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Published: 2015-08-24 18:56:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 7887; Favourites: 324; Downloads: 65
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*LADIES AND GENTLEMEN*Here...
I present you...
A TUTORIAL ON MY LIGHTING AND SHADING!
Yes.
This finally happened
Oufff, that's been a while that I've been promising one, so yeah, here you go, sweeties!
I've tried to describe and explain everything as precisely as possible, aaand I hope it will help you somehow
Please download for the full view!
THE FINISHED ARTWORK:
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Lucie, CEFC ILB-025 Theodmer (c) by me
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FOR YOUR REQUESTS AND QUESTIONS
TAKE A LOOK AT MY TUMBLR (FOR REQUESTS AS WELL)
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Tools of trade:
References used: Own; Bg Sims3
Photoshop CS5
Wacom Intuos 5 Tablet
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Comments: 42
I'm so in love with your style since it what I want to achieve too. My only problem is getting the shading right. I kinda improved how to get the muscles look good and stuff but I really seem so suck at smudging. :C It moves around and doesn't look just soft and smooth - I read you just use the normal smudge brush and low power but hooooow does it get so good?
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Thank you so much, I'm happy to read these words! <3
Yeah, it is indeed hard to figure out how to smudge in a right not kinda dirty way, but it will surely come with more practice! c: Good luck, Nimb believes in you!
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I guess so, haha - I'll do my best!
<3 Thank you!
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I totally forgot to fav this
Thank you for sharing it with us <3 It's awesome!
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You're very very welcome!
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If you merge your lines with the white base, then mask other colors on top of it, how is your lineart still showing? Also, do you ever change the color of your lines? if so, how do you do that? :/
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I'm putting all of the colours on the one same layer on the top of the mask one and the important thing is that the layer with colours is set to multiply mode^^ and therefore, the colour of lines will change while you will be colouring on the top of them :3
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This has been insanely helpful. I've been having some trouble making my characters look like they should be a part of the background.
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Yaaay, I'm so glad it helped
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YUSHHH finally!! Okay so for the actual blending, you use a smudge brush? What settings? You make it look so smooth... mine always drags and looks weird :/
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Depends in which program c:
In photoshop I'm simply using the standard smudge one but with lowered intensity. In CSP-MangaStudio 5 it's a bit harder, i have come up with a more or less normal smudge tool after loads of tries, settings changes, tortures and sufferings xD
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hahahahaha XD I am gonna have to try that out then 
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this is so beautiful I can only hope that in time my shading and art will be that good X_X
and now I can't even use your tutorial because my tablet is brokeeen
but but but when I got a new one, I will TOTALLY use your tutorial because your art is SO FREAKING EPIC and I could use a little (lottle) help xD thanks for making this!!
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Thanks sosososo much!
I'm so glad it's useful
Good luck with practice<33
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no probleeem!!
oh, it sure is! Thaaaaanks! 
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I'LL DEFINITELY GONNA TRY THIS ONE!
Thank you so much for making a tutorial
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I'm so happy you like it
Thank you so much dear and good good good luck to you!
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I totally do
Thank you 
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AWESOME!!! Thanks so much for this tutorial. It gives me some inspiration.
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You're very welcome! Good luck to you!
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weeeeeeew AWESOOOOOME *-* great that i can see how you do your superawesome shading! :3 and it helps me a lot for my future works, thanks so much for this tutorial, i think you spend a lot of time on that so thanks that you've done this for us hun <3333
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OHMIGAHD, I'm so glad you've found it useful!
Thank you so much darling, good luck with practicing! I believe in you! <333
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yup, it's really useful! :3 i definitely should work more with the layer mods, it looks so good on your works *-*
thaaaanks so much <333
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I'm happy!
And thank you too! <333
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL!!
Could you explain step 6 further though? Because I'm a total noob in shading like that and it looks so soft and different from what I am used to - what brush are you using, what colors? Thank youuuu!
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You're sosososo welcome!!! <3
Sure!
Look, firstly, I create the multiply layer with the opacity of 36-40% and with the colour of the coat (for example) but desaturated. With a usual Clip Studio ink pen, I draw the cell shading. Then, I use the smudge brush to soften it and to correct it. Secondly, over it, I create a new multiply layer with the same opacity as the previous one, and with the same colours and draw the same cell shading for depth. Then smudge again. And, finally, I do the screen and/or the soft light layer and paint with white on low opacities, and then softly smudge them. For the highlights I'm usually using the simple round brush with soft edges :3
That's it!
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Okay, thank you so much!!
I'll try this right now, hope I'll be a little bit more satisfied with the results than I am usually
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You're very welcome!
Good luck dear!
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kind of??
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JIZAZ CRIST this is awesome!
I'm loving it so much, good job on shading!
Thank you, Aylee is such an adorable baby in that picture
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.... I LOVE YOU.
This is exactly what I've been looking for! Would probably be much quicker than the way I do it.....
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Thank you so much!
I'm really glad it's helping
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