by gimmix* » 5. April 2006, 15:03
the first thing you need is a bit of talent ;)
then you will need software!
- photoshop
- painter
- gimp
...
any graphic software will do the job (except ms paint maybe)
and a mouse/graphicpad
and now you have to paint :D everybody has his own coloringstyle which is also depending on if the resulting image should be cartoonish or realistic.
basic steps i'd say are:
- basic coloring -> just paint the flat colors
- shading/gloss -> here you should keep in mind where the lightsource is located
- texturing -> dirst,bumps,hair,details
- more shading and gloss
- finishing -> tweaking the colortones and contrast (in ps you can do this with setting-layers)
and now do some art.
the first thing you need is a bit of talent ;)
then you will need software!
- photoshop
- painter
- gimp
...
any graphic software will do the job (except ms paint maybe)
and a mouse/graphicpad
and now you have to paint :D everybody has his own coloringstyle which is also depending on if the resulting image should be cartoonish or realistic.
basic steps i'd say are:
- basic coloring -> just paint the flat colors
- shading/gloss -> here you should keep in mind where the lightsource is located
- texturing -> dirst,bumps,hair,details
- more shading and gloss
- finishing -> tweaking the colortones and contrast (in ps you can do this with setting-layers)
and now do some art.