Ok. Maybe it's not a typical tutorial since I didn't discuss many aspects but I wanted to make it comprehensible. Sorry for any mistakes- it's my first tutorial.
I focused on my own way od colouring. Of course it's not like 'must be"- everyone has its own way and the secret is to find the best solution for yourself : 3.
To be honest, my colouring skills were influenced by various artists, especially from dA. I learned a lot from

(soft shading) and

(skin shading , making the seperate hair strips) and from Ciel ( colour schemes and shading). I was taught many helpful things by

(photoshop tricks).
I owe them a lot

Thank you Girls *bows*
I hope you will find this tutorial useful. I showed you how I shade skin, hair, clothes and how I match the colours and textures.
It's not a tutorial for the very beginners- to understand it you have to possess basic Photoshop knowledge.
To get a bigger version click on the download button on the left Many thanks to =
anikakinka for beta-testing <3.
I also recommend these tutorials:
- soft shading
[link]- textures
[link]If you need textures then please type it in your Google search and you will find a lot of useful sites. There are also some great textures made by dA users.
If any questions don't hesitate to ask :]
[link] TUTORIAL: Cleaning Pencil Linearts [link] TUTORIAL: Drawing Hair [link] TUTORIAL: Basic Drawing Tips[link] Editting Scanned Drawings[link] Marker Tutorial- Part I[link] Drawing folds and frills in women's clothes
In this old tutorial I was using a soft round brush with low opacity in Photoshop.
can I ask you a question???
How do you separate the hair from the rest of the art work???