Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Life of Captain Marvel #2 Cover Art Step by Step Part 3 Color


Check Out how we made it

PART 3

COLOR

FLATS


The first stage of color is called flats - flatting allows me to choose an area to color at any point throughout the coloring process.

INITIAL COLOR ROUGH


I colored this on my Cintiq 22 HD using Photoshop CS3 .


I knew I wanted a strong rim light, so I got Captain Marvel's face value approximately right then hit it with the RIM light.


I then rough in quickly all the medium lights and darks on the figures and cast initial shadows.


Using the Pencil Tool (Hard Round pixel Brush) at 100% to to begin and then switch to lower 30-50% to get the right value of color for the next stages of rendering.

COLORING THE LINE ART


This is the icing on the cake step of the process.


I colored a lot of the black lines - notice the lips, flesh outline clothes and SFX in the background.


Working more on the clouds and background
  
FINAL TOUCHES



Pushing the final highlights

FINAL



PART 1



PART 2


TD

2 comments:

  1. No one does a better job of depicting the sheer joy of flying.

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    1. Thanks! So much fun - we all wish we could do it and this as close as I get to doing it!

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