can anyone help my convert hand drawing to line art

[daz2012]

hi me again,
thanks to everyone who replied to the last message and tried helping sorry if i confused u.
i thought i would make a new thread explaining myself a little better.

im looking to try and convert my hand drawing to a cartoon / line art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Vh350tPhU&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL28CF0DF84CBCE495
ive been trying to follow this to help me on my photoshop but im struggling.


thanks

 

[dv8_fx]

Welcome back, daz...

Which part of the tutorial are you having difficulty?

 

[raikkonen]

5-min trace and coloring.

 

[daz2012]

all of it tbh, ive never done anything like this before and i need as much help i possibly can get, so ideally im looking for sombody to do it for me for free or im prepared to pay, ive got several pictures that i need doing, if you could possibly help me, thanx again!

 

[dv8_fx]

That is a line art cartoon. So what do you want done with the cartoon? Animate it?

 

[daz2012]

Raikkonen thats awsome, just what i was after, thankyou

 

[dv8_fx]

Color... I thought you wanted it animated like you asked in the earlier thread...

 

[daz2012]

nah, i just want it traced and coloured, but thanks for your help, much appreciated

 

[Stric9]

First you have your drawing


Duplicate the layer and make a new layer under it.
Use the blend if sliders to get just the outline.


Merge layers onto a new layer with cntrl+shift+alt+E
Levels adjustment to darken then lines. Cntrl+L and paint in any faint areas with black.

Then use solid color fills to fill in the rest. Paint on the masks to hid/show color where you want it.

Remember when painting on masks to black - conceals / white - reveals.

 

[daz2012]

huge thanks for the step by step guide will have a bash at it myself thankyou!!!

 

[daz2012]

stric9 your a legend, thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Stric9]

Your welcome.

 

[daz2012]

Stric9, ive dublicated the layer, then i added the layer underneath that one and when i get to the blending options it doesnt seem to being doing anything, any chance you can help me out with where im going wrong, thanx!

 

[Stric9]

Make sure you layers pallet looks like this


Now bring up the blending options dialoge box for the layer with the carrot on it and look for this slider.

Put it on this setting to make the white disappear. Make sure you have the background layer hidden or you wont see anything happen.

Now with the background layer hidden merge layers onto a new layer with Cntrl+shift+alt+E. This should be your end result.

 

[daz2012]

Stric9, ive done all of that, any chance you can go into detail with the colouring please, im a novice to all of this so thanks for all your help so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Frey]

That is weird, I also thought you wanted them animated, or at least thats what you told me. Anyway, I hope others have helped you out more than I could.

 

[Stric9]

Starting from here


There are a couple diffrent ways to do this......I'll give you one. I personally would use color fills, but I'll show you how to paint these.

Create a new layer under your drawing layer.


Then pick a color and paint in the lines with the brush tool set at 100% hardness.

repeat for each color. Use the eraser tool to remove excess paint.

Happy painting.