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The Lazy Coloring Tutorialby *alaisiaga

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if you thought the lineart tutorial was huge...

this was even more annoying. my eyes are killing me. i found and corrected two typos before upload; if you find any more, let me know.

I'll repeat my disclaimer from the LLT. This does not cover advanced techniques; it would probably not teach much to people who know how to use digital art programs and make masterpieces from them. This is meant for someone who has literally no idea how to color digitally, and doesn't have the money for a tablet or expensive programs like Photoshop. Everything here is touchpad-drawn (my fingers are still thanking me for that), and done using only free software. Maybe it's not the best way, but it's a good place to start for beginners who have no digital art experience, at least.

And the result definitely looks shiny-- this is how I make all my art. Well, I sometimes trace with my tablet, but when I get twitchy, I go back to using a mouse.

The Lazy Lineart Tutorial: [link]
Lineart used in this tutorial: [link]
Finished image from this tutorial: [link]

Copic palettes for Gimp: [link]

Textures used in tutorial from mayang.

Feel free to use and distribute-- just make sure my disclaimer stays on it, and don't claim it as your own!

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~KissMe-13 Sep 20, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you so much for this!

~TheEthanator Sep 9, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I can't get the highlights to work. They always go over my lineart! Can you explain highlights for me please?

~Zanreo Mar 28, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

I tried this and your line tutorial, and I gotta say I LOVED it. The biggest problem I had was getting nice, clean lines that weren't too blurry... with a little help from Inkscape, this turned out great! Coloring method's great too. Thanks^^

~tuelumi Jan 26, 2009

great googly moogly.

if that's the "lazy" version, wtf is the "anal-retentive perfectionist" version???

*alaisiaga Jan 26, 2009

it's really a simple technique.. the textures are completely optional, and i could have put them on another tutorial, technically. it's nothing compared to real digital painting.

~tuelumi Jan 26, 2009

i think the difference is the number of steps. "Real digital painting", at least in my experience, boils down to this:
1) plug in tablet
2) pick color
3) paint
4) repeat steps 2 and 3 until there's a picture

*alaisiaga Jan 26, 2009

lol. i just ended up putting a lot of extra crap in. technically it's just
1. color
2. shadow
3. highlight
4. lines
and BOOM!
<strike>no more chinese laundry</strike> you're done

~tuelumi Jan 26, 2009

mine still has fewer steps

*alaisiaga Jan 26, 2009

but the repetition is a step... four=four?

~tuelumi Jan 28, 2009

the plugging in of a tablet is only an optional step. a half-step, maybe.

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