Lith's colors & tutorials
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Lithrael said:Holy crap, I'm actually back with another one, though it's still in progress. As suggested and promised, the Bound Beast from 289.
http://www.lithrael.com/berserk/289_16_color.jpg
yey grody teeth!
In one word:MAGNIFICENT
Lithrael
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New work in progress!
Never fear, haven't abandoned the other two I was halfway done with - still working on those. This one will probably be a while getting done too, I have to hunt up some of our other Kushan colors (to swipe a better looking color scheme) and then see if I can borrow CnC's eye for a critique.
BTW, apologies that I haven't got the coppermine gallery back up yet. The images are all intact & at the same URLs but the browser interface is blarg ded. Just FYI.
Never fear, haven't abandoned the other two I was halfway done with - still working on those. This one will probably be a while getting done too, I have to hunt up some of our other Kushan colors (to swipe a better looking color scheme) and then see if I can borrow CnC's eye for a critique.
BTW, apologies that I haven't got the coppermine gallery back up yet. The images are all intact & at the same URLs but the browser interface is blarg ded. Just FYI.
Those eyes are so beautiful. Great work Lithrael.
Woo! Lith's back! 
S'lookin' good! First thing that struck me was how saturated the blue-green hue is on the armor. I think it hit me 'cause I'm so used to seeing warm tones for the kushan uniform in my head. However the color choice is cool, and I like the idea (maybe knock the saturation down a tad, since it is night time... up to you).
I realize this is not done but as you go forward in completing this panel keep in mind how close the light must be to their faces. Narratively, that's what the audience is doing, bringing the light closer to their faces. The shadows that are indicated in the linework are sharp and this sort of mentality might work a bit better when coloring the armor than the softer, more air-brushy shading.
The vignetting that you're doing works well, and I really like that. I would probably take it even further and push the figures in the back gradually darker so that the foreground figures pop a bit (added contrast). A quick way to guage where to take the contrast would be to look at it in black and white:
In this "light" you can see how well the foreground characters are working and where you might want to take the background people.
But beyond that I really like the flesh tones! I eagerly await for the final product! ...I also eagerly await that pic of Guts in the smoke :)
S'lookin' good! First thing that struck me was how saturated the blue-green hue is on the armor. I think it hit me 'cause I'm so used to seeing warm tones for the kushan uniform in my head. However the color choice is cool, and I like the idea (maybe knock the saturation down a tad, since it is night time... up to you).
I realize this is not done but as you go forward in completing this panel keep in mind how close the light must be to their faces. Narratively, that's what the audience is doing, bringing the light closer to their faces. The shadows that are indicated in the linework are sharp and this sort of mentality might work a bit better when coloring the armor than the softer, more air-brushy shading.
The vignetting that you're doing works well, and I really like that. I would probably take it even further and push the figures in the back gradually darker so that the foreground figures pop a bit (added contrast). A quick way to guage where to take the contrast would be to look at it in black and white:
In this "light" you can see how well the foreground characters are working and where you might want to take the background people.
But beyond that I really like the flesh tones! I eagerly await for the final product! ...I also eagerly await that pic of Guts in the smoke :)
handsome rakshas
Thanks Grail!
This picture definitely needed a woman's touch, Lith you got it goin' on!
Lithrael
Remember, always hold your apple tight
Thanks guys! Ah, Skullknight is so inspiring 
Well, I'm still working on a couple pages, mostly that sick shot of Guts from episode 278. Here's what I've got so far...
http://www.lithrael.com/berserk/278_06_prog.jpg
Looking back at the last wip of that one, I think I had a cool-ass color filter on it that I've forgotten about - I'll have to make sure I recreate that. I'm liking this so far but a lot of it feels kind of flat to me right now. And holy crap I need a new monitor. I thought most of it was black till just now. XD
Well, I'm still working on a couple pages, mostly that sick shot of Guts from episode 278. Here's what I've got so far...
http://www.lithrael.com/berserk/278_06_prog.jpg
Looking back at the last wip of that one, I think I had a cool-ass color filter on it that I've forgotten about - I'll have to make sure I recreate that. I'm liking this so far but a lot of it feels kind of flat to me right now. And holy crap I need a new monitor. I thought most of it was black till just now. XD
Mighty impressive! Beautiful work as always.
Those teeth are scary. Mommy!!
Those teeth are scary. Mommy!!