#procreate5x

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This is rapidly becoming a fruitninja fan blog and honestly I’m okay with that

(Polaroid version ^)

First of all thank you! I really appreciate the kind words. Here’s a step-by-step of how I do coloring, using the sketch of that Stonewood family as an example. 

For me, the hardest part of doing colors is choosing them! Color theory is rough, but I usually start by blobbing them on really roughly behind the line art until I get something I like. (if I’m having a particularly tough time I use other art as color reference) When I’m done it looks something like this: 

After that, I add a clipping mask so everything stays in the lines, and I clean up the colors, making sure to add details wherever possible.I use a flat, opaque brush for this. Then I go back in with a textured brush to add blush, dirt, cloth texture etc. This is when I would color any lineart that needs it, too. Then it looks like this:

I use a multiply layer to shade the characters using an the selection tool and an opaque but textured brush (I used the 6B pencil procreate brush here but it honestly changes every time). Then I add a gradient clipping mask over the entire work and mess around with the layer settings until I like it. Then it’s done!

Hope this helps! Layers under the cut: