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Red-Priest-Usada — Colouring tutorial

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Description Ok. Maybe it's not a typical tutorial since I didn't discuss many aspects but I wanted to make it comprehensible. Sorry for any mistakes- it's my first tutorial.
I focused on my own way od colouring. Of course it's not like 'must be"- everyone has its own way and the secret is to find the best solution for yourself : 3.

To be honest, my colouring skills were influenced by various artists, especially from dA. I learned a lot from (soft shading) and (skin shading , making the seperate hair strips) and from Ciel ( colour schemes and shading). I was taught many helpful things by (photoshop tricks).
I owe them a lot Thank you Girls *bows*

I hope you will find this tutorial useful. I showed you how I shade skin, hair, clothes and how I match the colours and textures.
It's not a tutorial for the very beginners- to understand it you have to possess basic Photoshop knowledge.

To get a bigger version click on the download button on the left

Many thanks to =anikakinka for beta-testing <3.

I also recommend these tutorials:
- soft shading [link]
- textures [link]

If you need textures then please type it in your Google search and you will find a lot of useful sites. There are also some great textures made by dA users.

If any questions don't hesitate to ask :]

[link] TUTORIAL: Cleaning Pencil Linearts
[link] TUTORIAL: Drawing Hair
[link] TUTORIAL: Basic Drawing Tips
[link] Editting Scanned Drawings
[link] Marker Tutorial- Part I
[link] Drawing folds and frills in women's clothes
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Comments: 148

fracedo [2014-10-01 16:45:47 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the tutorial!

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Beholdentolove [2013-05-23 06:20:45 +0000 UTC]

I love the way you draw flowers! So beautiful and whimsical!

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TheMoonPicnicSociety [2012-09-12 15:51:33 +0000 UTC]

What brushes do you use?

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to TheMoonPicnicSociety [2012-09-12 17:17:03 +0000 UTC]

Recently I do not colour in Photoshop because I don't like its brushes. I prefer Sair because there is a marker, brush and watercolour brush which blend colours nicely.

In this old tutorial I was using a soft round brush with low opacity in Photoshop.

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TheMoonPicnicSociety In reply to Red-Priest-Usada [2012-09-14 11:39:45 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, I just switched from SAI to Photoshop because I got sick of SAI's crap memory usage and lack of filters. But thank you! You really helped me!

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firestudy [2012-08-24 07:27:27 +0000 UTC]

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Sugary-Stardust [2012-05-30 02:31:48 +0000 UTC]

Looks wonderful; thank you so much! I'm hoping to try out a new style of art.

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xXTwinkerXX [2011-10-12 18:42:56 +0000 UTC]

this is awsome, pretty drawing, oh and you helped me alot with that turitorial thanks~

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to xXTwinkerXX [2011-10-12 19:06:06 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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xXTwinkerXX In reply to Red-Priest-Usada [2011-10-12 20:35:39 +0000 UTC]

besides, you did a awsome job on this

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to xXTwinkerXX [2011-10-12 20:42:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you : )

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xXTwinkerXX In reply to Red-Priest-Usada [2011-10-13 11:06:09 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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PinkuValentine [2011-09-06 01:58:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for posting this <3

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Nekocin [2011-08-11 18:34:38 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Thank you for the tutorial.

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UntappedChaos [2011-07-19 17:19:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I was SO hoping you had one like this, and YES YOU DID. You're awesome. XP My linearts are finally starting to improve... but my coloring hasn't matured, since I haven't been working on it. TT_TT Thanks for your tutorials; they're always so amazing!

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Icepearl14 [2011-06-23 16:52:34 +0000 UTC]

I know this is old, and you're probably wondering why im commenting, but I have a question

The main thing I'm trying to figure out is how to color lineart and to make the colors blend. Do you know?

By the way, great tutorial!

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IagoCampos [2011-06-06 16:38:57 +0000 UTC]

Nossa, esse tutorial me ajudou muito. Muito obrigado!

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SeraphineKH [2011-05-09 03:44:55 +0000 UTC]

which color did you use for skin? cause im nt sure which shade is the best

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to SeraphineKH [2011-05-09 05:53:22 +0000 UTC]

I use different colors for a skin- but it's something between light orange and red.
The easiest way to grab the color is to take a picture where you like the skin tone, open it in Photoshop and use an eyedropper to get it.

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SeraphineKH [2011-05-09 02:34:36 +0000 UTC]

what is your base color for skin?

