how-to-digital-art Archives

How to Find the World’s Best Coloring Book

Digital Art How To September 23, 2014

If you have children of a certain age, or if you just happen to enjoy the therapeutic action of colouring in a nice picture, then you’ve probably at some time bought a colouring book. The problem of course with colouring books is that they often contain simple line art... Read more

How to Colour Comics in Photoshop

Digital Art How To Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing September 22, 2014

Since the world of printing went digital, line art colouring is now nearly always done digitally. Continuing in our Photoshop how to series, here are a few simple Photoshop tips to make the most out of your comic colouring. Layers, you need to use multiple layers. This may seem... Read more

How to Letter Comics in Photoshop

Digital Art How To Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing September 11, 2014

In the olden days, way back in 40BP (Before Photoshop) everything in comic books was hand drawn and coloured. The penciller would pencil it, the inker would ink it, the colourist would colour it and the letterer would, you guessed it, letter it. Hard to believe perhaps that a... Read more

How To Create Your Own Motion Comic

Digital Art How To September 8, 2014

We’ve had e-books, e-zines, e-cigarrettes and if you eat in the wrong restaurant, E.coli. The next big thing in the e-publishing revolution is motion comics, with a number of companies jostling for market supremacy and experimenting with the form. The leader at the moment seems to be Madefire, who... Read more