Code-R

I actually finished this yesterday. But didn’t have the time to post it here.

It’s a panel from Naruto Chapter 408, Page 06. I just knew I had to colour it the moment I read the Chapter. Because I think Akatsuki Cloaks are cool.
Much thanks to Shade for cleaning the panel.

Overall, I’m not too happy because I think the background is a failure. It didn’t turned out the way I had wanted it to. I think the team turned out okay though. I’ve always liked colouring people as compared to background. I pretty much suck at background.

Oh, and I’ve also created a DeviantArt account. Just because.

Notice that my Username for DA is Ravavyre but my LiveJournal’s is Ravavire…? Lol, I wanted Ravavyre for LJ too, but the initial account I created with ‘vyre’ was…..I dunno….something wasn’t quite right…..Even though I deleted it, I have to wait for 1 month before that name is truly deleted, and then I can change my Username.

Added this to the Gallery.

There’s no interesting pages or panels to colour from Naruto’s latest chapter, again. So, in order to keep boredom at bay, I decided to do some photoshop-related work. Seeing as how I didn’t have any motivation or inspiration to create a signature/banner or an avatar/icon, I coloured a page from one of Naruto’s old chapter covers instead.

I was and am still kinda bored, so I’ll include all the different stages.

Lineart by Shade (MangaHelpers).

Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3
Stage 4 - Stage 5 - Stage 6

Final Outcome:

I removed some parts of the original background because it was too troublesome to colour. I added a wood texture to the fence to make it look more realistic and I think it worked. I tried soft-shading for the metal protector and I think the result wasn’t too bad. Other than that, nothing much can be said about this.

I may try soft-shading on this piece if I have the mood and time. Because soft-shading using a mouse can be quite a hassle, especially for a beginner.

Added this to the Gallery.

First and foremost, I don’t own these Fanart. I took them from DeviantArt.

I was so bored because there was nothing to do and there were no interesting panels or pages to colour from the original manga chapter, be it Naruto or any other manga. I had to wait till Friday or Saturday before new chapters are released, so in the meantime, I thought I’d colour something else.

You may notice that the ‘layout’ of credits on them are a bit different from my previous works. That’s because I thought that I should differentiate Fanart from the original manga panels or pages. Oh, and I’m using a different image hosting site. Imageshack dies on me sometimes, so maybe this would be better.

Original Art: Here

Very anime-like, I’d say. I think it looks okay. The background was pretty much random, but then again, all of my colourations have random backgrounds. These images are in JPEG format because the PNG files were too big, so it’ll look a bit blurred.

Original Art: Here

My first Chibi colouring! I liked how this turned out. Especially the background. Okay, so I googled the image…but at least it fits the picture. Oh, and I changed the original speech bubble to “Dattebayo!” instead of “To Attack!” because then, the background wouldn’t fit.

I have a couple more linearts stored in my computer. I may or may not colour them, depending on my mood.

Oh, and I’m still dwelling on whether or not I should buy a tablet. If I buy it, then I could give soft-shading a go, but there’s also the possibility that the outcome might not be nice and then the money would go to waste.

Added these to the Gallery.

Got home. Went to MangaShare. Downloaded Naruto Chapter 402. Was bored. Went to MangaHelpers. Lineart was available (Credits to Ziaja). So why not colour?

So here’s another Sasuke colouring (from Chapter 402, Page 17)……With his new Sharingan!!

Nothing much to say about this. But I think the shading of the hair is too dark, you can hardly see it (But I think that’s because I added a layer on top of it to not make the lines look too sharpened). The background is plain because I have no idea what to do with it. I added the glow to the sharingan because otherwise it’ll look really plain. Overall, this piece is pretty simple and plain.

I think I should buy a tablet so that I can try doing soft-shading instead of cell-shading, but I don’t know whether to buy it now, or after ‘O’ Levels or something.

Anyways, I really really hope that this chapter concludes the Sasuke arc and the plot will finally move on.

Oh, one more thing, Sasuke’s new sharingan looks so weird, like a flower or an atom or something. I think Kakashi’s Mangekyou Sharingan looks the nicest, followed by Itachi, Madara and then Sasuke.

Added this to the Gallery.

Coloured this one pretty fast. There was nothing much to do today (I didn’t go out today, so couldn’t buy the game…) and coincidentally, the cover page of this week’s Naruto was rather nice to colour. In addition to that, there was already a lineart available. So might as well colour it.

Lineart by Shade. Much thanks to him.

Here’s my colouration, featuring; Itachi, Sasuke and Madara Uchiha (otherwise known as Tobi).

I prefer version one to version two. I wanted to give version two a blue-ish hue, but it didn’t turn out as nice as I pictured it. Still looks okay though.

