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Cataclysm-X β Tutorial: Shading and Blending
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Published: 2007-08-30 13:36:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 503856; 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!!
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Comments: 961
I'm very grateful for the series of tutorials. This one explains tricky part of drawing. Thanx a lot
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This is great! I usually blend with my finger and it looks really ugly and dirty. But um. I lost my tortillon XD
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thank you for making this , light skin is my weakest part ^^' i find this helpful
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Thanks for the tutorial!
What exactly is the difference between a tortillion and a blending stick when it comes to blend the pencil lines? Do they work the same or are there differences in the result?
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Looks like a wonderful tutorial, but unfortunately it's a little too small to really be able to read the text. Could you perhaps please allow us to download the original full size?
Love your work!
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I can't read any of the words! their too small!
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The tortillions can be reused! When I bought mine, it came with the sandpaper stuff, (kinda like a nail file). You just rub the end on it, sanding the paper back into a clean point. >.<
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yup, wrote that in the description a long time ago 
on the other hand: tortillions aren't the ones which can be reused by rubbing the tip with sanding paper, but blending sticks! tortillions are rolled up pieces of paper which, if you damage the tips, fill fall apart.
blending sticks are made of... I don't know what it's called... pressed paper? Something like that. Anyway, those are the ones which can be used with sanding paper
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MAKE IT BIG !! 
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you could ask it nicely instead of demanding it
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I asked it
Sorry! Sometimes I just write in CAPSLOCK showing excitement
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You are quite godly like sharing these nifty tricks (:
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pencil donΒ΄t smudge
everything should be done in pencil
not finger (tissue)
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I always seem to get this shiny look to the darkest areas of my pictures for some reason I don't understand. Is that because I'm using a really dark pencil?
Also, the shading portion of this was extremely helpful. I always seem to scribble and never completely fill the area because I'm lazy, which would explain why my shading looks so messy.
Great tutorial
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Ah awesome. I want to try the tortillions. Very helpful. Thanks!
Cheers xx
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Going to have much fun practicing this
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You are quickly becoming my Yoda
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wow deze tutorial is echt heel handig!
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Thanks so much! I'm definitely going to use this!
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It looks like a great tutorial but unfortunately I just cant read it
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i cant read them also
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Its a real shame cause this tutorial could really help me :/
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yes it's really hard to read on this site, but you can also save the image and zoom in on it. that's what i did, and though the letters became a bit fuzzy, you can read it a lot better that way (= good luck!
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Wow, I've never herd of most of these ways of blending before! I'll be sure to try them
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May I give you an advice.? Check all your tutorials and enable the download buttons because they all got very small since they switched us to v7. Now it's almost impossible to really see anything because the picture is so small and I know it was a lot bigger before.
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Thanks for such a great tutorial, I feel much more confident with attempting shading and blending now!
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just discovered this site 2day.its great and very helpful...keep it up!!!!!
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This helped a lot, thank you... Funny.. My name now-adays for everything is either Cataclysmatic (not an actual word,I know) or cataclysm
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Nice tutorial~! I've always been bad at shading.. I'll try it out
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Omg! This was so useful thank you! I think I'll visit this one again when I'm stuck...shouldn't take too long!
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You are a GENIUS! I always sucked with shading and i just tried out your technique on my current drawing and its amazing! I'm very excited to finish my drawing now!
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Good tutorial, but I think blending with a finger is a bad idea.
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I find that wrapping a tissue around a dull pencil or a dead pen a useful substitute for tortillions.
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OMG thank u so much!i have been trying to learn how to shade for ages!
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My gosh, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I'm doing a sketched portrait for school and I didn't know how to do it, this really helps! (as in, if I didn't find this tutorial I'd most likely kill myself over frustration ;D)
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WoW this tut is really all about it. You explain yourself so clearly even though you don't use your own language to write it all down.
My drawing development will be now divided as, before and after coming across your tutorials.
You kick ass, dude! \o/
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Wow, I actually applied some tricks shown here on my newest drawing before I even saw the tutorial! lol Too bad I'm still a noob with portraits 
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A question: When your drawing , do you fill up , for example, the face all with pencil and then you blend it? (I know it may sound stupid but im pretty new at this!)
PS: DR HOUSE ROCKS!
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Thanks for the tutorial mate you opened my eyes to tissues and tortillions
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