Comic Book Character Design - Pain Colors - Flatting, Rendering & Building Up Forms

Comic Book Character Design - Pain Colors - Flatting, Rendering & Building Up Forms

Learn the process of coloring a comic book character design in this 21-minute tutorial. Explore a mixed approach combining traditional graphic rendering with digital painterly techniques to vividly carve out forms, light the character, and make it pop. Begin by establishing base color tones, then paint in shadows and highlights to set up the lighting. Add color to the base lighting for a more natural appearance, and finally build up highlights to enhance depth and dimension. Gain insights into an optimized workflow that speeds up the coloring process, using Photoshop as the primary tool.