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FMA Cel Shading Tutorial
Published: 2010-06-14 05:33:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 47630; Favourites: 2350; Downloads: 1054
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I'm pretty new to DeviantArt, and people have been very kind so far.
So I thought I'd do something for you guys! I've had a couple of people message me asking for a tutorial, and I figured I'd give it a try.So, here's my cel-shading tutorial. Really basic, it's my first one and probably not very good/a little confusing, but I really tried to make sense, I swear. If you have any questions about something in the tutorial, please put them in the comments or message me and I'll try to clarify!
If you'd like to see a bigger version of the finished image from this tutorial, here it is -->
Hopefully the tutorial is useful to somebody!
Thanks,
-Jen
Edit: Thank you so much for the DD! I'm honored. I would have never expected to get one on my old FMA artwork, haha. It's been over a year since I made this tutorial, but I hope you fine people still find it to be helpful.
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Comments: 387
Incredible tutorial! 
Quick question--what size brush did you use for the lineart? It's so crisp and wonderful~
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Thank you!
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Well, you certainly have him spot-on now. xD I actually thought for a moment that the picture of him winking in the rain was drawn by the anime artist and reuploaded onto dA! Thanks for the reply--I'm always anxious to see how other artists set their brushes when they draw, so that I can note how large to make my own. ^^
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Incredible tutorial!
Quicky question--what size brush did you use for the lineart on this piece? It's so crisp and wonderful~
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woah!! awesome tutorial!!
I didn't even know half the stuff you talked about! 
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Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful to you. c:
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8D THANK YOU I could not for the life of my figure that shit out -.-
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I'm so glad it helped you out! c:
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Congratulations on receiving this Daily Deviation!! You've been featured in July 2011 Resources DD Summary !
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Thank you so much for featuring this tutorial as a DD! I appreciate it immensely. c:
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Holy crap thats AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGG!!! <3 thank you SO much!
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Hope it helps you out! c:
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Wow, just wow! I don't think I fully appreciated this art until now. I mean, I've loved anime for years, and I always enjoyed its style, but I don't think I understood all the fine details, all the subtleties that goes into making something like this. You've opened my eyes! Fantastic tutorial! It has me just itching to try something like this! I've been coloring my stuff on picnik.com (i don't know if you ever heard of it), because I've been too afraid to touch my CS5, but you've really encouraged me! Great job!
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Ah man, thank you. I'm really glad you enjoyed the tutorial. c: I know digital art can be a bit intimidating, so I tried to make it a bit friendlier to approach. Yes, I've heard of picnik! I've never used it, but I see you've done quite well using it with your art. You have a lot of digital coloring skill already, so you'll probably learn Photoshop pretty quick and your work will be even better. Best of luck!
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Aw, thank you very much! I appreciate the compliment and I will get a tablet as soon as I can so I can give photoshop a whirl! Thanks again and keep up the amazing work!
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I have to say, this tutorial is one of the best I've seen. For anything, not just cel shading! I used your wise words of wisdom and incorporated the cel shading techniques used here into my own style and made this: [link] I know it's not nearly as good as your own artwork, but I worked really hard on it, and I just wanted to let you know that your tutorial was of great help to me.
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I'm so happy it was able to help you out! That makes it all worthwhile. c: Your picture turned out great! Nice use of cel shading there. I hope you continue to create more artwork!
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Thanks so much! I will, don't worry about it!
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Wait, I have another question. On my Photoshop (CS3 Extended), if I try to color stuff beneath the lineart layer, it won't show up at all. So what should I do?
I've tried to color things like that to make them neater, but since it's below the lineart it won't show up unless I put it OVER the lineart layer, and that colors the whole dang picture. So I have to color everything on the final lineart, and it's irritating.
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I think that all depends--is the lineart you're trying to color on its own layer, or does it have a white background? If it's lines that you've scanned in (like, lines you've done on paper and want to color digitally, which I often do) then what you need to do is set your lineart layer to 'multiply'. There should be a drop-down list in the layers palette that says "Normal", and if you click on that and select 'Multiply', you should be able to color under your lineart. c:
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Okay, I'll try that.
This is pretty much how I start a drawing:
1. Begin "Layer 1"
2. Sketch the drawing in red.
3. Begin "Layer 2"
4. Trace over the red with black.
5. Begin coloring.
And I have no idea why it won't let me color lineart unless it's on the same layer. :/
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Wow, I've wondered how people got those colors to blend! Gradients~ I muist remember that.
Thanks for this, I can't wait to try it out!
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You're welcome! I hope it helps you out with your coloring. c:
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Yes, but it's almost midnight, so I'm going to bed. *yawns* I'm still on California time somewhat, though.
The Chicago skyline is addicting to look at. It's purdyyyyyyyyyyyyy~
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man thats good!!! Imma try!!!!!!
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Thanks! I hope it goes well for you!
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this explains things easy, easy to follow and so so helpfull, many thanks , bloody fantastic
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Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful to you! c:
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This is just perfect! I love cell shading and this will help me with my technique. I love you for this! Thank you!
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Ah, great! I'm glad it was helpful to you! You're welcome. c:
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that is brilliant,
It is very helpful
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This is exactly what I was looking for and needed to know
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Oh how long i have waited for something like this. You have my greatest thanks. Perhaps now i could have ago at digital art.
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I'm so glad it's helpful to you! Definitely give digital art a try! :>
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