color question?

[alkaline111]

well hello .. i have a question i hope someone will awswer.... ive been doing digital paintings for a while now... and it s great photoshop is a very powerful tool...... i also do 3d models and textureing ... what do all these have in common?............yup they all take place at the ol pc. i work atleast 6-8 hours a day maybe more.... so my eyes get pretty pixelated which is fine... but to the point....i was wondering if anyone knew any cool/ different ways to color pictures not at the comp, besides actually painting, somethign easier to clean and less of a process.. ive been thinking of markers... but id like something with the palatte of paint. something i can still render with there may not be anything but if anyon knows has a suggestion....im all ears. i would love to be able to see the florida sun everyone is talking about.:chug: thanks fellas!!


-hunter

[Dave_Lynch]

I'm primarily a drawing person myself...don't fool around with color all that much. I like working digitally when I do do color (primarily for some of the reasons you seem to be interested in digital stuff.) To answer your question I have in the past had good results with prismacolor color pencils. Prismacolor is a bit expensive but they are fantastic for blending and blending is what typically gives color pencils thier range.

I've had the best effects with color pencils over watercolor. I know you don't like paint and I can more than relate to you on that one but as far as paint goes watercolor is the quickest to use and cleanest. I'm sure coloring over markers with color pencils would work well too but I have yet to try it.

As far as watercolor goes there are a ton of brands but the very best work I've ever seen in person was done with crayola cheap ass watercolors.

I don't have examples of my own work to show you but this might help

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=566

It's a lot more involoved (and better) then anything I've done but you get the idea.