Novae Coloring Chap 3 - PG 32 (Patreon)

Here's a the complete clip for how I colored the Buddha statue in the 3rd chapter. This one is pretty sped up so I'll include a breakdown.

First I do a traditional pencil rendering of the Buddha statue. I scan it in, up the contrast, and erase to make it as clean as I can without loosing detail. 

Then I insert it into the page and clean it up a bit more. Then change the pencil lines to a different color to blend it in with the environment. 

After all that comes the digital painting! I used Kyle's watercolor brushes for photoshop and start to add in the highlights and shadows. The pencil drawing makes things a lot easier, I don't have to worry about the details and can just focus on lighting. 

After everything s rendered I add a watercolor mask for texture and it's done! :D

I've been using this technique ever since the horse statue and have really loved how it turned out! The trick is to make the pencil drawing really good and clean.  

Hope that's fun to watch! :D

-Kate