How Do You Color Anime & Manga?
Anime is Japanese animation and manga are Japanese comics. Manga is usually printed in black and white but sometimes has color. There are two ways to color manga and anime: by hand using colored markers or digitally using graphics programs. Most coloring is now done digitally with programs such as Photoshop. Import finished line art into Photoshop or Manga Studio. Line art can be imported via TWAIN (scanner) or a separate file on the computer. In Photoshop go to File > Import > [Name of scanner]. This will open a dialogue box. In the settings make sure that the scanner is set to 400 DPI so that the image will be high-quality. In Manga Studio go to File > Import > TWAIN. If the image is in a separate file go to File > Open and work within the image on either program. Create a group in the layers panel and name it “colors”. Create a main layer within the group called “base,” this will be the layer for flat colors. For each color or texture, create a new layer. For example, if a character
