Hi Fi Color For Comics

This revised and updated edition of Hi-Fi Color for Comics allows you to unleash your creativity with the latest Adobe Photoshop techniques and coloring secrets from the masters at Hi-Fi. Learn digital coloring from start to finish--taking your art from black-and-white to stunning full color!In the pages of Hi-Fi Color for Comics you will learn: * Importing Art: Scanning & importing art & combining multiple scans into one image * Color Flatting: Breaking down images into flat color * Light & Shadow: Defining light sources to create mood and focus * Color Selection: Choosing colors for clarity and visual storytelling * Color Rendering: Painting with light the Hi-Fi way * Advanced Brush Techniques: Master brushes & learn how to make your own custom brushes * Color Holds: Add depth and dimension by changing black line-art to color * Special Effects: Fire effects, flares, sparkles, glows, muzzle blasts, & more. * Color Separation: Create CMYK color files with trapping for professional commercial printing & publishingEach chapter features Step-by-step tutorials while full-color illustrations guide you through each concept, ensuring your success. * Features step-by-step tutorials that lead you through the entire coloring process, from scanning, flatting and rendering to color holds, special effects and color separations. * Comes with access to download all the art files you need for the lessons in the book, plus Adobe Photoshop tools and scripts to streamline key processes so you can focus on being creative. * Packed with tips that will save you time and yield dynamic results. * Focuses on Adobe Photoshop CS2 and newer including Photoshop Creative Cloud (with keyboard commands for both Macintosh and Windows).This is the definitive book on coloring for amateurs and professionals alike--from comic book fans and Photoshop whizzes who want to color for the fun of it, to colorists looking to perfect their skills, to graphic arts professionals in search of something new to offer their clients.

Digital Techniques for Professional Results This premiere guide from some of the hottest talent in the industry covers digital coloring from start to finish—taking your art from black-and-white to full, awesome color! Features step-by-step tutorials that lead you through the entire coloring process, from scanning, flatting and rendering to color holds, special effects and color separations. Comes with a CD-ROM containing all the art files you need for the lessons in the book, plus Adobe Photoshop tools and scripts to streamline key processes so you can focus on being creative. Packed with tips that will save you time and yield dynamic results. Focuses on Adobe Photoshop (with keyboard commands for both Macintosh and Windows), and most of the techniques can be used with just about any image editing software. Includes the detailed scoop on the business, marketing and financial aspects of becoming a professional colorist. This is the definitive book on coloring for amateurs and professionals alike—from comic book fans and Photoshop whizzes who want to color for the fun of it, to colorists looking to perfect their skills, to graphic arts professionals in search of something new to offer their clients.

Color Like a Master Discover the secrets behind some of today's coolest color styles! Building on the basics presented in their first book, Hi-Fi Color for Comics, industry veterans Brian and Kristy Miller help you move forward on your creative color journey. Master Digital Color teaches you how to emulate the looks of classic Saturday morning cartoons, vintage pin-up art and pulp-fiction covers, science-fiction flicks and other cool styles. You'll find everything you need to take your coloring to the next level: 6 distinct coloring styles: classic animation, superhero, pin-up, sci-fi, manga and alternative 18 step-by-step tutorial projects featuring contributions from some of today's top talents in the comic industry 12 "challenge" assignments to take your new color know-how even further Use the power tips and expert techniques inside to tweak your skills, expand your repertoire, and get spectacular, professional-quality results! Please note that the Bonus CD is not included with the digital version of this book.

Presenting an incredible Spike saga spanning centuries! A hundred and twenty years ago, a tribe of gypsies inflicted a terrible curse upon the vampire known as Angelus... a curse that brought a terrible vengeance upon the tribe in the form of Angelus' family: Darla, Drusilla and most notably, William the Bloody, a.k.a. "Spike." But the gypsy clan has a dark and powerful supporter: Count Dracula. Outraged over the slaughter of the gypsies, Dracula seeks revenge upon the three vampires... and thus begins a rivalry between Spike and Dracula that will cover decades. A rivalry steeped in blood... honor... and eleven quid.

Superman has recovered from the devastating attack against him. After the life-changing events of issue #5, Jon Kent and his new ally Jay Nakamura are ready to strike back. They are on a collision course with the type of power that is used to swatting problems out of the way. But Superman is not so easily swatted!

Acclaimed artists Mark Chiarello and Todd Klein demystify these essential steps in traditional graphic storytelling. Chiarello explains the entire coloring process, from computer and software choice to creating color effects that give the action its maximum impact. Klein discusses whether to letter by hand or by computer—a hotly debated topic among working letterers—and demonstrates an array of techniques for creasting word balloons, fonts, logos, and much more.

Billy Batson is a good kid. He helps his friends, loves his family, and tries to do the right thing. But Billy is about to have a run-in with the most dangerous serial killer in existence, and the Batman Who Laughs wants Billy to be bad. Spinning out of the events of Batman/Superman and “Year of the Villain,” it’s the tale of a hero whose soul has been turned black, and who has something to prove to the old guard. Buckle in for Shazam’s journey to punch a bunch of so-called “gods” in the face and show the establishment exactly what the future looks like...

After the shocking ending of Infinite Frontier, Justice League Incarnate defends the Multiverse from Darkseid across infinite Earths! Following a devastating defeat at the hands of the one true Darkseid, the Superman of Earth-23 leads a team of superheroes from myriad worlds that includes Flashpoint Batman, China’s Flash from Earth-0, Captain Carrot from Earth-26, and the brand new superhero DR. MULTIVERSE from Earth-8 in a last ditch effort to stop the end of every possible universe as we know it! Written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver with first-issue art by Brandon Peterson and Andrei Berssan and a rotating cast of artists exploring the many different worlds of the DC Multiverse, this can’t-miss series is the next thrilling chapter in the Infinite Frontier saga!

Once an agoraphobic scared to even leave her room, Jessica Cruz overcame her fear to become a Green Lantern and face the darkest and deadliest threats in the universe. But now, Jessica’s gone from overcoming fear to using it as a weapon. When Yellow Lanterns attacked the Green Lantern Sector House she took refuge in when the Central Power battery was destroyed, Jessica turned the tables on them, giving them something to be afraid of, as she beat them one-by-one. But now that she’s been offered a place in the Sinestro Corps, will she accept?

Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things. She shows you how to use dots, fine lines, brushstrokes, black and white, color—a mixture of mediums and techniques—to suggest: • glass • cast iron • adobe and brick • sunrise and sunset • driftwood • leaf textures • basketry • surf and ocean waves • enamelware • rainbows • wood grain • distant trees • eggs and onions • animal hair • and dozens of other textures! You'll learn how to use materials, from technical pens to paint brushes, colored inks to liquid acrylics. You'll discover ways to blot, spatter, stamp and otherwise alter and combine ink and watercolor for exciting texturing effects.