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Kalfy In reply to snowleopard1010101 [2019-09-06 13:59:33 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much! makes my day to hear that <3 as for how i made this. this specific style is my (cell shading) style. i wanted to have a style of art that was quicker, more experimental and just more fun to make. so i came up with this style. when im making these cellshades i like to focus on one thing. i ask myself "does this look cool?" if the answers yes then well im on track. i dont worry too much about realism and focus on having nice fancy colors and attractrive lighting. 

as for the technical stuff. to make this art i use a toooon of photoshops features. getting familiar with photoshop and all its tools really open up a ton of possibilities when i make art and I try not to shy away from using them to their fullest. the most common features i use to make this specific style are as follows:

Layers 

Clipping masks

layer locks

adjustment layers 

lasso tool 

as for specific blending modes, here's what I use

multiply - for shadows 

overlay - for soft direct light

linear dodge - for sharp white highlights and bounce light 

color dodge - for specular highlights and color variation

soft light - more color variation 

as for adjustment layers. I use these to mainly balance out my colors and sometimes fix my values. my most commonly used ones are:

color balance

Hue/saturation 

levels 

curves 

brightness/contrast 

finally I use a few filters. its worthy to mention that i apply filters last and usually have everything on one layer. with said layer as a "smart object" this allows me to erase certain parts of a filter 

filters I use are 

liquify 

motion blur (adds directional blur)

Gaussian blur (adds blur)

hard pass (increases clarity and sharpness) 

as for brushes used. i use a ton of brushes from @tsaoshins brush pack. maily the elliptical brushes and scratch brush. along with a few others. i also use some from 'Kyles brush megapack.' you can find this brush set with a quick google search. 

hope this helps a little and isn't to confusing! feel free to note me with any questions  

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snowleopard1010101 In reply to Kalfy [2019-09-06 21:33:39 +0000 UTC]

Do you use media paint pro?

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Kalfy In reply to snowleopard1010101 [2019-09-07 06:47:15 +0000 UTC]

I use Photoshop for my art

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Kalfy In reply to LynxVSJackalope [2019-06-22 18:23:12 +0000 UTC]

its a mix of two really easy tricks in photoshop, I'm planning a tutorial for both pretty soon so stay tuned! 

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LynxVSJackalope In reply to Kalfy [2019-06-22 18:53:15 +0000 UTC]

Will do! I'll drop a watch and look forward to more from you ^^

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Kalfy In reply to Crazypanda1219 [2019-06-22 06:02:41 +0000 UTC]

That means so much to me ❤️ thanks a ton for the comment 

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Kalfy In reply to JPlotting [2019-06-21 22:15:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! I can't wait to see how the portrait turns out

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Kalfy In reply to zagiir [2019-06-21 22:16:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ❤️

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Kalfy In reply to IronNidheg [2019-06-21 19:45:49 +0000 UTC]

thanks! i think they're supposed to be a sort of curved claw

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