Digital art advice

[Sam]

I scanned some instructions from a model kit and used that as a template to draw lines in Illustrator. Import those into Photoshop and use them to make paths for selections. Handy for things like symmetrical shapes, concentric circles and logos.

Mate, that is a fine piece of work.

Sam, I did several pages for Verno's Beast Wars online comics recently where I did digital coloring. I was getting tired of all the 3D I usually do.



Flat coloring, then tri-tone shaded, then blurs and blends, then gradient overlays, followed by textures and filters for glows and effects.

Just to emphasize; I only did the coloring, pencils/inks and text were done by others.

I don't think I will ever get to say "I was getting tired of all the 3D I usually do."

Your colours really bring the art work to life!