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Color a Drawing

Author: MickM.com More by this author
Added: May 02, 2005 Rating:   Level: Professional Software: Photoshop  

Color a pencil-drawing

  • Open a drawing of your own;
  • I used a part from the Christmas-card I designed for my family (NOTE: DO NOT TRY TO COPY, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS DRAWING);





  • Use the pen-tool (You can only use the pen-tool for this tutorial) to trace the lines;
  • When you traced them, stroke them and choose a small black brush (Trace it parts, It can't all go in one time);



  • Create a new layer underneath the lines and color with ONE color;
  • Then use the Burn- and Dodgetool to highlight and shadow parts;



  • Color every part of the drawing seperate;



  • Take your time, no need to rush - This can and will take long;



  • You can also decide to make highlight and shadow with the selection-tools to get a cutout-effect;



  • You must use the blur-tool and the eraser wisely - Don't erase too much, and don't blur too much;



  • When you're done, think of a background that fits in the composition;


  • And you're done... (I made my background dark-blue, because it was night on the Christmas-card);

    Color a Pencil-drawing Tutorial: Final Result

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