Basically, go hands on and color pick from old anime screenshots and try to make up a palette yourself. You can also lock your opacity of the layer and color over, or go to filter>hue to drag a slider to change the color! Mostly colored. Notice that the white is off-white, and the tone of the skin.
Please note that older anime is simpler while 90's anime is more detailed. Important: Before you start outlining, take a look at a scanned drawing of pen ink. The lines are kinda rough! I usually use g-pen (graphite) but I used acrylic this time to see how it would look like. The sunset picture with Shuu used the g-pen.
Reference some old screenshots or cels, and adjust the color to your needs. The colors are darker and greyer than modern anime due to cels stacking over each other during the photographing process of old anime cels, so giving it a grey look helps. Also, the colors aren't going to be what you expect.
The colors are darker and greyer than modern anime due to cels stacking over each other during the photographing process of old anime cels, so giving it a grey look helps. Also, the colors aren't going to be what you expect. Skin that seems light will be closer to dark grey, purple, or brown.
Okay, that isn't very helpful, but 80's anime was often drawn by people with perfect knowledge of anatomy but had to draw quickly because of budget, so it doesn't need to be perfect, but it helps if you're accurate.
1:448:30Retro Anime Filter in Clip Studio Paint - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipUse thin brushes to mimic inking. And then flatten the characters. And sell shade. Them. This effectMoreUse thin brushes to mimic inking. And then flatten the characters. And sell shade. Them. This effect isn't too difficult to achieve let's get right into it.
5:5130:06How To Get That "Anime" Look | Style - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipBy the way from character characters from left to right that Center we worth Mikael. And Osama. SoMoreBy the way from character characters from left to right that Center we worth Mikael. And Osama. So on make Mikael. You can see the yellows there and it looks a little messy.
3:006:53How to Fake '80s Anime - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipIt's best to do the backgrounds traditionally in my opinion. Since it's an easy way to get some dirtMoreIt's best to do the backgrounds traditionally in my opinion. Since it's an easy way to get some dirt and texture into your image which makes it look much more like analog.
TwinFace This is a completely free phone app that can turn picture into anime in an instant. You just need to upload a selfie and the neural network magic will do the trick.
There is actually a large amount of anime based on real events, whether they be large scale or events that simply happened to the author. Let's take a look at some far-fetched anime that were actually inspired by real events!
0:004:35How To Draw Funny Soda - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipAnd then come down to there or angle it in yeah. Okay now down here at the bottom we're gonna draw aMoreAnd then come down to there or angle it in yeah. Okay now down here at the bottom we're gonna draw a curved line not a straight line we're gonna draw a curved line for the bottom of our cup.
Okay, that isn't very helpful, but 80's anime was often drawn by people with perfect knowledge of anatomy but had to draw quickly because of budget, so it doesn't need to be perfect, but it helps if you're accurate.
As of recently, GIMP has been made pretty redundant. You can do the brightness/contrast stuff in medibang, there's a convenient chromatic aberration effect in medibang, and you don't need the paper/slate textures if you use the 'custom noise' for watercolour paper and sand effects in medibang.
After reading and watching through many articles and videos explaining how to fake the 80s effect, I realized 2 things:
If you use Krita like me, here is a more specific step-by-step guide. For this tutorial, I will be painting Ranma Saotome from Ranma 1/2.