XMen pic cell-shaded style.

[Redmond]

Someone suggested I try a more cell-shaded style approach to coloring to show-off my line-work more. And so...

[Sinix]

Great looking art, but uhh.. maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think thats cell-shading? At least, it's definitely not the coloring style I think when I hear "cell-shaded".

[Teknoholic]

It's not cell shaded, and that's what makes it cool

[Atherium]

Hey Redomond, well the one thing I have to give you is the amount of energy and movement in the work is awsome, you have really framed a moment in time here.

That being said I think the skin tones really need tightening up and maybe diversify the pallet you use for each character so that they stand out a little more from each toher which makes us understanding the action an easier task, for the amount of light the center character is producing due to his traits I think there would be much more contrast in the shadowing as well, just a thought.

The pink area in the upper left area seems to be BG but I don't know, and if I can't tell that means it probably needs a little more detail or less of. Either should work.

Great work man.

[Elwell]

Originally posted by Redmond
Someone suggested I try a more cell-shaded style approach to coloring to show-off my line-work more.

I guess that would have been me :). When I first saw your stuff, something about the linework reminded me of Tomer Hanuka (http://thanuka.com/index.htm)*, which is why I suggested that approach. Something cleaner, so that the line is really dominant in the picture. Maybe something as simple as using hard brushes instead of soft.

*If you like Tomer's work, be sure to check out his brother Asaf's (http://asafhanuka.com/illustration.html) stuff too. It's interesting how similar and different it is.

[blackhand]

The line art is pretty solid--the style looks like a mix of Peter Chung and Keith Giffen's Trencher run. This is an example where coloring can really add clarity to a piece. Some of the areas of the image get very muddled because of the busy line art and the muddy coloring. I don't think coloring the line art is helping much--it just adds to the confusion.

There's a fantastic amount of detail, but there needs to be a better separation of figures, either through variation of lineweight or color.

My suggestion for 'cel shaded' color is to use lots of flat tones with and vary the color palette. Right now, mostly everything in your image consists of the same colors. To get a cel shaded look, use color more graphically and boldly, with minimal shading or very bold shading.

[pushav]

Ahh I see that Redmond style once more. Keep that coloring style. This will separate you from everone else. Keep up the good work.

[N D Hill]

Great work. I don't know if I agree about cell-shading being a proper compliment to great line work. I think it has a tendency to be too bold and actually down play the lines. What you have here, is quite a bit softer than cell shading and I personally think it complements your lines very well. What's great is that you keep yourself consistant to a relitively narrowed color scheme and when you color "outside the lines" like you have here, you rely on your line art to pull everything together. Not a bad thing. The white lines of that middle guy seem to throw things off a bit maybe, but all in all, great work.

[Redmond]

Thanks all for your praise or just comments/suggestions too. :)
I love Hanuka's work, I could try something like that, with the dryink brush, or like how Whilce Portacio colored the first few issues of StormWatch.

Anyway, the pic's an ambush in a tight corridor...

[darkcult]

I don’t like the “white” line work on this one ( too messy).. but that’s just me.

Everything else – thumbs up.. :D