paste together this little tutorial that I have written and Elisa Ferrari the forum Kinart
The new cover of Comics Factory in number of exit for Lucca (of 'cultural association CyranoComics) has been entrusted to me, Gabriele Bagnoli (G) and Elisa Ferrari (E), which often work together.
The feature covers of Comics Factory is the presence of Cyrano, the mascot of the long nose, a symbol of 'association.
(G) First of all we think about the subject.
decide that Cyrano will be under the guise of a huge monolith, in a landscape in which there are other moai (Faccioni typical of the 'Easter Island). Thought about putting a young explorer, perhaps accompanied by a large dog, which indicates how to say "Found!".
We share out the roles in this way: I make the 'setting, Elisa drew the characters, I ink everything to homogenize the stretch, and her colors.
1) (G) I start to do some testing for the 'setting, and already the second attempt to satisfy me: the Cyrano-moai in the foreground on the shore of a lake can be glimpsed behind other moai on the hills and mountains are far away in the background.
The girl will be drawn more or less under the nose, standing with your feet in 'water. Initially girl and dog had to be on a small boat, but eventually the level of 'water has been lowered so that the' water was below the knee
2) (G) Drawing the final pencils on paper Fabriano Smooth (220 grams), the nose extension that could otherwise be mistaken for a nose "normal", and increase the vegetation reminiscent of feathers on the head of a hat
3) (G) Ink all. For thicker sections of the first floor using a Copic marker with the tip of the brush, use markers for the rest of the blacks Faber Castell of different thicknesses. More items are far more use once until uniform.
When I design a 'colorful artwork which will then prefer not to blacks, then I do not no shadow or dark patterning.
4) (G) comes into play Elisa, that on the basis of my pencil drawings setting (always on a smooth sheet Fabriano) and cagnolone the girl, ink me again to give uniformity tract.
I know that the girl will be scaled down when it is inserted into the pond, then the ink of a sudden a little more often to avoid the eye known the difference. Even here use is a pen-brush is the Copic markers of different sizes.
With Photoshop assemble characters and settings, and I realize that the section of the girl is always up to the rest too! Trying not to panic I add a black stroke around its shape to make the boundary more often. A little difference is apparent yet, but thankfully, the color will be almost imperceptible, breathed a sigh of relief and pass the file to Elisa!
5) (E) Now it's my turn! I open my beloved photoshop and I try to be patient: I put all the backgrounds on a level basis, making sure that the colors in the background give less attention to those first. To be more quiet in the choice of colors I use the dropper tool to get some shade from other images that I use as documentation.
I create another layer and then I treat only the water and put in blending mode "Color". At this level, the opacity in order to make the effect more clear water.
6) (E) The next step is to put the shadows. Duplicate the base level of the backgrounds and put it put it in blending mode "multiply". Now proceed to remove the color zones design to be light and, with some incli here and there, behold, I get my shades!
Now take off a bit 'saturation of the shadows: I click on "image" in the menu bar at the top, go to "Settings" and choose the "hue / saturation." Now some fiddling 'with the slider that adjusts the color saturation until you get the desired effect.
PS The shadows of the party in the background I made up another level to handle them freely.
7) (E) Messe shadows I worry about my background paintings adorn the base.
Duplico level again with basic backgrounds and began working up.
With the magic wand select from time to time across lines of color and blends with the tool "nuance." The colors are my shade is a slightly 'darker and a slightly' lighter than the base.
also work on the level of the shadows in the background. Soften the shadow of the clouds in such a manner to effect a little 'less flat.
I do the same thing with the shadow of the hill.
8) (E) It 's time for finishing touches.
on a new level "normal" do the lights of the rocks and grass in the foreground. Here I've decided to give a tinge to the light grass.
On another level, create the shades to dark areas in the foreground and in shadow (eg under the chin of the big face of stone).
yet another layer to the reflection of the hair and water. An effect that I like to blur the reflections is to: double the level of reflexes, I choose the blur filter and then adjusting it to my liking (maybe) the opacity of the layer. Now those
the ink lines in the background and water. Add
A bit o 'shade of pink in the cheeks, elbows and knees of the girl ... et voila!
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