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Submitted: February 26, 2011
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magic happensby *SeanE

Cartoons & Comics / Digital Media / Cartoons / Drawings

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and inks by

I've been working on this one off and on for almost an entire year now. It's just been sitting there on my HDD staring at me while other pics came and went and were completed ahead of it. So tonight I decided to finish it off once and for all. The colours suffer a little bit because of this inconsistency of working on it... but what the heck...

I've got to get onto these unfinished pics sooner than later too. They're starting to pile up (again...) There's about 4 there now that are flatted but not coloured. One has been there since 2007!! - ack!!

Afficionados of this picture on DA will also notice that I made some subtle changes to the inks. This is because as a teacher I don't need to spend any more time in the Principal's office than I need to and certainly not to be explaining what I've been doing in my hobby on my own time...! If you want to see what the original inks look like then by all means go search for them on DA here...

cheers
Sean

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~GabrielGibson Mar 22, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Magic happens indeed. I'm stunned by the beauty of this.

~DressyDung Jul 31, 2011

awesome

*StacyRaven Jun 6, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Fantastic color holds and awesome lighting! Keep up the great work!

~nejo233 May 17, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

luv this 1...simply breathtaking

~joeyboylondon Mar 14, 2011 Professional Filmographer

Hi sir I'd like to ask how you do the color holds? Thanks!

*SeanE Mar 15, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

How to do colour holds... first you have to have your B&W lineart in a channel -->

1. image is in RGB mode
2. Go to channels (tab next to layers in layers pallette box)
3. copy blue channel
4. invert blue copy channel (ctrl-i)
5. back to layers pallette... fill entire image with white
6. create new layer
7. on the new layer SELECT - LOAD SELECTION - BLUE COPY (lots of marching ants appear)
8. fill with black and deselect

Ta-dahhh!! - you now have your lineart on a new layer with a transparent background. Now you can select the area of lineart to be colour changed and simply paint onto it on that layer or in the selection on a new layer. You can also flat underneath the lineart more easily...

cheers
Sean