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This is why it

is imperative to have a 'flats' layer. All comic book renderers and illustrators ( professionals that is ) do it that way. get your flats layer then you have a layer that acts as an instant selection layer for all parts of the image. And when you have a selection it acts like an old fashioned frisket so that you never render outside the lines.

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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 2 Nov 2008, 15:00, archived)

thanks for that

it was a lame attempt at humour, i've never tried colouring anything in my life and i don't understand a word you said, i'll leave that to you arty types. i'm strictly cut and paste, it's all my limited intelligence and memory will allow me to do. that said i am going to make an effort to find out what all that layer mask business is about as i have a feeling it may be handy and it seems to get mentioned a lot.

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god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Sun 2 Nov 2008, 15:13, archived)

hehe. I

added a wink when I wrote it, but after reading back I decided it was a bit of a serious attempt to describe it so I took it out. But I did spot you were having a laugh.
Yeah, you should learn about using layer masks. It makes certain jobs much easier. The planet thing I did in Summer uses quite a few ( and was painted in photoshop for a change )
I don't use quick masks a lot but they can be useful.

I have been meaning to write some tutorials for some time and must get on with that. Often it has nothing to do with skill or talent and just requires people sharing knowledge and technique to get great effects.

( I'm all for sharing, saying "I can do this and you can't so I'm super" is just pathetic )

edit. For anyone interested but confused, this will explain flats.

www.robertocampus.com/2007/06/photoshop-tutorial-wonder-woman-pin-up-digital-painting/

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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 2 Nov 2008, 15:19, archived)