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:iconeienart:
I've been constantly told to make a Tutorial, so here is my first one!! I hope it helps many people =)
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Mood: Love ~VictoryCabbage Apr 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
super cool! (on my main acount from :iconcrispycabbage-adopts: ) Um for the base colours would you suggest like matt colours rather then bright colours so like keeping the saturation down low also if I was to go about putting extra colour highlights do you think I should go about that the same way and the bright highlights?
Sorry for the questions thanks in advance if you can help >w<
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~Eienart Apr 22, 2013   Digital Artist
Going with a matt color is really good for the base. I used a similar method in my speed-painting [link] for the face mainly. Going from dark to brighter is easier to do for my experience.
For the highlights there are many methods for doing them. To keep the saturation down for the highlights don't use the 'luminosity' mode for the highlight layer, instead keep the mode on normal and manually select your highlight colors.
For extras, try using a separate layer over the entire image and You can either use the method shown in my tutorial or others, really it depends of the picture. With the extra highlights on a different layer you can adjust the opacity and modes to best blend in the highlights in order to create a better flow for the picture.
Looking at your questions, it seems like you want your colors to mesh well together. A useful tip is to try overlaying a color over the image with different blend options (or the "mode" options show in this tutorial) depending you what effect you want. Photoshop is really good with that kind of stuff.

Send me a note if you have more questions =D I'm more than happy to help out ^-^ I got kind of wordy here o.o
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~Heromi-Chan Aug 7, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
This is how i do it too! except i never considered using the marker tool... I just use a wide pen. I think i'll try it next time :)
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~Eienart Aug 9, 2012   Digital Artist
Goodluck! I think I just kind of fell for the marker tool early, so I haven't tried using the pen tool for much more than lineart & filling a color XD Guess I'll experiment with it lol
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Mood: Joy *dancingvarcolac Aug 4, 2012  Student Digital Artist
great tutorial! thank you.
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~Eienart Aug 4, 2012   Digital Artist
You're welcome =)
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=S-bro Aug 3, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Wow...This is helpful. Thank you. I'm just now getting the hang of SAI thank you for sharing this technique~
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~Eienart Aug 3, 2012   Digital Artist
That is good you hear n_n && You're welcome!
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To be honest I prefer Photoshop over SAI mainly because of my style of art. But this tut may make me reconsider. :D
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~Eienart Aug 3, 2012   Digital Artist
About 8 months ago I would have said something similar =) Personally I would say to use both, SAI for coloring and Photoshop for touch ups and other effects.
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