Thread:ArwenoftheSunland/@comment-27824390-20170704031713/@comment-28247510-20170716205345

what I do is:

pick out your base color, your main color for the oc

make a layer under the line art, and color in the entire character, even the parts that aren't that color. Don't use the bucket, just color it with a pen under it, or outline the character and then use the fill tool

After that, you can go into more detail, make layers between your base color and your line art for more colors/parts being colored (I recommend making literally as many layers as you can with what you do, separating everything has proved for me to be really important and helpful) and LABEL YOUR LAYERS HHhH

then, after that, shading and highlighting goes on top of the colors and/or the line art, though that isn't really coloring anymore lol

idk what drawing app you use though so this might not work if it limits your layers or something like that, that's just how I do it in firealpaca