Kurt Michael Russell - comic book colorist, digital artist, and art instructor

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Creating focus & editing with adj. layers & masks

K. Michael Russell February 11, 2016

Techy Photoshop stuff! Check this video on adjustment layers and masks in Photoshop--and how I used them when coloring comic art.

MagicPicker - for much faster color picking. Get an exclusive discount with this link.

I've also started using Procreate on the iPad Pro recently. You can check it out here:

PC Setup

I get questions about my PC hardware often. My setup is completely overkill for coloring, but I do a lot of video editing, so keep that in mind! Here's my current setup:

Tablet

I am currently using a Wacom Intuos Art (Medium) & an iPad Pro 12.9 (2017)

I manage my YouTube channel with Tubebuddy. Great product for bulk copy editing and bulk annotation and card updating.

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