test- animation colorist by mayshing

Look to the left, Click Download to download PSD file.

Programs:
Anything that can color will be fine.

Directions:
1. Duplicate lineart layer. Place it under the official lineart.
EX: Layer 1 on top of Layer 1 copy

2. Fill/color on duplicated lineart layer using drop tool, sample color from the finished color sample on file. (NOT the model sheet! The color is different from scene to scene so current model sheet is only for reference.)

3. After finish, check if anything flood outside of your color layer and cause pixellation. If that happened, clean it up so it's neat and clean. If the coloring does not meet requirement I will request retry.

4. Merge down the lineart layer to the duplicated copy layer.

Repeat until you finish.
After you finish email to mayshingATgmail

If you pass you will be listed into the colorist group, when there's job coming I will pass it out to all available artist.

model sheets of the character for your reference: altabe.deviantart.com/art/Jere…

Test for coloring for people interested in helping out with my animation.

Be aware, the workload is not light, you will be required to show me result in a week once given assignment. It's like a job, like the do it or doom homework, do it like it is.

You will be included on a special marketing discount when the dvd is out.

Tygerlyla Featured By Owner Jul 1, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Hi,
its been two years since someone commented on this post. Im wondering if youre still looking for a colorist. Or is this post closed?

mayshing Featured By Owner Jul 6, 2015 Professional Filmographer

i take in new people all the time, what i do is i put the people who passed the test on an email list, when work comes I will email everyone and see who's available to do work.

Tygerlyla Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I cant seem to find your gmail address, and when I click to the gmail on this post. its an empty page

mayshing Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2015 Professional Filmographer

mayshing@ gmail.com
Remove the space.
DA's sort of deformed my email address XD

Tygerlyla Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks, Ive sent the email and attachment. Pay no mind to the typos, my workstation in the office is cramped with paperworks

. Hope to be included in your email group list .

mayshing Featured By Owner Jul 9, 2015 Professional Filmographer

yep u are in!

Tygerlyla Featured By Owner Jul 9, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Awesome! Thanks! I won't let you down

mayshing Featured By Owner Jul 9, 2015 Professional Filmographer

MizukiHitomi Featured By Owner Jun 22, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Can I do this test. It's summer and i wanted to have some more experience in coloring & shading. I'll work for free if thats the case. Oh, and i have no experiance in Photoshop. But I'm great in Paint Tool SAI

mayshing Featured By Owner Jun 22, 2013 Professional Filmographer

sure you can do the test anytime. ^_^

Sai works just fine, it takes a bit longer than photoshop.

Nesgate Featured By Owner Jun 17, 2012

Are you still looking for colorists? I'm looking for experience, even if it is free work.

mayshing Featured By Owner Jun 17, 2012 Professional Filmographer

sure, right now i have no jobs for colorists though, they tend to come in at the end of the production. We are still in animation stage.

beka-azami Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I was wondering...Does this just mean, coloring frames that you've drawn in flat color? If so, I was wondering if I could help out

I have a tablet so it's pretty easy for me to color. I'll give this a go for you

Anything to help you~

mayshing Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2011 Professional Filmographer

yes of course.

Awesome that you want to help. We tend to keep a large list, you can also help out in multiple areas, so you are welcome to try multiple tests. ^^ Thanks!

beka-azami Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

REALLY?! thanks so much ^^ I'll do this one now because I doesn't take much work to color :3 Especially if you have a pen tablet ^^

mayshing Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2011 Professional Filmographer

agree. XD lol

beka-azami Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Alright. So what I've done is coloured one of the 2 frames and fixed the already coloured one. Phew~
Hard work but I'm really enjoying it

Do you want me to merge the groups? Or leave the layers for you to take a look at?

mayshing Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2011 Professional Filmographer

merge is fine.

for such a simple test.

beka-azami Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Aye Aye ^^ I'll send you the finished copy soon ^^ I'm going out for the next couple hours so you should get it tomorrow or something ^^ (Due to the time differences~)

mayshing Featured By Owner Dec 24, 2011 Professional Filmographer

Nesgate Featured By Owner Jun 13, 2011

I'm definetly interested and will give this a try. You can check out my gallery for examples of what I can do with color. This week I'm busy preparing for a convention this week end, but I'll be available afterwards. If I have time this week, I'll do your color test if you feel it is still necessary. Would love to help out on your project. Keep up the great work with your art.

mayshing Featured By Owner Jun 13, 2011 Professional Filmographer

ok i look forward to your test result. We will be putting up more tests in the future too.

