Hi!! I love your art style that you pour into the HTB comic so much! It's fluid, vibrant, and easy to read/follow, just mesmerizing to look at!
I've got a question on how you color the comic pages. It must be tedious to color each turtle and background, and more time might be spent thinking what color to use, so a full-color comic like HTB is incredible.
I sometimes struggle in coloring lineart with gaps :"D Fill buckets sometimes leave tacky unfilled areas, so I wonder how you color your comic arts?
Thank you and have a nice day!!
(Here is a pretty old draft that I never got posted. This is like... maybe a part 1 of 3 answers about colour. This one is just about Flats. Reminder i am not a teacher or a tutorial guy, just a person who makes art.)
Alrighty here we go. I have prepared probably way too long of an answer to this one. Once again, I use ClipStudio, this is based on that program, but other programs probably have similar tools.
To start a quick overview.
Flats
There are lots of ways to do this and many that are easier or more efficient, but these are just the methods that I use frequently with this comic. There are multiple because I change it up depending on my mood and how much time I have.
Method 0 - Fill Tool
The fill tool is great if you have art with smooth lines and no gaps. I do not! But here is a tutorial for fill tool anyway < youtube tutorial by someone else! yay! > and < another one >
The Select Tool (also known as the Magic Wand) is super efficient, but it becomes a waste of time if you have to constantly go in and fix things because your lineart is swiss cheese. I just fix the missing sections quickly with the lasso tool.
Check out < this youtube video > and < This One > if you want better tutorials on these methods/tools.
Bless the person who made this eraser fr. Here is the link to download it > https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1800143 < the creator has an extremely detailed and comprehensive guide.
it's simple, it's easy, it's free: just filling it in by hand
Flat Colours
My illustrations get a lot more layers and brushwork, but comics require more efficiency and speed. I keep the colouring pretty basic; usually just a Multiply layer for shadows and an Overlay for the lights.
Backgrounds still follow this, but with more gradients and brushwork.
Anyway, super long post is done! The answer to how I colour my comics is "Make Flats! Clip or Mask layers to the Flats! Add Flat Colours! Add Shadows/Light! Make adjustments! Done!"
Hope this helps!
