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The tools/shortcut keys I use to flat:
Lasso: L key
Wand: W key
Pencil: B key(subcategory for brushtool)
Fill Color(shortcut): Alt+Backspace(foreground color) or Ctrl+Backspace(background color)
First you will need to set up your tools so they work correctly for flatting. This must be done or you get the pixelation(aka feathering) you mentioned.
Choose your lasso tool. Go to the bar along the top, located just below the menus. Make sure "Feather" is set to "0 px". Then uncheck the box for "Anti-alias"
Next choose the wand tool. Along the top, make sure "Tolerance" is set to "0", and uncheck "Anti-alias", "Contiguous", and "Sample All Layers"
Lastly choose the pencil tool(click and hold on the brush tool button, you will see the pencil tool in the drop down). Make sure along the top that the opacity is set for 100%, and in the brush options also make sure the opacity is not set for "pen pressure".
Now a few tips on the practice of flatting.
My process goes as follows. Drop a main color for the back ground. Select an area with the lasso tool, then use the fill shortcut(Alt+Backspace) to drop color into it. I personally never use the paintbucket tool.
When I select another area with the lasso tool. If the area I selected shares a border with another color I will expand my selection into that other color. Then use the wand tool and deselect the other color. This will contract my selection so there is no gap between the color I drop and color next to it.
My entire process can be broken down to Lasso, deselect bordering colors with wand, drop color, move on.
Lastly the pencil tool is the best choice to use for fine detail flatting(small areas of color or correcting color boundries). Never use the brush tool for flats, because no matter how hard you set the brush, there will always be feathering.
That should about do it.
Hmmmm maybe I should do a tutorial to help make all that make sense......
Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Feel free to color them up.