Photoshop program help?

hey i wanted to know if there was a way to like color in drawings like cartoonists do in photoshop programs and what do you do . i have adobe photoshop elements 2.0 and i dont know how to do that there

Photoshop program help?norten

Comics use mostly a line drawing and a layered gradient behind the black line work. You can do that in Photoshop yes. Make a new image, always use 300dpi resolution if you plan on printing it. So 8x10 inches at 300 should be a good sized canvas. Use your layers, make each shape in a new layer. You can draw and scan your work in or draw it digitally. Use the line trace and make a shape on a new layer, set your 2 colours in the palette and use the gradient tool to fill in the area.

They don't have to be the perfect shape, you can go in with the eraser later and clean it up. But the trick to illustration is to keep the different elements on separate layers. You can use layering F/X as well for more variety. The blending of the layers style, it's properties are attached to the layers window.