I can't seem to find the right tutorial for photoshop when it comes to scanning my actual drawings and color?

Question

coloring them in CS.

its a comic.. some talk about channels etc. when it comes to flatting. but it's assuming i have layers and that i drew the comic on the computer.

i only have one layer.. and it's the background.. CS isn't acknowledging that there black lines are even there when i click select all.

does anyone know anything about coloring artwork that you hand drew on photoshop?

Answer 1

you can go to http://www.deviantart.com and look for tutorials there. :D

they have tons of tutorials that can help you how to put colors on your drawings. you can also find there on how to put shadows, make them 3D, and make them supahhh cooool. :D

just type "coloring tutorials" or "cg tutorial" or "lineart tutorial" on the search engine and PRESTO!!!! tutorials for you!!!

Answer 2

The problem, from the description of what you are trying to do, is that your are dealing with raster information is a photoshop file, and you expect it to behave like vector info in a drawing program.

When you scan a file, it IS all one file. When you SELECT ALL, it will select the entire canvas.

To colorize that drawing, you are going to have to learn how to work in layers.

Colorizing a drawing in photoshop is all about building masks for each area you want colored, then creating layers filled with or painted with the color you want, and setting that layer to multiply.

I would recommend that you take a photoshop class, to learn a little more about it's tools and capabilities.

Answer 3

This website might help:

http://kirupa.com/motiongraphics/comicbo...

and for general info:

http://kirupa.com/motiongraphics/index.h...

Answer 4

Perla's first site is very good.

Essentially, you start with a 300dpi scan, duplicate the background layer (layer menu), delete the contents of the background layer (select all, fill with a neutral colour or white (Edit menu)), insert another layer above the background – this will be the one that holds much of the colour. Set your drawing layer to multiply mode. Use the magic wand tool (alter the tolerance setting) to select an area of your drawing, use the expand option (Select/Modify menus) to extend the selection slightly, make sure you are on your colour layer and fill with the average midtone colour you need. then add separate layers for shadow and highlight – the purposes of these layers is clear. And away you go.