Two wallpapers to share, one KuroFai and one SakuSyao, because I liked how they turned out and all. And just as a warning, the SakuraSyaoran one contains big honking SPOILERS for chapter 179.
I don't really have any very good tips for coloring manga. I usually fiddle with the brightness/contrast of the base image in Photoshop 'till I have a good black and white image, then I erase the tones and shadows (I usually copy the base layer first, so I can use CLAMP's tone shadows as a guide for when I color, and I usually do the erasing at full size or near full size, even for icons, because it's easier to see the lines and do it cleanly). Then I set the base layer to multiply and create new layers below the base to color, usually one layer for each color. Then shade and highlight, merge the image, and play with layers and colors until I like how it looks.
If you decide to do another one (and I'm really not trying to be a pain -- take it as a compliment) I'd love to see page 9 done, just the image with her lips by his ear.
You're sooo awesome xD I could never have done that!
The font on the SakuSyao one is LanieDay, and the KuroFai one is...Violation, I think (I made the SakuSyao one yesterday but the KuroFai one was done a while ago so I'm not completely sure, but I think that was it).
Lovely wallpapers! (I've totally snatched the KuroFai one and keep squeeing at my desktop every few minutes.) The colors in both are nice and muted, and the textures used add to a soft and dream-like effect. Very pretty!
I don't think I could do a tutorial on that one, because I don't really remember what I did -- I accidentally hit 'no' when Photoshop asked me to save, so I still have the plain colored base image but not the rest, and I did so much junk with that one I can't really recall most of it, heh. I'm glad you liked the finished product though, I'm really happy with how it ended up.
I love both of these more than I could possibly say. I took both sizes... hopefully one of them will fit so I can stare at Kurogane and Fye in the snow and distract myself all day. ♥
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Date: 2008-01-18 03:18 am (UTC)Using the Syaoran, Sakura one. Thanks! The coloring is amazing~
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Date: 2008-01-18 03:24 am (UTC)I really hope to colour manga like you, do you have any tutorials? tips?
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Date: 2008-01-19 01:55 am (UTC)I just resized them and fiddled with them a bit, so I hope they still look okay.
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Date: 2008-01-21 02:44 am (UTC)I snagged both sizes, since I have no idea what fits on my resolution now.
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Date: 2008-01-18 03:26 am (UTC)Fantastic job! ♥♥♥
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Date: 2008-01-18 03:38 am (UTC)The Syao/Saku one is my background right now, but I'm sure I'll get some use out of the KuroFai one, too. ♥
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Date: 2008-01-18 03:41 am (UTC)wahhh I can't wait to read the new chapter!
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Date: 2008-01-18 04:07 am (UTC)pretty
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Date: 2008-01-18 04:45 am (UTC)You're sooo awesome xD I could never have done that!
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Date: 2008-01-18 12:21 pm (UTC)I am snagging the KuroFai wp.
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Date: 2008-01-18 12:47 pm (UTC)Both are beautiful! SakuSyao has a great coloring *____*
Really beautiful!
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Date: 2008-01-18 04:06 pm (UTC)Thanks for sharing :)
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Date: 2008-01-18 08:27 pm (UTC)And the KuroxFai is love! :D
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