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July 15, 2017
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How do I color-blend like this image?

  • July 15, 2017
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I love Jon Klassen's work. He scans in paint or charcoal textures then colors them; that's easy. What I don't understand is how he colors those textures to get all the blended color within a texture - how it has multiple, blended colors in one. It looks so smooth and natural. Anyone have any clue? Thanks!

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Correct answer davescm

Hi

You could try something like below

Set the scanned layers (in my case I just used sections of a black & white image of a paving stone texture that I had handy) to blending mode multiply.

Clip a layer to each (Alt-Click on the border) and set that new layer to blending mode color. Then brush on color with a soft brush.

I have shown the blending modes in the layer names

Dave

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davescm
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davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 15, 2017

Hi

You could try something like below

Set the scanned layers (in my case I just used sections of a black & white image of a paving stone texture that I had handy) to blending mode multiply.

Clip a layer to each (Alt-Click on the border) and set that new layer to blending mode color. Then brush on color with a soft brush.

I have shown the blending modes in the layer names

Dave

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    joshd35633234Author
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    July 16, 2017

    Sorry to hound you Dave but any insight on the brush you're using? Even at 0% hardness and making the brush larger, the transition between colors is so drastic compared to your subtle one.

    Thanks!

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity Expert
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    July 16, 2017

    I have PM'd you a link to the file so you can have a closer look at each layer

    Dave

    Mylenium
    Mylenium
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    July 15, 2017

    You'd have to ask the artist for the specifics, but presumably he's using multiple duplicates and additional masking in overlapping areas to more finely control blending behavior plus completely different colors than the outcome may show. That's just the nature of the thing - blue and red do not necessarily mix to purple when using blending modes...

    Mylenium

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