Hey guys! How are you doing? Are you practicing enough? ^w^
I hope you do!
Have you ever finished a drawing and then thought
"Ah... I feel like I can make it look better, more vivid, more magic..."
but you don't really know how to do it? ;w;
Fear no more! In today's video I'll show you some of the things I use to make the final edits to my artworks
and make them look even better.
Just so you know it, I usually make the final edits on Photoshop
the one I'm using right now is the CS6 version.
If you don't have Photoshop
for whatever reasons or you have a different version
don't worry about it
There's many programs out there like SAI, Clip Studio, Medibang
and a long etcetera...
that have similar options. You just need to be patient and carefully search for them.
Since every program is different everything is also placed differently.
Okay, for today's demonstration I'll use this picture you're seeing right now.
It's an original character from a deviantART artist called Naomochi
I'll leave you the link to her page in the description box so you can go visit her art too ♥
Now let's start!
Whenever I don't know where to start editing my artwork to make them look better
I start by fixing the colors.
If you're using PS too you'll find all the options we'll use by clicking on this little button at the bottom corner.
You can also find them all by going to Image ---> Adjustments
they're basically all the ones displayed in this list.
But this button is supposed to be more comfortable to use but that's up to you.
So... what can we do to?
To edit the colors we've got several options
I usually start with Color Balance
With this, there should appear some kind of box or window here or somewhere else in the screen.
with the following options.
What do they do?
Let's zoom in a bit more so you can see it better...
Basically we'll tell PS to change the overall colors
to something more red or cyan or magenta or whatever you prefer.
For example, let's say I'm getting the feeling that this picture is too warm
and I wanna change it to some more cold colors.
Then we can just drag the bars to the cyan side and the blue side.
Gonna hide the layer effect so you can see the difference.
These are the normal colors.
And this way they look darker
I mean colder!
Or the other way around; let's say you think your picture is too cold
like it's boring and lacks of life.
Then we can add some more red, yellow and magenta.
See?
Now it looks even warmer! ♥
We've still got other ways to fix the colors.
Instead of using a Color Balance layer
we can make a Levels layer.
This one works in a similar way.
Here you have to choose one of the color channels
Let's try with Red.
And then drag those little triangles at the bottom and move them to another place.
This way we're making it look more blue
If we move the other triangle
we'll be turning the piece into something more yellowish or orangeish
Let's now try on the Green color channel.
Draging this triangle will turn the picture more magenta.
or pinky
If we move the other triangle it will turn more greenish or yellowish.
Same thing happens with the Blue color channel.
There it turns more orangeish
and there it becomes more blueish or purple.
If you choose to edit all the channels at the same time instead
then you'll be playing the light and contrasts of the picture.
Now let's see a 3rd way to edit colors.
--let me delete this --
There, we can use the Intensity option (sorry if it's not the exact name in English).
Let's see what this one does.
I normally just use the top bar
If you play with the Saturation bar, as you can guess, we'll be adding a lot of saturation to the colors.
See? They look a bit radioactive...
And moving it to the other side will turn it grey.
Intensity does a similar effect but it's not as hard as the Saturation bar.
Check this out. Moving the Intensity bar completely to the right
will give more saturation and life to the colors
but not as much as doing it with the Saturation bar.
Check the difference with the normal colors
See? We've just added a bit more life to the overall colors.
And if we move the Intensity bar to the left
everything turns more pastelish, like if it was an old photo.
But as you see, even with the Intensity at its lowerest value
we can still get the idea of the colors underneath
That's the difference with the Saturation bar
since this one will take away the colors completely.
Let's move to the next way to edit the colors
this one it's called Selective Color Correction (or something the like).
-- gonna delete the Intensity layer --
As you can guess by its name, Selective Color Correction will let you correct the colors
individually. Meaning editing each one of them at a time aproximately.
Let's see, when we open this layer the default selected color should be Red
so if I start draging those bars I can tell PS to add, for example, more black to the red tones.
And as you see all the colors that has a big percentage of red have become darker
If I drag the bar to the other side everything will become more pale since we're taking away the black.
Instead of black we can choose to add more yellow or to substract it
See? Taking away some of the yellow percentage will make the image purplish
Let's try with the Magenta bar! If we add more magenta de picture looks super red now
maybe even a bit purplish
And you can do the same to the rest of the colors.
Just choose another one from the list
and edit it to your liking.
Next thing I usually edit along with colors is the light
and the overall contrast of the lights we've got in the picture.
-- zooming out a little bit --
To edit the lights I use the Light/Contrast layer option.
There we can tell PS to add more brightness to the picture
and more contrast, or even both things at the same time.
On the opposite if you think your artwork is too pale, with too much bright colors
and what you wish is to turn this light a bit down
just drag the Brightness bar to the left to make it darker.
You can also play with the Contrast bar to make the colors not hurt your eyes too much.
Also pay attention to this little box under the bars that says "Use Legacy" or a similar word.
I have it uncheched at the moment so let's click to see what happens.
The bright/contrast effect is a bit different now.
I don't know exactly how to explain the difference (you all know I'm bad at some explanations xD)
Just test it on your own and you'll see the light effects are a bit different this way.
What's next? Uhm...
Ah by the way! Using the Levels option you can also edit the contrast a little bit
specially if you edit the colors through the RGB channel.
