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digital manga
blocking in base colors
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Some parts of the image may not have each part of the body fully defined in the line-art. By using the Pencil tool you can add colors to the image very precisely, sectioning off parts of the picture or making areas more vivid.
Using Contiguous to Speed Up Coloring Some image areas can be quite complicated to color, with many small areas that would take a long time to fill in with a Brush or the Paint Bucket. The Contiguous setting in the Paint Bucket options can make this easier. By turning Contiguous off, you can fill entire areas with color very quickly, even though it will flood outside of the area you wish to color. Using the selection tool to choose small areas of the image, you can use the Paint Bucket without Contiguous to fill an area, then turn Contiguous back on to correct the areas where the color was not wanted.
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Turn Contiguous back on, and fix the excess white. This way we’ve avoided clicking between every contiguous shape in the shoelaces, and only clicked once to fill the larger blue area.
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Now your base colors are complete and you can proceed to add shading to the image.
Tip
Quick color change If you decide you don’t like a color you’ve used, but you’ve already finished the base colors, you can still change it easily with the Fill tool. Uncheck the Contiguous box on the toolbox, and with one click you can replace the unwanted color with a different shade.
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Select the rough area you wish to fill in using one of the selection tools—here I’ve used the Rectangular Selection tool.
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Use the Paint Bucket with Contiguous unchecked to fill in the white.
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With Contiguous unchecked, fill in the center. Only the selection will be filled.
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Select the center part of the laces. Since this is an angular shape, you could click at each corner of the target area with the Polygonal Lasso tool.