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YunSooJin · Sep 01, 2010, 02:01 AM // 02:01

I've got a few pencil pieces from various artists that I'm thinking to get colored. Before I go about making a thread, I was wondering if artists could tell me how a full color piece normally takes them to color (one figure, weapon, and maybe a little background).

NOLANI ARTISTS GO!

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heck here is what i was thinking of

Ravenhawk · Sep 01, 2010, 02:14 AM // 02:14

Hmm..I rarely time my coloring (or my overall efforts actually lol) but I can usually color a piece (no background , one person) in one sitting. Maybe 1-2 hours. Depending on the amount of details.

Verene · Sep 01, 2010, 03:43 AM // 03:43

For me, it depends on the media and how detailed and perfectionist I get. Sometimes it takes an hour, sometimes it takes like 15. Digital usually takes an hour or two on average. Marker is quick because you have to be quick. Colored pencil generally takes longer

Tommy's · Sep 01, 2010, 08:11 AM // 08:11

Can't really tell because I never "colour" stuff, I always paint without lines, so my painting also include creating the pose etc. However I did a few black and white thingies (can be found in my thread) which took about 30-45 minutes to colour. But those are black and white and pretty basic. More acurate colouring would be like 1-2 hours. However those pictures would take longer I guess, because you need to do quite some cleaning up (or you need to paint on top of it, but then its harder to colour again).

Konig Des Todes · Sep 01, 2010, 08:23 AM // 08:23

Depends on the medium, what I drew/am coloring in, and how detailed I want it. I've spent a couple hours over multiple days coloring in a single small sheet because I wanted it with good colors (I used oil pastels for that one).

Though I don't really draw anymore (should get back into it... need motivation though... good motivation... Maybe something for this Halloween Workshop...).

Murke · Sep 04, 2010, 06:18 AM // 06:18

For me markers take about an hour, maybe two. As for colored pencils, maybe 3 or 4 hours. Digital work takes me daayyyyys...mostly because I go back every few hours after I've declared it 'finished' and fix things...and that process goes on for about a week.

` Marshmallow · Sep 04, 2010, 01:03 PM // 13:03

Forever. I work on one thing, minimize SAI, watch Youtube vids for 20minutes, then remember I left the canvas opened. Repeat steps 1 through 3 until picture is finished : D!

Espadon · Sep 07, 2010, 11:58 PM // 23:58

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Originally Posted by ` Marshmallow

Forever. I work on one thing, minimize SAI, watch Youtube vids for 20minutes, then remember I left the canvas opened. Repeat steps 1 through 3 until picture is finished : D!

^this. Replace SAI with PS.

Angel Killuminati · Sep 08, 2010, 12:31 AM // 00:31

A 'finished' piece should always take a few days.

Whenever you think it's finished, take a break, come back, refine it some more and then it's finished. Repeat over a couple of days.

Espadon · Sep 08, 2010, 12:57 AM // 00:57

As an artist I think that's a load of bull. How does that opinion apply to elegant sketches using just a few strokes? There's a beauty in finishing something quickly and eloquently, too.

It's very easy to overkill a piece. Oftentimes the average person's idea of a 'finished' work is comparable to the average shitty fanfic you see with their Mary Sue protagonists. The common idea of a finished, 'flawless' painting is actually the weakest, most boring stuff ever.

There's also the case where, no matter how many days you spend working on a piece, if you're baed, you're baed, and you're not going to be able to compare to a more experienced artist no matter what [unless you serendipitously hit upon magical awesomeness, but that's not something you can depend on].

I'd just like to make the point that you can't quantify any individual factor of art; good art is the combination of a lot of factors and the moment you try to divide these factors up, you're violating the definition of [good] art.

Charlie Dayman · Sep 08, 2010, 01:48 AM // 01:48

Espadon summed it up to the point. The length of time is not and should NOT be a requirement in determining whether or not a piece is to be considered finished. Constantly refining a work over an extended period of time isn't always necessary and can in some cases destroy the energy/gesture behind a picture.

Sometimes less is more.

*Darcy* · Sep 08, 2010, 08:54 AM // 08:54

IMO, those drawings aren't meant to be colored. I think any attempts to color them would ruin the art.

YunSooJin · Sep 09, 2010, 12:19 AM // 00:19

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Originally Posted by Darcy

IMO, those drawings aren't meant to be colored. I think any attempts to color them would ruin the art.

I actually regard them as finished pieces as I got them. I think coloring it would produce a different, not necessarily more evolved piece of artwork.

Duranin · Sep 23, 2010, 07:00 PM // 19:00

For me, planning and lineart tends to take much longer than colouring itself.. mostly because the early stages take more thinking and starting over and over.

If I manage not to get sidetracked, one of my old lined commissions would take probably 2-3 hours to colour.

My painty style takes many days.

ilr · Sep 25, 2010, 07:08 PM // 19:08

I'll agree with Duranin. I never learned basic construction techniques & never got over being a control freak so Pencil & Ink just isn't my medium -- read: takes longer than it should.

For coloring digitally, there's a lot of things to consider: Thin lines or tapered & stylized ones? Will the lines be re-tinted too? (extra step that really changes the composition). Bezier Cell shading or something more hands-on & random like Brush shading? How many shading layers in all? Style of the Highlights? Gradient Adjustments? Post-production adjustments for the commissioner? ...lotta stuff that can easily turn a 4-hour project into a 16 hour one...

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Originally Posted by YunSooJin

I actually regard them as finished pieces as I got them. I think coloring it would produce a different, not necessarily more evolved piece of artwork.

The second picture would require more than just a colorists, but rather a re-interpreter.
IE: someone with fairly strong anatomy and digital-inking experience