There's also 2 other cool options called Curves and Exposition you can use to play with the color contrast
but I don't really use them because I still don't understand how they work very well
Basically you add or substract points to create a curve that will affect the brightness and contrast of the picture
keep trying and the overall looking changes
As I said I don't quite understand this option so I rarely use it xD
but maybe you'll understand it better than me!
Aside from all these options to edit the colors and lights
we can also play with the layer propierties.
Just double-click on the layer
Reminder: I'm using Photoshop for this sample! I don't know how this works on other programs.
There we've got a bunch of effects we can add to what's already drawn on the layer we've selected.
I like to use the Stroke one a lot
as you see it does add an extra outline to the layer
We can also play with its width, opacity, color
--let's try some other colors--
I usually keep it white to create some kind of separation between the character and the colors from the background
that way the character pops a bit more so it becomes the center of attention of the piece.
Sometimes I also like to use the Drop Shadow effect
Name is pretty self-explanatory; it will create a shadow effect under the layer.
We can play with the distance of that shadow,
that way you can decide if you want the shadow to look very far or very near to what's on the layer.
You can also play with the Spread bar
--uhm, let me zoom in so you can see it better --
Playing with the Spread bar will make the shadow have blurrier edges or more defined edges.
We can also play with the Size bar
The bigger the Size of the shadow is
the blurrier it will become.
So let's say you want a pretty big shadow but with hard edges
that's when the Spread option comes in handy!
Keep playing with the distance ~~
And play with the Angle of the shadow as well!
There the light angle would be at the top left so the shadows fall to the bottom right of the picture.
And we can rotate it
til we've got something that fits the illustration.
Of course we can also change the shadow's color
Let's change it from black to purple for example.
We can also change the Blending mode of the shadow, it is set as Multiply by default.
Uhm... you can't tell the difference now but...
Let's imagine we've got some pattern or drawing behind the character (yup, random weird strokes xD)
If the shadow effect is set as Multiply
will let you see what's underneath the shadow.
But if I set the blending mode to Normal and full opacity
you cannot see anymore what's under the shadow effect.
So you should keep the Shadow effect always set as Multiply but who knows?
You can try other modes as well and eventually find a cool effect!
Another cool effect I like to use is called Outer Glow.
-- Uhm, it'll be difficult for you guys to see it now... --
--let's put some darker color on the background... --
There we go. As the name says this option will add an extra glow effect around what's in the layer
It's set as Screen blending mode by default
But again you can freely change it to Normal or another mode, change it's opacity
I don't have a specific rule, I just go with what I need on every illustration
It's similar to the Shadow effect, we can make the size bigger through the Size bar
and play with the Spread bar to keep the edgies more refined or blurrier.
I'd recommend playing with both things at the same time.
Like... making the size of the glow super small
but then the edges very defined to make it look almost like the Stroke effect.
Just play and combine them :)
As you see there's still a lot of effects on the list
The ones I've explained are just my favorites
Feel free to try to rest on your own and discover what they do! ^w^
Oh but we're not done yet! I've still got another trick hidden ~~
You'll see it's super easy.
-- let me change this layer to white... --
--there you'll see it better --
The trick is as follows:
Duplicate the layer of the character
Character/object or whatever thing to where you want to put this effect I'm going to show you.
Though I mostly use it on the characters.
As I was saying: Duplicate the layer then go to Filter --> Blur ---> Gaussian Blur
Other kinds of blur may work as well, I just prefer using this one
Now...
Here you can see a little preview of the blur quantity we'll be adding
The thing is to make blurry enough so it's not nitid
but not too much that can't even tell what's in the drawing.
See? Now there's too much blur I can't even understand the picture.
So the thing is to make a bit blurry
How much exactly?? That will only depend on your personal preference.
The guideline would be as I said; make it blurry but keep the picture a bit recognizable.
Then hit the OK button
And we've got this. I know I know! We cannot leave the picture like that!
There we can do 2 things.
1 - Put the blurry layer under the original layer
And you'll see we've created some blurry extra edges
similar to the outer glow or the shadow effect.
But it's a bit different since this extra edges have the same color as the layer of the character
because we used the same layers.
In case you cannot tell the difference yet let me hide and unhide the effect.
It's a very subtle change.
2 - keep the blurry layer at the top of the original layer
but now lower its opacity
-- gonna try with 30% --
Pay attention, I'm gonna hide and unhide it for you
See? We've created kind of a dreamy effect this way.
No need to stop here tho!
After lowering the opacity we can also play with the layer mode
We can try with Overlay
There... It kind of gives more life to the picture.
Or Soft light mode
Or Hard light
Or Darker color
See the difference?
Or Lighter color
See?
Always remember to play with the layer's opacity too to make the picture look exactly how you want it to look.
Also you don't need to stick to just one of those modes!
You can duplicate the layer, make it blurry, set it as lighter color
And then do the same but now choose a different mode like Overlay for example
that way you can mix different effects at the same time.
After all these explanations I'd like to add just a couple of things.
1 - You don't really need to use all these effects always.
I usually only use a few of them
So I test some of them and I only keep the ones I like the most
or the ones I think that fits with the kind of picture I want to achieve.
And 2:
There's a whole lot of more effects and tricks you can do
don't be scared to play with every tool, blending mode and effects you may find.
Experimentation is the key to learn new stuff.
If you have any other cool tricks or effects feel free to leave it in the comments section!
It's really interesting to see how other people work on their art and it's a great chance to learn from each other.
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Keep watching to see the edit/final touches of this illustration!
Hope you like it and see you on the next video!
Bye bye! ♥
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