Dang-it! Explain this to me!
I like to check out the anime wallpapers and CG artists, they often have clever and dynamic poses, camera angles, ideas, et. But i'm not asking about opinions on anime-style characters (that's your choice), HOWEVER, what I do want to know is *how* is this coloring style created? I'm an okay hack at Photoshop (not great I just get by enough) but I have trouble trying to emulate this style.
I read a while back that the Japanese have a few distinctive computer color programs just for this. Is that true, or was someone blowing smoke up my skirt? Or is this really just Photoshop + Illustrator + Painter + whatever. Because it doesn't seem like all the effects are under one hood.
Help me out Sequential Workshop Toolbox, what gives?
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Other than that, it really looks like working over several layers as you would with an airbrush (lots of masks and such) with colour hold effects on the line art.
Don't forget, PS now has a pretty good vector shape tool that you can use for really crisp lines if need be, although I suppose you could import the whole thing over to illustrator if you're more familiar with that. Good luck!
They are also very muted. There is a lot more grey in there than you may realize, and a good deal more than in your two pieces. These are not in a high saturation, high chroma color style.
http://www.daz3d.com/
Here's one I like: