{"id":2151,"date":"2021-03-11T14:11:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=2151"},"modified":"2021-03-11T14:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:14:57","slug":"color-layers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/color-layers\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloring with level & Layers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hi-res scan of initial drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Painted layer for background forest with textured brushes followed by some mild masking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adjustment layer (levels) used to create highlights and shadows\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click to see the Levels Adjustment and Mask…<\/h3>
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Adjustments are made mostly to bring the ends of the histogram towards the center. Because this is a night-time scene I darkened the midpoint as well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Details of masking adjustments made with Burn\/dodge tools and paintbrush.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Colors painted on a separate “color” layer, set to color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vector color shape set to multiply then masked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Top layer color effects painted on top with a normal brush strokes.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Final Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exploring the coloring of comics in photoshop using adjustment layers and masking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Lately I\u2019ve been obsessed with using a levels adjustment layer with a 50% gray mask which to define highlights, shadows & mid-tones. It adds a lot of mileage to some simple color layers. 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