Black Canary

[SeanE]

pencils by Kodiart on deviantart, colours by me.
Another slowly done warm-down while I work on the Graphic Novel gig I have at the moment (up to page 18 of 54!)

[Gurkan]

Nice work!

[Black Walrus]

Very nice work! I don't have any critiques as your colors are way beyond me, but I do have a couple of questions. First: how many layers do you have for the colors on an illustration like this?
Your colors are smooth without the image going flat. When I get the shading and gradients in my own colors smoothed out, my illustrations quickly lose depth and form and look flat. Are you using an airbrush tool or a blender to get the transition between colors and tones so smooth?

[SeanE]

Very nice work! I don't have any critiques as your colors are way beyond me, but I do have a couple of questions. First: how many layers do you have for the colors on an illustration like this?
Your colors are smooth without the image going flat. When I get the shading and gradients in my own colors smoothed out, my illustrations quickly lose depth and form and look flat. Are you using an airbrush tool or a blender to get the transition between colors and tones so smooth?

As many layers as needed, but I collapse them as I work on different sections. Generally lets say about 4 layers for a face and 2-3 for other bits.

I use custom made gradients in the gradient tool, the brush tool set to diffiuse airbrush settings and a hell of a lot of the smudge tool using the same brushes. Highlight layers are set to screen mode.

I colour with a mouse... no tablet.

[Ryan_Knight]

I colour with a mouse... no tablet.

must be a heckuva mouse!

[Ryan_Knight]

kudos again btw

[Pa5cal]

Damn
good work
great colors

[SeanE]

must be a heckuva mouse!

Just a basic corded Microsoft mouse... Worth about $20.00