Naruto sobbing and extra panel

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Here's one of my first few colorings, i tried a new style.


Here my coloring from a LONG TIME AGO. Like 2-3 years. This one's direct from the manga there was no clean.

FIRST COLORING EVER:

V1:


V2:
 
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Re: Naruto sobbing

sorry to tell you that but i think you coloured it just to only show us that you're actually using cleaned panels by cleaners (and to request more), and it it took you only a few minutes because you have no idea how to colour pics........
here's some tutorials for beginner by amaretti:
http://amaretti.deviantart.com/art/Basic-Manga-Colouring-Tutorial-59420795

and i hope that you will improve you colouring style ;)
 

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Re: Naruto sobbing

that could be style of colouring
 

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Re: Naruto sobbing

Hmm, it kind of looks like you used the magic wand and just filled the selection. The reason why I think that is the white gaps between colors, those appear because selections from the magic wand aren't always fully selected and a person doesn't go back to check. I think you look up some tutorials or the ones here on MH.
 

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Re: Naruto sobbing

I just loled.
 

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Re: Naruto sobbing

Good try DBGohan08, but you colored it so much you can barely see the details of original lineart. It looks like you're pretty new to this, so you might be trying to experiment with a bunch different things. Experimenting is good sometimes, but generally you should stick with what looks best. If I were you, I probably wouldn't have posted this coloring, unless I truly intended to get good advice from the more experienced artists, and learn from my mistakes. Obviously some people will be more critical, and truthfully harsh to you, but I guess it's good that you're brave enough to post something that didn't turn out to well. Anyways, if you want to get good at this, you still have a lot more practice, and experience to gain. If you truly love digital art, and coloring don't give it up, but it's currently obvious that you have a long way to go, so keep practicing. Shade is really good at this, and probably one of the better, and more original artists here, when it comes to his style of coloring. Following his advice would be a wise thing to do, and he's also recommending amaretti's beginner tutuorials, which should be very helpful. Amaretti, is another great artist when it comes to Naruto manga colorings, and her tutorials have been known to be very good. It looks like Tsuny has similar advice as well, but if I were you, I would just click on the link Shade left you, and start reading from there. If your heart is truly in this, and you want to get good, you'll eventually do the best you can. I honestly don't see any signs, as of yet, that suggest you're a natural when it comes to this type of art, which only means you might have to work a lot harder at this, then someone who does. All I have left to say, is good luck, and take to heart the good advice that you were offered tonight. Only time will really tell, how good you might get at this, so try to be patient.
 
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Re: Naruto sobbing

LOL .For the past few months u were asking for several linearts and even when u got them u were being picky about how they were supposed to be ...... and this is what u bring us , terrible, absolutely terrible.
"i tried a new style" I don't even think that is a style if it were it would be named nonsense.
 

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Re: Naruto sobbing

LOL yes i am new to this, after all it is my second coloring ever. Anyways ya i will keep coloring, to see if i get any better. This one was a quick one anyway that's what it looks like. If you wanna see my first coloring EVER just ask and I'll put it up. Yes it will look like poop. In this picture i wasn't going for shading, i was going for the colors just matching together. Also I was using magic wand and the brush and I did zoom in to check parts i missed but i guess there was still more. No i didnt use fill.
 
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Make sure the line art is on a separate, transparent layer on top of everything else. Read plenty of tutorials. Not just on coloring, but on using Photoshop in general, if that's what you're using. You really need it.
 

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Ya i knew something about layers but i didnt use them here. I was just trying to enjoy myself. This was for fun not serious coloring, but I enjoyed myself a lot so i'll keep trying and hopefully get better or somewhere. hopefuly i can get the cleans i need to do it. if not ill just see what else to do.
 

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Have you really been coloring 2-3 years before now, or was coloring in the past more of an off and on thing, like a hobby? I only ask because 3 years of coloring steadily, should be plenty of time to refine your coloring skills. I understand that the 2 old coloring you just posted were not colored on a cleaned copy, so the quality isn't as good as it could be. I guess those 2 Naruto panels are your first colorings, so I don't expect them to be great. As for any future colorings that you post, I would stop calling them one of your "first colorings," because you got 3 colorings posted now that you refer to as your first ones. Now i'm not accusing you of over useing the word first, but I know you got a lot of people criticizing you right now, and I just want things to be chill, and layed back again. Anyways, I don't how serious or dedicated to digital coloring you are, but you've got to be semi-serious if you're coming here for advice, or to show off your new colorings. Most of the artists here have been frequently coloring, so over time they're bound to get better at what they do. For me, and playing guitar. I started when I was 13, and was decent enough to start playing shows at 16 years of age. 2 years later at 18 years old I was frequently playing bars, and getting paid a little bit. From what I know through experience it took me about 3 years of playing everyday for atleast 3-6 hours to be decent enough to be considered good enough to play shows at coffee shops, and small places like that. 5 years to get paid, and be considered semi-proffesional. I've been playing now for 17 years, and I'm good enough to be proffesional, but I've had some personal problems here, and there that have been holding me back, so i'm not where I want to be. Thing like that can really effect your progression as an artist, so I understand if you've had similar problems. Life can throw some heavy rocks at you some times, and it can be difficult to stand back up. Anyways, sorry for the long message, i'm just trying to understand your situtation. If there's nothing holding you back from improving your skills, than just put a lot of time into improving them. Some artists even sacrifice a lot of their free time to practice, so they do get better. Often times sacrifices have to be made to get to the skill level you want to be at. Although there are some people who are naturally more gifted than others, who don't have to do much. Usually those type of people are a bit spoiled, and don't understand what it means to sacrifice something to gain something.
 
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Ya I'm gonna follow your advice, anyways ya it has been off and on, its not steady.
 

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Good job!!!:amuse
 
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