Techniques For Creating Intricate Illustrations In Photoshop For Comics

Techniques For Creating Intricate Illustrations In Photoshop For Comics – I just finished issue #2 of a promotional comic series for the Console Alliance shipping company in Australia. I will walk you through the complex process of creating a comic book step by step.

After reading the script, I draw the characters and scenes for each panel very intuitively.  I work on Manga Studio EX 4 with a Cintiq tablet.  At this stage, I focus mainly on the layout of the page, not the details.  Although it sounds very cliché, this is one of the most time consuming steps for me because it is so important to get it right as it is the foundation of virtually everything to come.  I usually get the OK from the client at this stage before proceeding.

Techniques For Creating Intricate Illustrations In Photoshop For Comics

On the new layer I go back and draw everything in detail.  This is another time consuming process.  I usually spend some time gathering photographic references for complex angles.  For this story, I spent some time researching modern pirates.  I have tried to capture the image of the misfit band from various backgrounds here.  Their weapons and clothes are all very different from each other – there is no dress code here.

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Of all the steps in this process, I think painting is the most time consuming.  But it is also the most foolish.  I usually turn off my brain and turn on the TV.  I stick to Manga Studio EX 4.  I usually keep a small second window open at 100% magnification.  This way I can see the part of the page I’m working on at actual print size, which prevents me from having to zoom in and work on details that won’t be visible in print.

This is my least favorite part of the whole process, but it’s a necessary evil.  This is known as the “flap” in the comic book world.  It’s a horrible, horrible process of putting down all the flat colors of the different elements.  As you can see, I didn’t pay much attention to the color of things.  The goal is simply to create an image that I can quickly select from when doing the actual coloring.  I also do this in Manga Studio EX 4 – it actually has a smart paint bucket and selection tool that makes the process much easier than doing it in Photoshop (for me anyway).

This has become one of my favorite stages because you start to see everything coming together.  I transfer my entire workflow to Photoshop by exporting my files from Manga Studio EX (which exports everything perfectly and keeps all my layers intact).  I first gray out the flats layer and then make a copy of it (I always lock the flats layer, otherwise I’ll accidentally delete it).  I’ll paint the background first to set the mood.  Then I take out my magic wand and (for example) press it onto the face of the livewire, switch to my soft airbrush and start applying color.  Once everything is painted, I go back in with the Lasso tool and start making cuts to add harsh shadows and highlights.  I recently bought a Razer Nostromo (a small ergonomic keyboard for gamers) and it really speeds up the process like this, and I often go back and change my fourth gear.

At this point, we’re running out of pages.  This is usually when I realize I haven’t left enough space for the text bubble and I get a little nervous.  In Photoshop, I read and type text and then create a speech bubble around it.  Over time, I created a lot of presets for fonts, bubbles, and styles, so I could get through this step relatively quickly.  And finally, on a new layer above the artwork, I add effects (water highlights, multiple explosions, etc.).  If there’s time I do a few strokes (this colors the black lines to give the effect of lighting).   For this book, I only did this in a few places:  the burning cigarette and the rising sun being prime examples.

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First of all, you’re probably using the same palette, but you’re just not using it to the same extent. At the end of the day, here are your paint pots:

Other thing. If you don’t know what the printing technology is, don’t copy the printing effect.

The print pattern depends on how much ink is in the paper. So you don’t want to put too much ink on the paper.

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1. I made the overall look of the image a little lighter by using only the curves, but “correcting” the blacks to black.

2. When converting your file to CMYK, convert using a specific color profile, probably uncoated newsprint (I was lazy and just used standard coated paper)

3. The black color needs to be adjusted to remove any light gray. Must have black line art (see point B above)

4. There are 4 different panels here. You can now see blue, pink and yellow where there was black. There is too much ink and the print becomes dirty. (See point A above)

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5. The method of cleaning is to mix the blue color by rotating the black plate. Thus, where there is black ink, there is no blue.

7. Now you can apply halftone effect to this file. I left out the black channel because remember you don’t want the black channel to be visible.

The main thing here is that not only on the screen, the color difference image “sees”, but also because of being in CMYK mode, such an image occurs. (The color may look strange in a browser, but you can download it and view it in Photoshop.)

If you don’t want to print the file and want to keep the RGB color mode, blend the black channel (CMY file converted to RGB) with the Multiply blending mode. This way black does not look brown.

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Some comments. I don’t use photoshop here. I used Corel PhotoPaint, which does a great job of separating the channels into separate files so I can display it effectively.

It also has an adjustable halftone filter that allows for different dot sizes, so you’ll have to play with the dot scale.

Note the circle in the image below. This may be difficult to see in some areas, but is most obvious in the upper right quadrant. The circles represent the original image. Outside of Circus, there is only “automatic” level adjustment.

Also…yes, the point has been enlarged, so it has been adjusted to the color of the newsprint. Dot gain is the amount of ink absorbed by the stock, essentially “spreading” the dots together on the screen. Unlike other items such as magazines, newsprint is printed on screen with underlines. This was to place the “points” further apart and allow them to “spread out” a bit more. To simulate this you will have to play with the saturation/levels more than any filter. The filter will not reproduce point gain very effectively. But that’s okay because as a designer you don’t have to be good at everything. You just have to work smarter and find ways to get the job done faster. Learn how to use Photoshop actions and much more.

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