort for me to do.

And some Flips outside of the Mainland too... that is if I can tute my own horn. Um okay that sounded wrong. but yes, I love John Becaro's work, and I'm over joyed at industry people like Whilce Portacio, Ed Benes and Leinil Yu... Philip Tan, Ed Tadeo, and who knew Ernie Chan! Though EC is retired since 2002, and he was part of all those great Flips from Marvel's Inking Bullpen in the 70s - people like the great Alfredo Alacala, Nestor Redondo, Tony de Zuniga, and Alex Nino.

What don't you like about it, I'd like to polish it if I can, or is that you just prefer that traditional rendered comic look, or are the colors to pale for your tastes? Cause I paint these with 50% opacity to give it that pale look on purpose, well except for the Conan Piece...

Whoa, that's even too NSFW for one of my Play City covers... nice piece though, congrats! He's a very lucky man...

Not exactly COH, and the chest piece is bare for a reason on the first example... however that's not why I'm posting this. Was wondering what you guys think of this new coloring style in addition to my older styles, which I'll still be using.

Just recently I was happy to get a request for this look, and I thought should I add this to my list of offers, I mean would anyone order this if I did... you don't have to physically order one, just asking if it appealed enough to be order worthy.

Anyway here are some examples in order of creation:

Plasmastream
Redwing Blackbird
The Gypsy
Mr. Majesty 2007
War Patriot
US Atom
Patriette
Conan vs Cobra Commander
Lady Jade
Gamma Girl
Tundara

I should further explain, that these are pretty fast to do, about 2 hours well for the top one. The reason being is that they are drawn, inked, and colored digitally in just one program (Illustrator).

As suppose to doing a pencil sketch, scanning it, inking it in Illustrator and coloring it in Photoshop... That's the way I usually work, but sometimes I try this look as a preliminary coloring to a finish inked drawing.

Well that's alls I gots to say about it, except, thanks for looking too!

LJ

EDIT: add some more pieces that I forgot I did...

There were no goatlords at the birth of Jesus!

If I have time next month, there will be an official big one coming entitled:

City of Nuts 5 or it's unofficial title, "A City of Nuts Christmas"

Sign up now, if you want in... though I *reserve the right* not to use you.

*** Which translated means you were on Santa's bad list...

also please specify your AT and whether yer a hero or villain

LJ

Were all gonna be dual blades, they're gonna have to change the name of this game to City of Hack & Slash...

Hate that place, gives me vertigo...

Loco Valdez

Forgot to add it was this conversation in my recent TA piece that led to this CON:

Iggy: Dammit BA, add the TA to DA so I can FA!

LJ: Yo Iggy, quit harassing me, or I'll draw you in a metal tutu!

Iggy: HARASS!!!!


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LJ

This is what happens to all people who ask for drawing of their metal clad toons... j/k, was gonna do this a few days ago, but didn't have the energy. Hope you like it!

Iggy Tutu

LJ

Same, been on sporadically but for no longer then 5-10 minutes at a time, just waiting for i11. Then you won't be able to get rid of us...

Fixed the head, it was too small... good luck with the redesign, and yer welcome!

LJ

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Now, my intent is not to solicit any fan-art...

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GOOD! Cuz yer not getting any...

LJ

Ack nuh uh, not drawing clockwork... I have an idea for the hurl though, can I make it Kryptonite and have her holding it over Superman's head? j/k or am I?

HERE

LJ

Ah k, I didn't realize she was a super jumper, let me take that in, and cook something up... I'm gonna say no to a helicopter, it's got the same problems the plane would have.... being deemphasis on her. Hurl, now that could be fun...