Art help: this isnt tech. but i still need help

mostly i am an anime artist. I believe i can draw real well but my talents are brought to a screeching hult when it comes to coloring my pictures.

i have been told to draw a copy of  my picture in order to have a back up. but for me no 2 pic comes out the same and i cant afford a light desk right now.

I can do some coloring on the computer but again my sorces are limited and so is my knolage.

If somone could please help me find a good tool for coloring my art it would be really use full and appreciated. And maybe any aid books you know of.

Thank you

-Ashton

Well, for future reference, all Art related inqueries go in the Art forum I beleive. As for your problem, well for one Art doesent need color to be good, Manga is in black and white and it looks awesome. Otherwise all I can really suggest is practice, and maybe a good tutorial on Photoshop. For that try Google.

I can suggest every tool in the world but essentially it comes down to whether you want to or if others do. Do you want to colour them? If you do, I STRONGLY suggest not using lined paper. As conveniant as it is, it takes away from the picture. That aside, scanning the picture is a really good idea- you can then have essentially as many copys as you want as long as the line art is clean. The easiest way to have a clean line art is to ink your art with a black pen and scanning it as a black and white picture. If computers are not an option, then trace it against a window. What is a lightbox? A peice of glass with light behind- right? Beware- you'll never get it perfect that way.

Otherwise- what have you tried first? Pencils? Digetal. As PKN suggested, there's nothing wrong with a pencil picture- you need to concentrate more on contrast with pencil pictures, that's all.

If you want to give colouring a try, but not ruin your pics- I can e-mail you one of my linearts for the colouring competition for practise

On Jul 25, 2006 4:47 pm, ashty187 said:

 

actually, some people scan their images and print off a copy in light gray, so they don't screw up the original. Some of my best pics have a printed off copy thats colored the posted.

On Jul 25, 2006 9:40 pm, Greed said:


This is true. It was something I would've also suggested if you have access to a scanner, but not digetal colouring. You'll keep the origanal lines, but not destroy them if the colouring goes wrong. You have to be carefull to hide them though. I use this technique sometimes if I deside in the midle of my line arts that I want to pencil colour it. It's alot quicker that a window ^^