Heres a pic I drew in 2000 but colored in 05, im still coloring it though wanted to show yall what I color with. I use Fireworks MX and Photoshop Illustrator for my coloring. Im going to use PSP to get the textured work cause I want the browns to make them look like a leather type texture but don't have an idea how to do that properly. *some roam in my mind but what ive been doing hasn't been working*
NEW COLOR DESIGN CLICK HERE TO VIEW
I also did that multiply trick that Triem23 said which worked well, i need to tweek the curves a bit though.
Ill try to finish it up today, want to color some more stuff.
I use a wacom table and my Logitech MX100 mouse which allows me to control sensitivity like my wacom tablet which is amazing cause I didn't notice it until I actually loaded the software that came with it, it works really good!
Click here to view original line art
Started everything with layers, each flat color is a basic layer, than im going to layer over the flat layers with textures, shading, highlights etc.
Edit
Here is the second to the last version with shadows and textures added, I need to refine alot of it, also need to add hightlights and a more timed lighting effect.
UPDATED COLOR DESIGN WITH SHADOWS
I would like to hear yall thoughts on my work thanks! Critique
