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Entry for a contest Clip Studio PAINT had with Summer Lesson a bit ago. Theme was Communication and I had soooo much more planned for this to convey that but I ran out of time.
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…in Photoshop.
I do all my Photoshop painting in RGB mode, then flatten those files and convert them to CMYK when it’s time to send them to my publisher to go to the printing press. Here’s why.
Let’s look at an image in which I’ve used a layer (handily named ”Screen”) with its blend mode set to “Screen” in order to simulate the light bloom from a big ol’ bonfire. This is the same document with the same layers, only the “Screen” layer ON and OFF. I painted it in RGB mode. It’s in RGB mode right now.
Let’s take this same layered file, and just change it into CMYK mode.
(First this happens: Photoshop doesn’t support my “Levels” adjustment layer in CMYK mode, so it’s going to throw it out during the conversion process.)
After the conversion, we get this:
… now we have the original layered document in CMYK mode. Note the differences between the ways Photoshop accomplishes the Blend Mode rendering in each colour mode.
I’ve added some junk to help clarify. Again, notice how Photoshop handles that “Screen” blend mode in the RGB document versus the CMYK document.
If we take away all the other layers…
… you can see the “More Screen” layer is essentially identical, even though PS renders the Blend Mode effect differently.
Photo Filter adjustment layers operate differently, too…
Compare left and right. RGB on the left, CMYK on the right.
To send our painting to the printer AND preserve the original look of our Blend Mode and Adjustment Layer effects, just flatten the image before you convert the colour mode…
Photoshop “bakes” all our layer effects into one layer of definitive pixels, which can then be safely converted to CMYK without losing all the sweet juiciness of our original effects.
Now, CMYK can’t do everything, because the four-colour ink process (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK) just can not replicate the complete range of colours that the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) colour mode can produce. Welcome to “Colour Gamuts.”
All you can do is keep this information in your mind. Remember that those hot pinks, rich teals, and deep purples will not survive the conversion to CMYK. But that’s okay – colour is relative,* so working within the CMYK colour gamut is no great pain.
[ * This is a topic of discussion for another day. Or, you know, look into it on your own. ]
Here’s an example of an image I painted that didn’t play well with CMYK:
It may be hard to see, but the deep colours of the water turned bland and desaturated after being converted to CMYK. Oh well, you make adjustments and move on with your life.
Happy painting!
TL;DR:
- Blend modes look better in RGB
- Adjustment layers look better in RGB
- Bonus! RGB file sizes are smaller
Before Shiro, there was ANOTHER good-looking beefy, scarred, bionic-armed man who somehow managed to cram all of his muscles into a jacket in such a way that he actually looks super skinny HOW
Vash was one of my first anime crushes. Trigun was a good time.
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Thought I’d share the art I did for the milestones on my fandom blog. By total accident I ended up doing each one in a different style, though all were in Manga/Clip Studio (and all are shining examples of me being too lazy to deal with color hahaha).
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I warned you there’d be more voltron!
Allura is badass and I wanted to show her fighting because why the heck not that’s why.
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So@mitarashikoand@bext-k challenged the internet to use one of those “reaction to scary house” photos and turn the people into Voltron. I picked this one (with some slight mods)!:
Fair warning, there is more Voltron art to come! Hopefully much, much more!
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“Trust”
Season 3 killed me and I think season 4 might destroy me. Keith is going to face some tough choices on the road ahead. I tried to include some imagery here. Not everything is what it seems.
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Voltron WIP. Fair warning, this is a shipping piece but I’ve turned off the second character here to avoid shipping wars (also because I wasn’t liking how character 2 was looking). Ship what you wanna ship folks <3
Hope I can finish this in time for FanEx! And if I do and this ship isn’t your thing that’s totally cool, I hope you will still stop by and say hello :)
LOGAN
coloring of the sketch made by the great Italian comic artist MARCO FODERà
March 2014
*colored in MANGA STUDIO 5 and PS CS5 with a Cintiq 22HD*
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Hood
Hood
made in Manga STudio EX4 and 5 with a Cintiq 22HD
Inspiration and Photo reference took from Mahafsoun’s photo gallery on DA.
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Just when I thought I’d got over that cold it comes back with vengeance. I’ve gone from sneezing and runny nose, back to having aching muscles and now a barking cough and feeling run down and tired. I appeared to be getting better. Guess not.
Top it off, my husband also has this. So that’s both of us feeling unwell and trying to get everything ready for Christmas.
Most importantly all my daughter’s presents are bought, wrapped and ready. Also, I did the food shopping today. So all in all we’re set. Now if this virus would just bugger off.
I started this yesterday. I’m not sure whether I’ll get any done tonight. I’ve already started to slap colour onto it, but hid the layers so that I could tidy up the line art.
And this is what I love about Clip Studio Paint. It is so good to ink in.
There’s some things that need tweaking (his headset on on the right needs bringing over a bit), but I least I stopped messing with the Solas picture and moved onto something new ;)
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“The Dread wolf inspired hope in my friends, and fear in my enemies.”
I think I’m going to have to walk away from this now, otherwise I’ll be tweaking it forever. It’s time to work on something new, and call this piece finished.
Finished this last night, and cleaned some things up this morning. Done in Clip Studio Paint.
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Hey! I made a brush for Manga Studio 5.
You can download it here (the file’s bulky because it includes texture resources)
Reblog if you like it!
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