My first coloring - I still have my friends !

[Elfman]

Hi !

I was rereading some older chapters of my favorite manga when I came by the page where Luffy realizes he still has his friends. I really like the relief on Luffy's face, especially when you already know what kind of sacrifices all the SH's made for their captain to support him in his journey. The tears, the blood the drama :p So when I saw it in black and white I wanted to color it even though I never done something like that before. I'm pretty satisfied with the outcome especially with Luffy. I saved Luffy for last because I wasn't sure how to do it so I started with the smaller Strawhats to practice in this order: Franky - Zoro - Sanji - Robin - Nami - Chopper - Usopp - Brook and Luffy.

• I tried using the color schemes from the anime,
• The backgrounds were inspired on the colorspread of chapter 628, now it cuts like a knife.
• Added a .gif with some layers I wanted to show, so you could see what steps I took.

Hope you guys have some C&C for me, I like to color and hope to do it again soon (and better)

Stock Image

My Creation

Step by step .gif

[Pirate Empress Kooh]

The green undertones, is that the equivalent of a colour wash for a painting? Just wondering…

Really cool job btw! The only thing I would say is that it's a little too colourful (even for One Piece). The backgrounds could use some toning down, but the character colours are great, and are better vibrant. Just the backgrounds kind of overwhelm the whole thing...

I like the blood on Luffy's shoulder, nice to see some realistic dry blood colours.