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Tutorial: coloring Ko-Chan’s outfit.

Note: the outfit’s color scheme was designed by the great and mighty

This tutorial can be sued to help people who are interested in coloring progressions in photoshop, and also in drawing flames on clothes. You can use it for general purposes or you can use it to try to recreate the image precisely. Remember please if you do recreate the image precisely that you give me credit for the original drawing as well as the original character, and credit for the color scheme, cause she deserves it. Technicality out of the way, lets get going.

All of the coloring here is done on a separate layer that is 75% opaque.

Here is a list of the numbers that you can find in photoshop for the colors I used.
Black = #000000
Blue # 1on the left side = #347CFF
Blue #2 on the right side = #69ECFF
Cream = #FFF5D8
White = #FFFFFF
Blue #3 on sword and shoe = #000C69
Sock color = #EDEDFF

For the flames:
Blue = #AED0FF
Yellow = #F6FF00
Red = #FF7774
Orange = #FFCC00

If you want to write in a number, click on the color you are using so the color selection box comes up. The bottom box within that box on the right side, next to the ‘ # ’ symbol is where you write in the above numbers to get the exact colors I used.

doing tone progressions
1. First you need to get the tones on there. Don’t worry about staying in the lines or about getting the changes to be pretty at all. Just get them on there.
2. Blur what you have using Gaussian blur. Go to filter, scroll to blur, and scroll to Gaussian blur. Click. The amount of blur I used was at 36.
3. Smudge everything into place. That means that where you have clothes overlapping with different colors, move the colors over. I used a tool with 0% hardness to do this. This step takes a bit of time, and for accuracy, it helps to have a picture with a high level of resolution and to be zoomed in all the way.
4. Once that is done, on the same layer, add the rest of the colors (except the flames.) Adding white over white is optional, but it does help to soften the dark lines around it.
5. doing the flames First, you just scribble. The smudge tool is what makes the flames look like flames, so you have to use it whether you are precise or not, so I wouldn’t worry too much about detail. The colors I used are listed above. One thing to consider is that you will want the flames to bend with the fabric so drawing them that way to begin with helps a little. Other than that, just scribble.
6. Now, using a smudge tool again, this time with 100% hardness, you begin to shape the flames. I used a 19 pixel smudge tool for this, but I also have the picture at 300 times its actual size on paper for this. When smudging, you want to pull the flames up, and swirl a little to blend the colors. Take a moment to look closely at what I am doing here.
7. Continue the process until the whole sleeve, or what every you are coloring, is done. I made sure to leave some white on top, and I even used a vary large, 0% hardness erase toll and ran down the middle (top) of the sleeve. Remember, stroke up, and pull down, and stroke up and pull down, just like if you were painting with an actual brush. Also remember push the colors into the lines. IT add s depth if you move chunks of flame over completely when a fold leaves a defined line to show that part of the flame when under and came out in a different spot.
8. Do the same with the other sleeve.
9. finishing this step is important. Step back, take a moment, even walk away, and then come back. Did you miss anything? Did you color something the wrong color, do you want to adjust anything. Do this now. IT may not seem like an important step, but trust me, when I get into something, it is easy to forget about details.

Related tutorials using the same picture:
General anime drawing guide, click here
drawing a three quarter angle face, click here
drawing Ko-Chan’s hair, click here
drawing clothes, click here
coloring dark hair, click here
coloring skin, click here
shading clothes, click here

Description
Tutorial: coloring Ko-Chan’s outfit.

Note: the outfit’s color scheme was designed by the great and mighty

This tutorial can be sued to help people who are interested in coloring progressions in photoshop, and also in drawing flames on clothes. You can use it for general purposes or you can use it to try to recreate the image precisely. Remember please if you do recreate the image precisely that you give me credit for the original drawing as well as the original character, and credit for the color scheme, cause she deserves it. Technicality out of the way, lets get going.

All of the coloring here is done on a separate layer that is 75% opaque.

Here is a list of the numbers that you can find in photoshop for the colors I used.
Black = #000000
Blue # 1on the left side = #347CFF
Blue #2 on the right side = #69ECFF
Cream = #FFF5D8
White = #FFFFFF
Blue #3 on sword and shoe = #000C69
Sock color = #EDEDFF

For the flames:
Blue = #AED0FF
Yellow = #F6FF00
Red = #FF7774
Orange = #FFCC00

If you want to write in a number, click on the color you are using so the color selection box comes up. The bottom box within that box on the right side, next to the ‘ # ’ symbol is where you write in the above numbers to get the exact colors I used.

doing tone progressions
1. First you need to get the tones on there. Don’t worry about staying in the lines or about getting the changes to be pretty at all. Just get them on there.
2. Blur what you have using Gaussian blur. Go to filter, scroll to blur, and scroll to Gaussian blur. Click. The amount of blur I used was at 36.
3. Smudge everything into place. That means that where you have clothes overlapping with different colors, move the colors over. I used a tool with 0% hardness to do this. This step takes a bit of time, and for accuracy, it helps to have a picture with a high level of resolution and to be zoomed in all the way.
4. Once that is done, on the same layer, add the rest of the colors (except the flames.) Adding white over white is optional, but it does help to soften the dark lines around it.
5. doing the flames First, you just scribble. The smudge tool is what makes the flames look like flames, so you have to use it whether you are precise or not, so I wouldn’t worry too much about detail. The colors I used are listed above. One thing to consider is that you will want the flames to bend with the fabric so drawing them that way to begin with helps a little. Other than that, just scribble.
6. Now, using a smudge tool again, this time with 100% hardness, you begin to shape the flames. I used a 19 pixel smudge tool for this, but I also have the picture at 300 times its actual size on paper for this. When smudging, you want to pull the flames up, and swirl a little to blend the colors. Take a moment to look closely at what I am doing here.
7. Continue the process until the whole sleeve, or what every you are coloring, is done. I made sure to leave some white on top, and I even used a vary large, 0% hardness erase toll and ran down the middle (top) of the sleeve. Remember, stroke up, and pull down, and stroke up and pull down, just like if you were painting with an actual brush. Also remember push the colors into the lines. IT add s depth if you move chunks of flame over completely when a fold leaves a defined line to show that part of the flame when under and came out in a different spot.
8. Do the same with the other sleeve.
9. finishing this step is important. Step back, take a moment, even walk away, and then come back. Did you miss anything? Did you color something the wrong color, do you want to adjust anything. Do this now. IT may not seem like an important step, but trust me, when I get into something, it is easy to forget about details.

Related tutorials using the same picture:
General anime drawing guide, click here
drawing a three quarter angle face, click here
drawing Ko-Chan’s hair, click here
drawing clothes, click here
coloring dark hair, click here
coloring skin, click here
shading clothes, click here