Coloring
Once all of the lineart is done, the fun part begins! The coloring process is very long and time-consuming, but it's where the images finally begin to show life. Ideas lost in the black & white lineart are revealed through this process.
I exported the lineart from Adobe Illustrator into Adobe Photoshop. This is where I would be doing all of my digital painting.
The flat base colors were also done in Illustrator and were imported with the lineart.
I then began the process of adding depth to the work. Each new layer added something new. I started with shadows, then highlights, red tones, and finally freckles.
Most of these artistic additions were done with the splatter brush. Opacity was set at 85% and the brush pressure setting was on.
I would periodically change the opacity for different effects. The eraser used the same settings.
The final touches included added lighting effects, watercolor texture, and saturation level changes. The final product resulted in twelve visible layers. The other pages had around the same number of layers. These were then flattened and saved to be placed in the final layout.