That looks just amasing.
How do you color over it and still have the pencile textures come through like that?

Photoshop uses layers, so you can have the color go right in underneath the pencil sketch.

The way I did it was to put the lineart on the top layer and set the layer to darken. Been awhile since I messed with it so I forget the details. I remember using a plugin called eliminate white or something before.

Another way is to have the color on top and set the layer to Multiply. This also adds the ability to add airbrush style shading and highlights in aditional layers using the brush tool (if you set the flow way down). If you use this meathod though, start with the drakest (for shading) or lightest areas (for highlights), and work your way in. Then when the raw amount of color looks good, add a blur to the layer. You can keep the color from spilling in areas you don't want it by using a work path drawn around the line art as a selection area. The selection area will only allow color to be added in the selected area.

I put the pencil sketch in a layer over the color layer, and I also favor using multiply over darken.

Hmmm, that's sounds like a good idea. I'll keep that in mind when I do some 2d art again.

*nods and does it that way too on the rare occassions when he colours something.*
Usually I start with my olde Photo Paint making it a 16 colour linedraw and floodfilling that with the base colours, and end up with a confusingly large number of layers, often one for every bit of the pic where the base colour changes.
And if you can do that in two minutes than yes, please DO colour your pencil works that way! O: )

Looks awesome Skant. BTW, I'm in SJ for the weekend. >:P

Wow... actually, this looks realllly good. It's very impressive :D.

Ahh yes ... I remember this pic.
Looks very promising!

Looks great. Are you coloring in a new layer, and if so, what are the layer settings involved?

The technique I made up uses four layers.

The bottom layer is what I call flat colors. Just the base colors without any gradation.

On top of that is the pencil sketch layer. Set to multiply.

On top of that is my shading layer. It's a layer initially filled with 50% gray set to overlay. Then you brush it white to lighten and brush it black to darken.

And then on top of that is another shading layer... just like the other, but it's set to hard light... I use this for small touches where the gradation needs to be especially strong because this layer can pull it full white or full black. Unlike the overlay layer though, this one deadens color saturation wherever you shade.

dude, that looks fuckin awasome for only like two minutes XD your much more gifted than I with coloring. n___n! but I like black and white alot ;) more artistic.

Ohoh... if this is jus' an experiment then I got a feelin' that those of us who barely managed ta keep our wits with yer B/W art'll be totally blown away as well... an those didn't won't even stand a chance! :)

I think you're on the right track here :D

looks good to me and if you still have doubts you can always just scan a pencil colored version and the PS version and set them side by side and see which you like better .. thats what i did with a few things ive drawn

What's interesting is that you're pencil style actualy makes coloring work beautifuly. The varrying shades of pencil line mean you get built in shading that looks wonderful there.

Yeah. I was shocked by that, but it appears to be the case. Moreover, the pencils give it texturing.

I suspect I'm ending up with a rather unique style in some ways. Which, to think of it, is pretty typical for me. I often come up with ways of doing things that work only for me.

*nods* Just the barest amount of highlighting on that piece and it'll be stunning. I suspect once you get comfortable with coloring programs and get your claws under you, you'll be blowing us away with the raw awsome. :)

I think I have something that might interest you, if you're looking to keep your coloring as textured and "real" as your pencil lines are.

http://artrage.com/

Art Rage is a (very) inexpensive program created with specifically artists in mind. While photoshop seems focused on, well, photos.. Art Rage has all sorts of highly realistic tools at your disposal, including paint, pens and colored pencils. : )

Very cool looking coloring style Skanty. I hope you'll keep coloring, your work is awesome, and coloring will only make it moreso.

On a side note, looks like a funny picture, and with the title you have me wondering. ;>