I hope Kishimoto will move on to the next part of the story already. The recent chapters about Sasuke, Itachi and Uchiha stuff are all so boring….

Hmm….nothing much to say….

Added these to the Gallery.

Well, I did say I was going to colour this page after the exams are over. I would have finished and posted it yesterday if not for the Inter-Class Floorball Competiton. Well, that doesn’t matter anymore, at least I finished it.

I won’t post all the stages like I did with my previous colouring because it’s too troublesome.

But might as well share the lineart. It took me about 3 hours to clean the page, especially the pants because it’s too black and I had to guess where the line should be. Hope it doesn’t look too off.

Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Chapter 191: Featuring Tsuna & Reborn

Two versions once again. I really don’t know which I prefer. The first one looks simple and nice but a bit too plain. The second one blends in pretty well with the background but some parts look a little too dark, even though that was kinda intentional since I wanted the light source to be from the top right-hand corner. But still, both are okay.

I debated on whether to colour Reborn’s hair black or brown because I didn’t know which would be better; his original hair colour or Tsuna’s as he is impersonating him. I ended up using his original hair colour. I had to scale down the image quite a bit because the original file size was too big. The original colouring was the size of the lineart. I spent about another 3-4 hours colouring this.

Anyway, you would have noticed that Lambo and I-Pin are missing from the coloured version. Lol, that’s because I thought that they were “in the way”. I wanted it to just be Tsuna & Reborn, Student & Tutor. Yeah well, and also because I was too lazy to add them as well.

Added this to the Gallery too.

Well, now that that’s done, time to create avatars.

It’s been a while since I last did one of these, which was Colonello and that turned out pretty well. This piece is better than or around the same standard as Colonello. I finished this faster than I had expected. I didn’t think I would have been able to complete it yesterday, especially because it was a double-spread (Okay, so 3/4 of a double-spread) but as it turned out, it only took less than 3 hours (3 hours is a short time for me. I know there are pros out there who can do it in an hour or less…). This may be because Shino was the only thing that needs colouring.

Here’s the outcome, featuring; Shino Aburame from Naruto Chapter 394.
(The files are in JPEG format so it may not be of high quality because the original PNG file was just too big.)

Once again, there are two versions. I cannot really decide on which is the nicer version.

As you may have guessed, the background is just some completely random brushes slapped together, plus a little bit of lighting behind Shino. Aside from that, I don’t think there’s much more to say.

This may or may not be my last piece of work for a while. Homeworks are piling up and not to mention I need to start my revision for the Mid-Year-Exams (Yes, Iwill try my best to revise…). So I’m not sure if I can do anything in a while, or for the rest of the year for that matter, at least not until the ‘O’s are over. But I may be able to find some time here and there to come up with something, especially if there’s a really nice page that I want to colour.

Added this to Gallery as well.

I managed to finish this yesterday, after I got back home from Suntec City. I was surprised that it didn’t take as much time to finish colouring it. By far, this piece has taken the shortest time to complete but I guess that must be because it’s not a full page, only a panel.

In any case, I present to you a panel from Chapter 180 of the manga Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, featuring Colonello.

Again, there are two versions of the piece. I couldn’t really decide on which version is nicer. One of my sisters preferred the one with a dimmer flare but my other sister preferred the one with more lighting. So I might as well put up both. I’m quite content with the result of this, especially the background; simple but nice. I had to clean the original black and white version quite a bit but I guess it was worth it.

Both of these versions have been put up in the Gallery.

Yeah, I know I’m supposed to study for the Bio SPA that will be conducted on Monday and yeah, I know I said before that I will be making a signature of Lavi or Hibari…but I just can’t help myself from colouring this page from Naruto’s latest chapter. Also, it’s good practice because if I don’t do this often I might forget, like I did before.

(Caution: Naruto spoilers ahead for those who are not up-to-date with the latest chapter.)

Haha, serves you right, Sasuke. Hopefully, he will really lose his left eye and Kishimoto isn’t just pulling our legs.

In my opinion, this isn’t really one of my best works. I think I prefer my previous work, the one with Sai over this piece. And yeah, I know my shading isn’t that great but I mentioned before that I’m still an amateur.

This piece has also been added to my Gallery along with the others.

I have yet to study today…..maybe at night….if I’m not watching anime…
Argh, I’m just too lazy to bother with these tests. On one hand, I really want to get good grades so I have to study but on the other hand, it’s the holidays so I want to enjoy it while I still can. Sigh, it’s a tough choice…I guess I’ll just have to go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.

I did these in the past two days. Refer to the previous two post for the tutorial.

I had fun making these and would have did some more if not for the fact that I have to revise. =_= Who knows when I will have the time to make this again. Hopefully, it won’t be too long so that I won’t forget how to colour them again. I will add these and my previous works in the Gallery section some other time.