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suttercain
08-08-2008, 10:48 AM
Hi everyone,

I am currently working on my first 4 issue mini-series. I hired a very talented artist to pencil and ink the pages and while he is working on that I decided to try my hand at coloring.

After watching a youtube tutorial on how to do this I grabbed a couple of inked panels from the internet and imported them into Photoshop CS2.

I am very open to constructive criticism. I know it's not something that is learned overnight and I would like to get better at this.

Cover to Superman 673. I decided not to look at the finished cover and just go in coloring how I wanted to. I also avoided any 'shine' with the burn tool and thought of this as a non-glossy page. This was my first attempt at coloring. I spent about 90 minutes on this.
http://shannoncronin.com/Colors/superman673original.jpghttp://shannoncronin.com/Colors/superman673.jpg


Batman and Superman. Again, I decided not to look at the finished cover and just go in coloring how I wanted to. This was the first time I tried to add 'shine' to some of the elements. I probably should have spent more time on it, but I decided to move on to another one. I spent about 60 minutes on this.
http://shannoncronin.com/Colors/batmansupermanoriginal.jpghttp://shannoncronin.com/Colors/batmansuperman.jpg

I started working on my third effort this morning and will post it when I am done. I am hoping to get better at this as the months proceed forward.

Thanks for your time.

KAL09
08-08-2008, 02:46 PM
Those look awesome, I'm interested in trying out coloring, what's the youtube video called you watched?

suttercain
08-08-2008, 02:53 PM
I used this one because it was pretty straight forward:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAAuHFdvcik

KAL09
08-08-2008, 04:29 PM
Thanks, I'll give it a try tonight

AnkaleRa
08-08-2008, 04:52 PM
I personally think your colors are too flat. There is not enough tone or shade variety. You need to create a greater sense of highlights and shadows.

suttercain
08-10-2008, 07:34 PM
I personally think your colors are too flat. There is not enough tone or shade variety. You need to create a greater sense of highlights and shadows.

I took your advice and think I got somewhat more depth in my third effort.... I also tried experimenting with the glow tool (the orb).

The bottom right of the foot is unfinished but I decided my practice was over for this image and moved on... All I can hope for is a progression each time I color a new inked outline.

Original Ink Outline
http://shannoncronin.com/Colors/thirdog.jpg

Colored Version
http://shannoncronin.com/Colors/third.jpg

suttercain
08-13-2008, 08:52 PM
http://www.shannoncronin.com/Colors/hulkog.jpg
http://www.shannoncronin.com/Colors/hulk.jpg

suttercain
08-14-2008, 04:06 PM
oh come on... throw a brother some feedback! I thought the Hulk looked damn good... but I'm biased.

sparta28090
08-14-2008, 04:28 PM
oh come on... throw a brother some feedback! I thought the Hulk looked damn good... but I'm biased.


Excellent work on the Hulk except his hair and pants color are not up to the standard shades...black hair and purple pants...but other than that way to go!

If you want a real challenge try and color the page i did in the sequential art challenge....maybe color can make it look better, I mean a colored turd has to look better than a black and white one right?

sparta28090
08-14-2008, 04:37 PM
....And oh yeah, Darkseid rox!