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Charcoal Reduction Tutorial
Published: 2007-05-06 22:46:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 34236; Favourites: 480; Downloads: 731
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GASP! Thank you `znow-white for the DD!
All my charcoal works can be found here: [link]
I've had a bunch of people ask me to make a tutorial on how I go about my charcoal works. So here's a write up of how I make them.
If you've still got questions or think something isn't clear enough, just let me know. I consider this a 1.0 version and I'm sure I'll hack into the file to edit it at some point. And please check for typos. I checked a bunch of times, but I'm sure I missed something here or there.
If you're interested, you can see the finished artwork here: [link]
All charcoal works in my gallery were made using this technique. I have anime fanarts, cartoon fanarts, game fanarts, animals, realistic portraits, and still lifes. I have pieces that use only charcoal and pieces that incorporate a lot of pastels as well.
The fullsized 1000 pixel wide version is on download. So click download if you want that version.
Some examples:
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Comments: 195
I know this has been out for a while, but I just wanted to thank you for this tutorial! I'm trying to teach myself how to draw and I just used charcoal for the first time today and I based the technique completely off of this. It helped a lot!
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Um...this is cool and all but wouldn't it be easier just to start with black paper?
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White charcoal on black paper results in a very different look. They're two distinct styles.
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Awesome technique... I stared like "O____O" on this for near 3 minutes... It's awesome
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I just recently came across this tutorial as I was looking into learning different techniques I could apply to pastel & charcoal [I just bought a couple sets of pastels and had no clue how to approach them] and I have to say this is a wonderful tutorial especially for a beginner exploring their options with the medium.
Great job
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Thank you! I'm so glad you found it useful.
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the goku pic in my gallery was accomplished thanks to this process 
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Awesome!
I have a few color charcoal pencils, but mostly I use the dry pastels. They are very similar in consistency.
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Wow, this tutorial is amazing. I will try this when I get the time. I will have to pick up some materials you mentioned.
If I finish anything using your tutorial, I'll be sure to show you!
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Awesome!
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He's one of my faves.
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Thank you!
I learned it in Drawing 1 at OSU. Best part of that class.
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I'm so glad you found it useful!
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This is very helpfull. Along with withiamwill I now know what i can use my oil pastels for
Thank you for making/uploading this. Its VERY helpful (as I already said) ^w^
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Thank you!
I've never tried this method with oil pastels (I only use dry pastels). If you try it, tell me if it works or not.
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You are more then welcome ^w^.
Will do :3.
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Thats freaking amazing! Now I know the meaning of the useless pastels in my room! YAY!
This is seriously helpful!
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I sure as hell will! Flying Kicka Pow!
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Wow, I'm really glad I stumbled across this tutorial--I've been wanting to try this technique, but I didn't know where to start. I'll definitely keep this in mind. Thanks!
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I'm glad you found it useful
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You're quite welcome! I really like the charcoal works you have done, they're all very nice.
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[link]
I used the tutorial for a sample piece of art too.
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Haha, this reminds me of the charcoal tutorial I made, only for subtractive methods. XD Kinda like yours, but I explain things differently, and I think I talk about light sources.
I've forgotten, but I know it was a MONSTER of a tutorial, and you couldn't see the whole thing on dA, you had to download it! XD
Awesome work though, Tina. =3
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More people need to use charcoal.
I actually used the shrink function for this one, it was so long. Something like 10000 pixels at fullsize, which is on download. I can get talky sometimes.
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I know! Charcoal is so relaxing and fun when you really know how to use it. =3 I wish people would use it a lot more, I don't see it on here enough. XD
OH! XD I would've, if dA didn't have a problem with the file size. I know mine was over 10000. I think. I'd have to check now. XD
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I think dA rejects anything over 20M, so you have to shrink it down to less, unless it's a print source file and then you can use FTP for a file up to 80M. I guess it's to keep people from posting outrageously huge stuff.
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XDD Probably. I put it into PNG compression, so it's pretty big. I wonder if I saved it for web, it'll cut down the size? Ah well, won't be able to tell for a while, that's for sure. XD
Thanks, Tina.
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You could try it as a jpeg. They're much smaller than pngs, even at the utter lowest setting for compression.
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XD I'll try that once I get my laptop back from being repaired.
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