Tutorial- Coloring and Text

1. Create a new layer underneath the Line Art layer. Name it Base layer.
2. On the base layer, use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to begin outlining a section that you want to color. I usually start with skin tones. (Tip: After you select one section, if you want to continue to select another piece press the shift key)
3. Select the color you want, and using the paint bucket tool fill in the selection.

4.Do this until all the characters are colored.

At this point you might ask, why not just use the magic wand tool to make your selections? The Polygonal Lasso one is tedious.
Well, the Magic Wand tool isn't as accurate as I would like it to be. Plus, I would have to make sure that there aren't any open lines in the picture at all. I find it more tedious to go and fix all the open spaces than to just select the exact space I want with the Polygonal tool. Plus, the Magic Wand tool comes in handy later, when you need to do shading.

Your image should now have all the base colors for the characters filled.

5. Create a new layer above the Base layer and name it Shading
6. In the Base layer, select the section you want to shade with the Magic Wand tool. Then select the Shading layer.
7. Using the Eyedropper tool, click on the color in that selection.
8.Double clicking on the foreground color will bring up the Color Picker box. Pick a slightly darker color than the one you've selected before. Click Ok.
9. Select the brush tool and pick your desired brush size.
10. Begin to shade your selection.
11. Repeat process until all the characters are shaded.

Now the background
1. Create a new layer underneath the Base layer and name it Background.
2.Do the same process as with the base layer, but use gradients instead of the fill feature.

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