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

Photoshop coloring tutorial: Color Study for The Drop

K. Michael Russell February 19, 2015

Something a little different! I found some great use of color in the movie, The Drop! I discuss it here in this video:

http://www.comiccolor.com/learn I noticed some great color schemes in the film, The Drop. So I thought I'd show you some techniques you can look for in movies that translates well into comic panels!

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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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