Perelandri Featured By Owner Apr 27, 2011

_{... I don't suppose you'd have room to take on another colorist/inker? ._.'' (hurr so late what is this "OTL sorry .__.)}

mayshing Featured By Owner Apr 27, 2011 Professional Filmographer

hiring is open always, because when we pass out the assignments, not everyone has time at the moment. So we take as many as we can and just use those who are available. ^^

Perelandri Featured By Owner Apr 27, 2011

_{Alright! Thank you! Um... do you have a preference as to applications right now? As in, would you rather have colorists or inkers...? Sorry to ask so many questions ;u;}

mayshing Featured By Owner Apr 27, 2011 Professional Filmographer

rather have inkers, but inkers require more skill such as knowing animation and be sensitive to lines quality, as well as know anatomy, its not as easy to get them.

Perelandri Featured By Owner Apr 27, 2011

_{I see... I'm still not that experienced in animation yet (though I'd like to think I have a pretty good grasp on anatomy >A<;; ) but it's a field that I want to get a job in eventually...! Do you have any suggestions for guides or anything that would be good for would-be inkers to use? :>}

mayshing Featured By Owner Apr 28, 2011 Professional Filmographer

a note has been sent to u.

Noxmoony Featured By Owner May 2, 2010 Professional Filmographer

Are you still looking for volunteers? I loved your heart's melody animation and uh, perhaps after my exams finish in early June, I could try and help you out?

mayshing Featured By Owner May 2, 2010 Professional Filmographer

cool.

yes i am.

Noxmoony Featured By Owner May 2, 2010 Professional Filmographer

Awesome! Thanks

I'll do that inking or colouring test as soon as my exams are over! Thanks a lot for taking the initiative by the way! Go Mayshing

mayshing Featured By Owner May 3, 2010 Professional Filmographer

thank you for planning to try it out!

Noxmoony Featured By Owner May 3, 2010 Professional Filmographer

Hey you're welcome, oh well I love animation and I'm planning on making a really short short this summer, so I thought it'd be good practice helping you out, plus I'm so lazy and unmotivated most of the time,that I guess it'll force me to do something instead of moping around midway through June, yeah. Plus I loved your heart's melody and I loved how you took up this grand idea to make this epic animation..yeah so I wanted to help you out. I hope I can pass

Thanks.

mayshing Featured By Owner May 3, 2010 Professional Filmographer

no problem. i am posting my thesis soon and its a giant leap from Heart's melody. I didn't post my third year because I had an agreement with the musician not to post it until I can fit the animation to the finished piece.

Noxmoony Featured By Owner May 4, 2010 Professional Filmographer

Thanks man. Awesome, can't wait to watch it. I bet it is, you must've gotten even better.

Music certainly does add a lot to an animation. Its like speech isn't always necessary, but I feel that music really completes an animation...well the right kind any way. I just saw your journal, goodluck with your screening!

Must be awesome, to have your animation screened in front of a whole audience eh, neat

mayshing Featured By Owner May 5, 2010 Professional Filmographer

music is a big part of it, but the musicians currently working with me all still need room to grow, I avoided professional's songs because it will limit my film's public access or it might become too expensive.

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mhps900076 Featured By Owner Mar 21, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

is the event over yet?

mayshing Featured By Owner Mar 21, 2010 Professional Filmographer

no not really i will always be recruiting, i have a 20 min film after my current one. so send it in if you want to join us.

mhps900076 Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

okay...

hopefully i will get in ...
btw, what kind of film are you doing next? o.o or is it a secret?

mayshing Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2010 Professional Filmographer

its not a secret, i tried hard to make it obvious but its not, lol~~~
See here:
[link]

mhps900076 Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

i tried sending the animation test thing to you ealier but the for some reason yahoo mail keeps saying error uploading...
>< been trying 35 times already....
is yahoo mail that agaisnt me or what?!?!

mayshing Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2010 Professional Filmographer

its probably past 20 mb, public email only takes upto 20 mb.
Use sendspace.com to send it to me.

mhps900076 Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

well, no if i was too large, yahhooo would have told me, because i rememeber uploading this 30 min video..and this thing popped up saying...its too big to be send..i was like aww...lol..
so i dont think its that , but i will try sendspace.com

mayshing Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2010 Professional Filmographer

yeah i got the file but... there's problem with it, i can't see the character at all... something maybe corrupted, you might need to check your computer.

Feina Featured By Owner Mar 19, 2010

I wish that I could be of some help but I'm busy with school. -shakes fist- >D<

I hope that you would get all of the volunteers that you need! Good luck with your work!