Your shading, coloring is absolutely incredible! Have you got any tips? I rarely ever see an artist seemingly combine atleast six cel shades to a drawing.
Ay thank you!! The process is not as difficult honestly, but I'm gonna have to come up with a guide? or something. Maybe video would be easier if people are alright with it!
For now, quick tips would be:
Starting Base: On lineart layer, use the selection tool and select the area around the subject. Then Selection > Invert, it will then select 'inside' the lines. Switch to a new layer under lines, fill with a base color (gray is my preference).
Flats: This is the easy part, set colors by using different layer on top of the base, but click 'Clipping Group'. This will clip any color layer to only show within the contour of the base, therefore you don't have to erase outside the lines.
Shading: I usually, almost always, use two shades to color: #c99b7f and #b199c9. Not exact shades but pretty close. The tan to set first shades, the purple to 'deepen' the shading. You can choose whichever you'd prefer but those are my go!
Extra Shading: Here's a trick, I usually like to add more reflections by using #8ecfed and shading areas inside the 'shading' layer. This one is tricky to explain but if you see my previous works, I'm sure you'll notice a lot of blue details on them.
Shiny Metal!: Fun trick, on top of all your layers add a new one and use only white. Draw the streaks you'd usually see on metal plating and the more dynamic, the better. Set it to 20-30% opacity.
Editing: Pretty much the same process on all pics: color balance, blur tool to separate background, use levels to change the shadow/light percentage. After all that, flatten everything to one layer. Filter > Render > Sharpen Edges. Fun part, duplicate your layer and then double click it, you'll have a 'Layer Style' pop-up window appear (on PS), go to Advanced Blending and look at Channels: R, G, B. Select a combination two only out of the three and select OK. You won't see anything but then, more your layer a few pixels to the side. You'll see a cool effect where the lines have a different color/3d effect. Play with the options and how much you want it to the side.
There's more but I don't have the space! Hope this helps somewhat!