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Raw-J [2011-05-04 18:36:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the help, very complete

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to Raw-J [2011-05-04 18:45:12 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome : )

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Elderweiss [2011-04-12 14:22:59 +0000 UTC]

VERY HELPFUL! Thanks!

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to Elderweiss [2011-04-12 18:32:06 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome :]

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ChocoHeaven [2011-04-03 08:55:54 +0000 UTC]

WOW! its so pretty >.<
It's very helpful.
do u use a tablet? unfortunately i dont have one so im wondering if i'll still be able to colour like that? the hair looks difficult...

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to ChocoHeaven [2011-04-12 18:33:03 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I'm using a tablet. I thinks it's still possible to do it with a mouse but it's definitely more difficult.

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ChocoHeaven In reply to Red-Priest-Usada [2011-04-14 05:28:47 +0000 UTC]

cool! thanks

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TiffK [2010-12-20 06:03:30 +0000 UTC]

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chiisai-kyoujo [2010-11-18 19:24:05 +0000 UTC]

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dead1bunny [2010-09-13 09:05:26 +0000 UTC]

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Litansan [2010-07-30 18:32:22 +0000 UTC]

good tut

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pii3z [2010-05-24 09:20:40 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much for this tutorial. >.<

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krazykate1 [2010-05-20 15:03:01 +0000 UTC]

thanku ^_______^ can't wait to try this out!

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RayneRyuu [2010-05-10 19:23:38 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful, and thank you so much for the help! ^^

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Lucyan13 [2010-02-17 05:43:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow, really amazing!! Congratulations.

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Dragonblade99 [2010-01-28 22:35:30 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial is very helpfull... will follow.

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izzyannie [2010-01-20 06:26:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh wait! I have another question I forgot to ask! Uhh.. When you colour in your background with only the line art,the colour of the background will fill in the space for colour of the skin and dress and stuff (before you put in your base colours) so when you start colouring in the base colours for skin and stuff, the colour will turn out darker than the colour you want it to turn out. How do you make sure the colour of the background won't effect the colour of the skin and everything at the result?

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to izzyannie [2010-01-23 20:14:04 +0000 UTC]

umm... I hope I will be able to explain it clearly . First, I make sure my lineart is clean and there are not any grey spots here and there. It is perfect if the lineart is only white and black. Then, I duplicate the layer with my lineart so I've got two identical layers with the same lineart. I put the "copy" into a multiply mode.Next I create a new layer under the "copy" layer and start colouring. It is essential to put the layers with colours under the "copied" layer with a lineart set into multiply mode. Basically, my layers are put into a following order : lineart> background colours> skin> clothes >hair> lineart "copy". That way I do not have a problem with colours of different parts of the picture mixing with each other.

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Dragonblade99 In reply to Red-Priest-Usada [2010-01-28 22:35:03 +0000 UTC]

Very good... this is usefull...

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izzyannie In reply to Red-Priest-Usada [2010-01-24 09:47:14 +0000 UTC]

so..did you rub off the background colour in the figures?

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izzyannie [2010-01-18 13:16:15 +0000 UTC]

Umm.. Mind if I ask something? When you start colouring it in, is yr layer set on normal mode or multiply?

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to izzyannie [2010-01-18 13:38:02 +0000 UTC]

I set it to a multiply mode :]

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izzyannie In reply to Red-Priest-Usada [2010-01-19 06:05:58 +0000 UTC]

oh.thanks!that really helped!heehee

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shiimoo [2009-11-24 04:15:03 +0000 UTC]

So pretty!! Great tutorial!! I love the way its colored!

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HanaChips [2009-09-13 02:11:13 +0000 UTC]

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mhawnick001 [2009-05-29 06:36:45 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

- 100th comment for you.

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sadistic-is-pleasure [2009-05-13 13:06:25 +0000 UTC]

you've just shown me something that i've been dying to learn for so long...you made it look so easy...thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial...

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Red-Priest-Usada In reply to sadistic-is-pleasure [2009-05-29 22:30:16 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you found it helpful :]

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sadistic-is-pleasure In reply to Red-Priest-Usada [2009-06-03 13:56:03 +0000 UTC]

im improving now...its all thanks to your help..thanks alot..

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merlinde [2009-02-10 23:08:57 +0000 UTC]

Good tutorial! I just had some other questions...

I was curious to what size canvas you usually work with. And how do you get to make the line art unnoticed and kind of merged with the colouring? Because I never get rid of the computer/photoshop kind of look in my work...

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