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Hello, in this lecture I would like

to talk about two coloring techniques that I use often

Those who drew western painting or figure painting for a long time

and trained would understand

this technique very well

The first is called indirect painting,

also known as glazing painting technique

The first production process of this technique is

black and white, meaning black and white painting

to describe shape detail and brightness

and then covering it with a thin color layer

to make the colors appear

This is one of the techniques that particularly artists that are

strong in drawing tend to use a lot

For example, the various figure paintings that were painted

in the baroque era are key examples

Rembrandt painting that we know well,

Johannes Vermeer paintings,

glazing paintings, and

if we go to more modern times, an illustrator named Saul Tepper

is also very famous

Also when we go to the baroque era, Caravaggio,

the oil paint artist is also one of the very proficient artists

in the glazing technique

Such pieces could be good examples

This is the glazing painting technique

Then the other one is called as direct painting

where there is no rough sketch

, and mid tone color is used to make the base shape,

then a controlled palette composition focused on basic colors are used

to describe the shape and the whole brightness

then the colors are used for the detailed work

For example,

this is one of the techniques that are used

by these impressionism artists,

and this person is very famous for figure paintings

John Singer Sargent

Then there is also Monet

and the infamous Van Gogh

Also,

when we move to more modern times, there is Leyendecker

who is also very famous for direct color painting

This is also a technique that is used more often in the fashion industry

This is a fashion illustrator named Rene Gruau,

and another illustrator I like

is called David Downton, who is also a fashion illustrator

This person

also specialized in expressing colors

without any rough sketches

In fashion, color impression is very important

and since they require designs that make the clothes stand out

, rather than

glazing technique where they systematically build up,

they tend to use this direct technique more often

There are also advantages and disadvantages to each two techniques

For glazing painting,

form reading, so the fact that for a certain design

you can get away from a selective thought on coloring

and form the image more clearly

is a very big advantage

Also, after you quickly make a key shot sketch in black and white,

once those images are confirmed

you can quickly cover the sketches or paintings with color

to polish and finish the work very quickly

On the other hand, since the painting work described in black and white

is made on the existing base

, you would color it on the top

so the coloring

could make the colors on the images relatively thicker

and the tone can be come out darker than if you would do the coloring first,

so the fact that you need a duplicate work of

black and white production followed by coloring is a disadvantage

In case of the direct coloring sketch method

a lot of detailed forms could be rather unclear during

the first production

And since the contrast and composition of the colors

and how various lighting forms can change,

the coloring must be kept in mind while drawing,

the painting process could take some time,

but since the advantage that familiar colors have is huge

the compositional mood and atmosphere that the overall sketch can give

can be reflected better compared to black and white sketches

Now, I will use forms of various characters as an example

and talk about how these two techniques can be utilized

for sketch work with digital tools such as photoshop, etc.

, and explain the technical example

First for the glazing painting work,

I will open the layer and show what steps I take

in completing the task

First, you set the composition of the figure like this,

make a rough sketch to an extent,

then add details on top

in black and white

At this time, you describe things such as

the balance between light and dark as much as possible

and draw the details

You just wouldn’t do the coloring yet

But for highlights

or

the dark and bright descriptions that black and white

can give, and the middle tone,

you would use these descriptions as much as possible to draw the image

Then the next step is

to use a layer called overlay

and to make a base tone first

Use the most noticeable skin tone

as the base tone like this,

but some people like to change to soft light layer

to make the drawing, but for me

this really depends on the situation

If the brightness tone I drew in black and white is too bright

then I would go to soft light

This is because soft light adds

weaker coloring in comparison to the overlay

Now the black and white contrast

looks a bit dark

This is because the hair covering the face to an extent,

so I went to the overlay to make this a bit brighter

Then now

I have used this layer called lighten

When you use this layer,

the advantage is that

if you would do something that normal people do often

called multiply,

let me show you

If I am drawing red hair,

if I do this the chroma becomes very dark

This is because the base

color is already in black and white

and if you go to multiply or layers that can

create other colors, the black becomes more distinct

The color goes through

So, you would have to increase the brightness of the image

Now you would

go to the lighten layer

and increase the chroma to

make the dark areas brighter

The black here becomes slightly colored in a way

So here you make the color

where it does not become completely black

and then use soft light to add colors on top of it

Since the character has red hair

I have covered a reddish color on the top of it

But if I were to not use the lighten layer, this is how it would be

This is with the layer

So it is important to apply the lighten layer to an extent

You may not use lighten depending on the situation,

but for this character, this process was required

to paint the hair in color

Then add the normal layer again

and add the small scale details in paint

on the top of it

After that

if you see, for the light that penetrates with the lighting

you can add another layer with overlay

so that the color when the sunlight is reflected on the hair

or the light that goes through the hair is expressed

Then finally, I have colored the eye region with normal

and

since the overall color of the face, the tone became orange

because of the surrounding reddish color

This is becoming rather yellow,

so I have again added a blueish color with soft light

for a blueish skin tone.

