Digital Coloring Techniques with Seven Theme Colors
Digital Coloring Techniques with Seven Theme Colors
From Characters to Flowers, Sky, Water, Stars
Popular illustrator Karuki Mura explains their techniques to color both characters and backgrounds, from basic coloring to animals, flowers, plants, and more.
It’s the perfect manual for anyone who wants to get better at drawing backgrounds, using textures effectively, drawing accessories and animals, or choosing a color palette. Each chapter focuses on a theme color and contains step-by-step tutorials. The techniques introduced in the book are not overly difficult, therefore beginners will be able to replicate them too.
[Contents]
Chapter 1: Red / Grisaille coloring, basic painting, coloring characters
Chapter 2: Orange / Basic watercolor painting, drawing a pillar, painting flames
Chapter 3: Yellow / Painting sunflowers, the sky reflected in a puddle, the water surface
Chapter 4: Green / Painting a boy in a kimono, a Japanese umbrella, plants, trees, a cat
Chapter 5: Light blue / Painting a girl from the deep sea, a dolphin, coral, fish
Chapter 6: Blue / Painting a cyber illustration, buildings, fences, signboards, the night sky
Chapter 7: Purple / Painting a girl floating on water, the starry sky, crystals, lanterns
PRODUCT INFORMATION
■ by Karuki Mura
■ 257 x 190 mm / 160 pages
■ Published in December 2021
■ ISBN: 9784798626901
■ Japanese title: 7色のテーマイラストで学ぶ 塗りテクニック 人物から花・空・水・星まで
RIGHTS INFORMATION
Rights sold to Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea
AUTHOR PROFILE
Karuki Mura worked for three years as a CGI artist for a company that produces art for social games, then became a freelance illustrator. They provide art for light novels, TCG, social games, and so on. They designed part of the characters for the game "Idola" and were a guest lecturer at the Tokyo Animation College.