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Cataclysm-X — Tutorial: Shading and Blending
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Published: 2007-08-30 13:36:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 503841; Favourites: 7858; Downloads: 11833
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...::EDIT::...Larger and edited file on request.
Several people were complaining about the small font. Leaving critiques and comments are more than welcome, but I just don't like it when people use my tutorials and at the same time nitpick about the smallest things and don't even leave a "thank you" note.
So for those who do appreciate the 30 hours I spent in writing and drawing this tutorial: I uploaded a larger file. You can click download for full size.
...Whoa...
This is a MASSIVE tutorial I did in only 2 freakin' days! LOL.
I said I would do a gift for you all because someone hit the 60.000 pageviews. Besides, I got over 1550 watchers and my drawings of Vincent and House got over 1000 favourites.
Ooohh look at the pretty colors. My previous tutorials look quite boring compared to this baby.
Ehm... what else to say...
Have fun!
Watch my other tutorials here!
1. Eye Tutorial
2. Nose Tutorial
3. Hair Tutorial
4. Shading & Blending Tutorial
5. Drawing Progress Tutorial
6. Detailed Hair part 1 Tutorial
7. Detailed Hair part 2 Tutorial
8. Editing Drawings Tutorial
9. Drawing Materials Tutorial
10. Male Lips Tutorial
11. Female Lips Tutorial
12. Proportions Tutorial
13. Group Images Tutorial
...EDIT...
Tortillions cannot be reused except for smudged areas.
However, blendingsticks can be used more often if you sharpen them with a pencil sharpener or sandpaper!!
Kudos
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Comments: 961
Totillions are paper stubs right? I cut mine
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How do you not get the pencil everywhere? As In whenever I heavily shade with pencil and my hand was laying on the picture, it gets everywhere. Do you spray with with like hairspray of something?
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SORRY FOR THE TRIPLE POSTS! DA GOT INTO SOME TROUBLE >
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So complicated... But it helps alot, Thank you!
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It's sho complicated 
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It's sho complicated
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Thank you!! i love your art and very mutch shading!!
i think you have made me the better artist than i have been the 2 years i have been drawing!
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Eh, I've been working with a normal pencil and a normal eraser. It's killing me...I've been telling my mom to get me a kneeding eraser
You tutorials are very helpful, thanks!
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Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
I'm sure this will help me a lot
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I LOVE this tutorial.
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When I had tortillion (LOL sounds like tortilla) I just used a pencil sharpener, worked for me!
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thank you a lot! is really nice to have your tips cause i don't have a teacher, so sometimes i can't figure out how you did some of your shadows.
thank you a lot!
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Hi could you make one tutorial of skin texture!!!! thanks
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AWESOME MAN !!! great JOB ! you are really a kind of brother in my heart
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Just directed yet another deviant here. Thank you for making this tutorial so I never have to make one of my own.
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I could tell you were drawing Hugh Laurie just from glancing at the snapshot of the mouth.
Very impressive work and great tutorials.
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Thanks for taking the time to write this for everyone! Much appreciated!
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Thank you for all these tutorials, they're helping me a lot. ^^
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the tutorial is awesome !! i am sure it will help me alot !!!!!!!!!!! thankss alot for all your affort !!
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Thanks very much for putting in the time to help others!
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I never new how to shade and blend before. This will definitely help.
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Thank you for much for making this tutorial! It's very informative, detailed, and professional. I'll definitely be referencing this in the future.
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8D Thanks so much! It still looks very professional and awesome >3>
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I'm definitely going to use your tutorial to help me improve my drawing skills when I have time in the holidays! If I could learn to draw even a quarter as well as you draw, I'd be happy! Thanks for posting this!! 
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and I prefer regular pencils becuase they are softier, and somtimes unperfectly sharpened pencils can help you sahde
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theres one more option to blend, not the best one but its ok...
using a white color pencil
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Thank you for all the effort you put into this!
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Og god, you make such good details with just regular erasers? I usually use click erasers for small areas...
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Thanks again Nicolien. Seriously, you can do an artbook with all the tutorials you have... interspersed with your AMAZING works... it'll sell like hot cakes. You already have all the materials, you just need to rearrange the sequence and come out with a demo copy (is it what they call it?) and send to publishing companies. I just know that it'll be on top of the hot selling list...
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thankyou for putting through the trouble to help us improve in sketching !!
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You can use tortillions more than twice.
Just use your nail file on the tip (:
All the graffiti will come off, and it's gonna be as good as new.
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Amazing bits and bobs of knowledge of an essential for better styles of art, all rolled up into one little tutorial. And loving it so far.
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Thanks for taking the time to make this! I discovered tortillions and blending sticks about a year ago and love 'em 
Still learning tricks of the trade tho!
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This is a great tutorial, I've been looking for some good tutorials for this sort of thing and I'm sure that this will help me with some of my attempts at drawing things like this.
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Can't read it fully right now 'cause I'm at work **curses** but I have faved it for when I get home! You're an amzing artist and I'm really glad you found the time to make this and all your other tutorials!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
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thanks for your tutorials!! I'm going to look all of them!
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Omg that's the same way my teacher taught me to shade. I never actually used that method on my drawing though XD I just drew lightly in some areas and drew darker in others. I didn't start with a dark color and then use a kneaded eraser for highlights, although I do have all the tools you put in the tutorial. and you're right about the finger smudging. TRIED IT WHEN I FIRST STARTING DRAWING. it sucks!! one time my finger was wet and I smeared it and then my finger print got stuck in the picture! I was like WTH!!
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Cataclysm, thankyou so much for this tutorial, it has really helped me learn a few things and helped me decide what tools to buy. 
Thankyou so much for sharing your art and knowledge with us.
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