Need some tips on coloring...

[Devilock138]

I might have mentioned that I'm a noobie when it comes to coloring.

This is the extent of a few of mine:

The first coloring of one of my sketches I ever tried
http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Donnely138/fcd99bd5.jpg

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Donnely138/fcd3c828.jpg

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Donnely138/glenn82color.jpg

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Donnely138/vilegate.jpg

Advice? Links to good tutorials? I'm very keen to engross myself in this particular type of coloring.

[Hunger_Artist]

try using opposing colors, i.e. yellow/blue, yellow/red, light-green/purple and so forth.. keeping 2 basic colors helps a sense of shape and light.. plus you can always change them to more normal skintones in a matter of seconds in photoshop

[AnarchyAo2]

Well, in the 2nd one your being too linear. Remember that in painting you need to focus on shapes, not lines.

[johanson]

I found a nice little tutorial today at:

http://www.sofos.com/adi/

It's more about coloring fully rendered drawings, but it's always nice to see how others work. Maybe it will give you some ideas.

enjoy

-aj

[Devilock138]

Thank you, I'll put that to good use.

[SEVANS]

Start simple.

Start with one overall colour, then add the largest areas of shade and highlight, like wot AnarchyAo2 mentioned.

Add more colours and tones after the 'strongest' and most basic areas of colour have been layed out. Then blend and smudge etc.

This is how I work (think of it as an advanced paint by number setup). Start easy, build up the detail later.