How To Color Comic Books! Photoshop comic book coloring tutorial: Cut & Grad Technique Explained

[@Josh-ut9iy]

So happy to find an actual tutorial on this that actually explains it and not just a sped up video with music. Thanks

[@talyacold]

YASSS and not a bunch of money!

[@someonewithbadgrammer6740]

Just discovered you, this is great

[@Tomcat_Coyote]

I'm so glad i just stumbled on your Channel ! My End Studies Project as an Illustration Student is a small Sci Fi comic book and your tutorials have been more helpful than my lessons so far :D

[@princeosaro25]

Awesome tutorial sir. Old but gold

[@jaysartchannel]

Amazing Video I find it very helpful, I'm south american, and I'm very happy I know English the best tuts for this topics are in english and you videos are really useful

[@Cainmak]

THANK YOU for the light cage! I needed a site like that

[@halcyonate]

Wow, great tips! Simple and straightforward.

[@BrySquatch]

Thanks Mike! Your tutorials are awesome, really help shed some light on some great basic tips/approaches to comic coloring. And agreed, nice to find a set of videos that aren't just showy speed videos.

[@peres7370]

I mostly do this style and my problem usd to to be smoothing things out. Its awesome to see this

[@dirty47]

More excellent , timely information!

[@ChadMcGeeWC]

Great videos. I'm currently working my way through a book on coloring but these are great for reinforcing the reading between the lines that I'm having to do. Seriously considering your online course in a few months. Thanks.

[@ChadMcGeeWC]

+K Michael Russell It's a great book - I won't mention the name - but figuring out how to apply some of the techniques has been somewhat troubling. I have a decent grasp of the art side and the technical side (how to use photoshop), but the technique to achieve the look you want is what I'm working on learning.

[@KettyFormaggio]

Veeery interesting! It's the first time i can find a tutorial so accurate. I'm italian colorist and I have an european style.

[@aniruddhogupta6567]

THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH. THIS CHANGES MY LIFE 😍😍😍

[@robertflores8789]

Thank you!!

[@sdscreative648]

Many thanks for the great videos Subscribed soon as I saw them thanks again for sharing your techniques !

[@RedDog737]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@ccayco]

Great video

[@whitesurfer91]

light cage brilliant idea, do you have more pages like this one? i search program with 3d manekin for posses to draw ?

[@dyaa_unison5580]

1- how did you select the shaded area when coloring the blur fro the lap top?

[@lamonteriste3344]

Wait... how did you do that with the brush? The whole size gradient thing. Is that a hot key?

[@Erpes2]

The photoworkshop lightcage doesn't work anymore ?

[@colorwithkurt]

This is an old video. There are significantly better lighting refs apps like Handy, etc.

[@Erpes2]

@@colorwithkurt ty for the answer, ill check it out

[@zaneslocombe8008]

I know this is an old video and there are other (better) modelling apps available now, but the light cage app was flash based and no longer works.

[@colorwithkurt]

Yep. I recommend Handy Art Reference Tool. :)

[@zaneslocombe8008]

@@colorwithkurt That was a surprise, thanks. Never expected a response on 6 year old post. Another thing which wasn't working was your free beginner's course. I was going to check if you had put the videos up on your channel.

[@colorwithkurt]

Thanks. It was just a typo in the URL. It's updated. All of my courses are still live at learn.comiccolor.com Also, the KZbin notifies me of all comments, regardless of how old the video is. :)

[@zaneslocombe8008]

@@colorwithkurt I look forward to checking them out. Thanks.

[@GrinningFeline]

I love this style of highlights, it just screams comics to me. Do you still do this in procreate ever? I imagine it works similarly.

[@GrinningFeline]

I tried it with procreate, and it is obnoxiously difficult, compared to doing it in photoshop. That being said, your current style is fast and looks great. I might be adopting some of it. (Just something that gave me trouble, (that I'm sure you figured out) you cant use a brush with the same blending mode as the layer on a mask. I was driving myself crazy with that.)

[@tailong9548]

went to the photoworkshop site but did not find this light setup you showed. Where do I find that?

[@emrahy.849]

where is the layer panel?