Digital Tutors - Coloring a Beauty Sketch in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a full color beauty image from a pencil sketch that would be used for a fashion client or editorial. We will start by discussing how to source and create your own references and then move on to cover the use of layer modes, masking, and working with transparent color. By the end of this tutorial you will have learned how to simply color your pencil sketch and will have new skills to apply to other Photoshop projects.

Coloring a Beauty Sketch in Photoshop content:

1. Introduction and project overview

2. Sourcing references and creating unique references

3. Preparing our scanned image and color correcting

4. Masking and using Layer Modes to color

5. Using Airbrush and layering colors to create depth

6. Adding final eye detail, lashes, and brows

7. Coloring in the iris

8. Coloring in the hair and giving it texture

9. Working with shadows and adding final touches