This completes the sketch

As such,

I have used Photoshop to digitally use glazing painting

when completing the coloring

So the layer options I have used

are overlay, soft light,

and normal

I kept alternating among the three layers

to build up and finish the coloring

So,

depending on the skin tone or coloring for the character

other structural layer options could be used,

but in general, these are the three layers that I use most often

when doing glazing painting

Now I will show how to do the coloring process

directly with the direct painting method

When drawing online,

it is the same for both glazing painting and direct painting

This is because you would have to do the coloring

after the compositional foundation is made to an extent,

do the line works in the same way

I have explained how to get the line work

in the previous lecture

So when going for the direct painting from here, there are various methods

The method that most people tend to use is this

So first with the outline

and foundation line roughly drawn,

make a very simple one, then

you would color on the top of it,

then continue to do rendering and finishing it

Then you could continue to put the color on the top of it to finish the task

Also, although I do the coloring like this depending on the situation,

another method is

as I have talked about simplifying the black and white

with new values in the previous lecture,

you can also go through a similar process with colors

So you can divide the values to a certain extent

When I do this, I rarely use the brush

, but rather use the selection tool more often

Doing the selection for the face, if it

is like this

and if I want to make the tone of the face peach,

then I would select like this,

copy and paste this, then

go to

hue option here

and adjust the beige color tone from here

This is one way to do it

Another method is

on top of this, lower the fill of normal to around 70%~80%

then

get rid of the outline

to make it look blurry

When you would keep

adding colors on top, this would remove the outline

to make the coloring cleaner

So the method is to keep adding values on the top of this

as such

to complete it

Regardless of the method, you can choose what you prefer

or comfortable with when doing the coloring while considering the situation

Now, I have used the selection tool to quickly make the tone

then used the normal layer on the top

to just add detailed points

Then with the painting, the coloring is more or less done

The coloring sketch is finished

You can do the polishing further from here

Since this is a very rough kind of sketch,

if you do this much rendering

when you are doing the key art,

this is enough for visual delivery

So unless this is an image for marketing or promotion

, you wouldn’t add too much details

If this is for marketing purposes

more details should go in here

I will now show another image

This is another direct painting

With this, I will target

the face a bit more in painting

and show what that would be like

Make the rough structure like this,

then on this structure, use overlay or reduce the fill

and do the cleanup work on the top again

for a cleaner structure

This would be the line cleanup task

Clean and organize

the shadows or the flow of the form

Then I have used the selection tool again to add the tone,

made a simple shadow, and just divided the bright side

After that, I will use the swatch like this

to start making the facial impression smoother

Then, I can use the selection tool so that

these sides and the form become clearer,

then go to the normal layer

and add details on the top of that again

Since the base is already established at this point,

you would just have to make the eyes, nose, and lips clearer

After that, make these lines

which will give a somewhat robotic feeling

and make smoother

You can draw that quickly,

then in the next process, I would just

use the select tool to copy this again

and temporarily remove the grey background

, then place it on the top of a white background

It would not matter what kind of background it is

you could draw a tree at the back

or many other things

So for me, after I am done with coloring the face to an extent,

I use the selection tool to just

copy and paste the figure

Then, since the background is bright

I have also added some brightness to the face

If you look ar the process, it is very simple

Just divide the sides here

then details, then

polishing

This process is all to complete the face

Now, I will show you a painting work

I have done without diving the values

to make the tones for the painting

As you see here, the outline process is the same again

, but I have done it more roughly this time

I have just

taken the lines as I could see

the shapes,

then before the coloring, I would always

make this fill to be 40%, 30% or even lower at times

This is because if the outline is too strong

the lines would continue to be visible when coloring

and will make it look messy

So you could lower the strength

of the brush by checking transfer like this,

or you could select grey instead of black in the palette here

when doing the sketches

Since I have drawn with a black pen tool

I have lowered the chroma brightness

and lower the opacity so that the line is less visible

Then I drew the rough form of the face

with lines

and then did various coloring on the top of it

So I am making the base tone to an extent

But here, similar to the previous process,

these

values which I tend to call brightness group,

you could make simple

indications of these

which area is bright, which is dark, etc. You can further simplify this

so that when you move this shape to the canvas,

you can directly

recognize and draw the side with calculations

It is very important to simplify and divide the values

Then

I have painted the clothes like this,

then added more line to emphasize this

Now I am making some sort of a fence

The color was unclear without the fence,

but with the line, the form becomes more distinct

I have colored this again

For me, the direct coloring method

does not require a lot of layer options

From normal, I would just reduce the opacity a little bit

to make adjustments

then not select the options too much

and do the painting on the top

So for me, in order to see a cleaner form,

I have cleaned this with the background

Then, if the form is somewhat set through this process

I can use various options

I copied them and used the screen option again

to make the chroma brighter

This is because I normally don’t use the white canvas

but rather draw on the grey canvas,

so when I draw the chroma sometimes becomes progressively darker

So once the form is made to an extent, I first make the chroma brighter

Then after the form is established to an extent

you can start with the small details

If you see, I have added the details

and smoothened the shapes that

were too simplified

Here,

it’s just the process of making this looks prettier

The information on the basic form has already been established

So here, I have added colors to make the expression prettier,

then added another normal layer on the top

to add small scale details

I have made the lips clearer,

then added a background

I have completed the sketch like this

The background can be processed

in various ways

Here, since I didn’t like the background, I have blocked it,

then I have added more facial details

because I thought having more brightness on the nose would be better

Also, I have adjusted the unclear

forms with the hands

This completed the direct painting sketch

So, this lecture talked about two

painting techniques that can be done using digital tools

I recommend that you

practice these two techniques

based on image references of figures

For one, do the brightness sketch

then try drawing using overlay,

lighten, and soft light

For the other, draw the outline,

simplify the border of brightness colors with the select tool,

then complete the drawing using coloring descriptions

If you repeat this a few times

you will feel which technique

feels better for you

Then, you can continue to use that technique

What these two techniques have in common

is that they both starts from the basic outline

work for the painting

If you practice black and white sketch a lot

, making the basic backbone of the form

and dividing brightness would become much easier

Also, you would be able to create works faster

regardless of the technique used

In the next lecture, I will talk about costume production,

which is an important design factor in

unveiling the character story,

and the sketch work associated with it

That is it for today

Thank you