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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Little Brother and Little Sister

Illustration for a russian folktale. Published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Candy Palace

Illustration done for a rhyme by Sippy Pallippuram.

Published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

Friday, June 14, 2013

Monday, May 27, 2013

Singer Bunny and Dancer Duckling

Dear readers,

I would like to share my method of coloring children’s illustrations using Photoshop. I have tried more coloring methods, and found this as the easiest way. We can draw a singer bunny and a dancing duckling.

You should do a pencil sketch first. If you are comfortable with pen tablet, you can sketch directly in Photoshop.

Erase the unwanted pencil lines and make the subject clear. Scan the pencil sketch in 300 dpi resolution.

Open the illustration in Photoshop. Increasing contrast & brightness (Image menu->Adjustments->Brightness and contrast) and applying threshold (Image menu->Adjustments->Threshold) will make your illustration sharper.

Convert the illustration to a layer (Double click on the layer panel). We can use this layer as a reference layer, so please lock it (Layer panel->lock icon). You can hide this later.

Now insert a new layer and name it as bunny’s head. Using direct selection tool, draw a path by tracing bunny’s head from the reference layer. Convert the path to selection and fill the color you want. The same process can be done for drawing each object, such as bunny’s body, legs, hands, guitar, duckling head, duckling body, duckling wings, and duckling feet. Objects can be easily edited when they are in different layers.

You should be more conscious while selecting background color. Using cool colors (VIOLET-BLUE-GREEN) for background and hot colors (RED-ORANGE-YELLOW) for subjects will look better. Hence I have used green for background and hot colors for bunny and duckling. Now hide the reference layer

Adding light and shade will make your illustration more attractive. Select each layer and color them with appropriate light and dark tones.

Adding action lines to your illustration will look your illustrations live. Put some action lines.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

The Elephant Rock

Illustration published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Please Come Home, Birdie

Illustration published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

My Little Lamb

Illustration published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

Friday, May 3, 2013

Furry's Jungle

Illustration for a wonderful story. Published in Minnaminni
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Minnaminni

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Vishu has arrived

Vishu is traditionally celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala, as the New Year in Malayalam Calendar.Usually in the second week of April in the Gregorian calendar. The yellow Cassia flowers, which blooms in vishu time, has an important role in 'vishukani'. [More]

Illustration published in Balabhumi. Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

Friday, April 19, 2013

Rainbow

Illustration published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

I love pumpkins

Illustration published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

My little princess has arrived!!!

Dear Friends,This 'Vishu' was very special to me. In the evening on 14th April 2013, I have become a proud father, blessed with a baby girl.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Goal!!!!

Illustration published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

The Wind

Illustration published in Balabhumi
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Balabhumi

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Crying Doll

Illustration for a wonderful story. Published in Minnaminni
Done with photoshop. © Mathrubhumi Minnaminni