Hi people.

I know there are lots of people who might be struggling with illustration largely due to lack of key equipments.

I have heard artists argue that without stylus pen or Wacom tablet one cannot make a good illustration.

Though the Wacom tablet makes it easier and faster, you can still achieve a good illustration using just your "MOUSE" .... Unbelievable but true.

I will give an example on how it can be achieved using my work.

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A. The first step is to make your drawing on paper. You could draw just a pencil outline or elaborate with pen.

Scan your work into the system or use a good camera to snap and upload.

B. Use a good tracing software like coreldraw, illustrator, or Photoshop. I used Photoshop to achieve this.

In Photoshop open the scanned picture. Create an empty layer above for the outlines you are about to create.

Use the pen tool to trace the outlines on the drawing.
Right click and select stroke path, then check "pen pressure" on the dialogue box that follows...

C. Create a colour layer or group for the colours to follow. Let it be under the outline layer.

Make sure the outline are well connected to prevent colours from spilling into unwanted areas.

At this point select the target space on the outline layer and fill in the desired colours gradually. Start with flat colours.

D. The last step is converting the flat colours into depth to achieve realism.

wow...nice one fam, but can coreldraw outline trace be used?

splenzard:
wow...nice one fam, but can coreldraw outline trace be used?

Thank you bro..
Corel can be used as well, but before then you need to do a thorough outlining of the drawing on paper and scan in HD so that when you trace on Corel it will come out fine...

In addition to that, you can take the scanned work to Photoshop, use "level" editing tool to increase the contrast. This will make the lines darker and the white background lighter. Subsequently, tracing will come out much better.

yuncka:
D. The last step is converting the flat colours into depth to achieve realism.

Nice work! I like the way you explained it.

By the way, how do I achieve the "flat colors - depth - realistic image"?

LMandela:


Nice work! I like the way you explained it.

By the way, how do I achieve the "flat colors - depth - realistic image"?

Thanks brother.

To achieve the flat colours, you need to create an empty layer below the drawing's outline.

Now, with the outline layer selected, click on the area you want to fill with colour using magic wand tool. For instance the Jean. Then select the empty layer created under the outline and fill in with desired colour using paint bucket.
You will have to repeat the process for each different colour you need to fill and ensure to place all colours on different layers still under the outline layer.. doing this will help when you start the detailing process...

My own style of detailing is subtraction method where you deleted some part of a colour to reveal other colours. For instance if I want to detail the Jean, I will duplicate the layer for the Jean's colour and make the duplicate copy on top darker. Then use your eraser tool to brush over it to reveal the lighter one under...

You could still watch some YouTube videos on colouring using Photoshop. But I hope my small explanation helps..

yuncka:


Thanks brother.

To achieve the flat colours, you need to create an empty layer below the drawing's outline.

Now, with the outline layer selected, click on the area you want to fill with colour using magic wand tool. For instance the Jean. Then select the empty layer created under the outline and fill in with desired colour using paint bucket.
You will have to repeat the process for each different colour you need to fill and ensure to place all colours on different layers still under the outline layer.. doing this will help when you start the detailing process...

My own style of detailing is subtraction method where you deleted some part of a colour to reveal other colours. For instance if I want to detail the Jean, I will duplicate the layer for the Jean's colour and make the duplicate copy on top darker. Then use your eraser tool to brush over it to reveal the lighter one under...

You could still watch some YouTube videos on colouring using Photoshop. But I hope my small explanation helps..

Thanks alot man.