A basic coloring overview - Eterial copyright Wen Yu Li.

Wen-M donated this basic organization/coloring tutorial to our embryonic collection. You can check out his work at DeviantART and Wen-Wen.net. Eterial is copyright Wen Yu Li. Do not copy or redistribute without express permission from the artist.

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This concept sketch basically serves as an outline for painting later on.
This is where I work out the composition of the painting. I didn't spend too much time analyzing this one, though, I just wanted a new painting of Eterial under a sakura tree. The original drawing was done on a 9x12 sketch pad,and I made it into an 11/17 canvas after scanning it in at 300 DPI, which is good because it lets you work in greater detail, and is really convenient if you decide you want to print your piece, because print standard DPI is 300. I have a few friends who work at 600 DPI, but that is too much for a lazy person like me, mwehehehehe.

Start Painting

I only recently started painting with a low opacity setting on my brush. I think the lower opacity allows for better blending, and I also like the transparent look of the strokes. Lower opacity means more work too, hehehe.

Basic Colors

I made a new layer in MULTIPLY mode. "Multiply" mode is common to many painting programs, if you do not understand it or know what it is, it is best to refer to another tutorial to find out. My colors are on top of the lineart, on the seperate layer. I went back and saved the file with a different name at this point, so I can go back to this if anything goes wrong. When I am happy with the colors, I will flatten the layers and lineart and color will be one. This is a screen shot after I flattened the image.

100% opacity, tablet sensitivity 1000%. A one-stroke gradient.

30% opacity, multiple strokes used to create the gradient. Opacity and Stroke

Here you can see one of the major colors I used at different opacities, and with different kinds of strokes.

The low opacity becomes very handy when painting layered objects like the sakura petals. I'd say 75% of this painting was done zoomed in at 25%, but I used 50% zoom for the sakura petals. I saved when I felt I had made considerable progress. When I was done, I had six files of this painting.

Finishing Touches

Eyes, hair, etc. were detailed at 100% zoom.

Tools Used to Create This Painting

0.2 mm ballpoint black pen
9x12 sketch pad
In Photoshop: Paint Bucket, Paint Brush, Dodge Tool.

The Finished Piece
Closeup of Eterial's Face

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	This concept sketch basically serves as an outline for painting later on. This is where I work out the composition of the painting. I didn't spend too much time analyzing this one, though, I just wanted a new painting of Eterial under a sakura tree. The original drawing was done on a 9x12 sketch pad,and I made it into an 11/17 canvas after scanning it in at 300 DPI, which is good because it lets you work in greater detail, and is really convenient if you decide you want to print your piece, because print standard DPI is 300. I have a few friends who work at 600 DPI, but that is too much for a lazy person like me, mwehehehehe.
	Start Painting I only recently started painting with a low opacity setting on my brush. I think the lower opacity allows for better blending, and I also like the transparent look of the strokes. Lower opacity means more work too, hehehe. Basic Colors I made a new layer in MULTIPLY mode. "Multiply" mode is common to many painting programs, if you do not understand it or know what it is, it is best to refer to another tutorial to find out. My colors are on top of the lineart, on the seperate layer. I went back and saved the file with a different name at this point, so I can go back to this if anything goes wrong. When I am happy with the colors, I will flatten the layers and lineart and color will be one. This is a screen shot after I flattened the image.
100% opacity, tablet sensitivity 1000%. A one-stroke gradient. 30% opacity, multiple strokes used to create the gradient.	Opacity and Stroke Here you can see one of the major colors I used at different opacities, and with different kinds of strokes.
	The low opacity becomes very handy when painting layered objects like the sakura petals. I'd say 75% of this painting was done zoomed in at 25%, but I used 50% zoom for the sakura petals. I saved when I felt I had made considerable progress. When I was done, I had six files of this painting.
	Finishing Touches Eyes, hair, etc. were detailed at 100% zoom. Tools Used to Create This Painting 0.2 mm ballpoint black pen 9x12 sketch pad In Photoshop: Paint Bucket, Paint Brush, Dodge Tool.