Basically to expand to what I previously said in regards to colour, I'm using photoshop as that way I can colour the areas that I want, leave the rest transparent and after effects will recognise the transparency.
the first example is for a well lit shot, the example with norton the rooster is for those shots that need to be a little darker in the lighting respects. Use your discression, but the storyboards give an indication of the lighting/shadows, the major light source is to the right of raymond's house (as in the afternoon sun) but I can show examples of where I've already coloured shots to give an idea of where it's at.
First layer is line work (transparent)
Second layer is the flat colour (see previous posts for colours on characters)
Third layer is shade layer (50% opacity) with black airbrush. To stay in the line area use the magic wand tool.
Fourth layer is the highlights (40% opacity) with white airbrush. I use the wand tool again to stay in the area between the black line and the shaded areas.
for a character/shot which needs a darker black shade; same steps as above but there is an extra shade layer.
(Transparent line layer)
(Flat colour layer- watch for pixel gaps between colour and line that the "bucket fill" tool might not fill- I set this layer to "multipy" so that I can make touch ups with the pencil tool without colouring over the lines.)
(first shaded layer)
the second shade layer (69% opacity) with Black air brush. This layer is used to make some of the previous shaded areas darker. This doesn't cover the exact same areas as the previous area but allows for a gentle gradation between flat colour/shaded area/darker shaded area.
(second shade layer added)
(second shade layer added)
Hope this makes sense. Ill get some examples of old film look up on youtube today too.
(finished frame- highlight layer added)
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