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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!!
Kudos
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Comments: 961
Can you do a foot tutorial? I suck at feet!
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glad you posted this but I'm hopeless with blending using tortillions.
I use mechanical pencils too! yay!
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this has really helped me with my shading 
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i want to get this eraser for small areas
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Though I was taught how to shade and blend, its always cool learning different techniques so I am very much appreciative that you posted this up here.
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I only recently started using tortillions; i really like them and luckily they're cheap.
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luv da tutorial brah...n its easy to understand..
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Glad you like it!
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no problem..i also luv ur works.
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Is that man in the blending lesson, Dr.Gregory House from House M.D.? He sure looks like him... Great tutorial btw!
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It is!
Thank you! Oh and I think your avatar is adorable 
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This helped a lot! Thanks. (:
BTW, I think blending with fingers isn't as good and is only smudgey because of the oils from the skin... I mean, in a humid situation, that'd be horribe.
And you get the rest of the paper really dirty.
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I know, that's what I explain in the middle section of the tutorial
Thanks! <3
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I love your tutorials, they are very helpful
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Thank you so much!
Requests are always welcome. However, since I'm working on a book about drawing, I rather save new tutorials for my book than publish them online
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I've got that orange eraser! Only, its like grey, and triangular and thin from over use. I wonder what that says about me....
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lol! we're eraser buddies now
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I just started getting into blending so this really helped, thank you
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Really helpful! Now I just need to find one for trees.... lol
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Thank you Thank you && THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
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whoa whoa! you're welcome I guess
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Sweet tutorials...very informative and I will certainly use the tissue paper technique . I usually use Tortillions, they are good but die very quick so this is something new I can use to save them for the smaller detailing.
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god my eyes keep going all fuzzy. I used this to help with my folio, I have to do an A1 self portrait and I really didn't want it to come out blotchy. Tissues are a miracle, I couldn't believe how smooth my picture came out.
Thanks for the great tutorial, it was a life saver.
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It's the shading & blendin that i'm worried about.
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in the pic with the two erasers and the pencil sharpener the regular eraser (numba 2) is called a cheese wheel. lol thats wat i call those things anyways
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this would definitly work if i had a scanner...sorry,but still its awesome!
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...Are you an angel? O_o
Haha this is really helpful! I bet it's not as easy as it looks but I'll try my best! XD
Thank you for making this
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Wow, you draw well and you make great tuts
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a very helpful tutorial! thanks
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WOO! thanks very much for the tutoriaL! i hope i can be as good as you someday
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I love your work, I use a tortillion all the time; I sand off the tip with very fine grade sand paper to make it ready for another blend.
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I do pencil portraits too (not as good as yours of course), I don't have tortillions. Instead, I use a cotton swab, i.e. the one for cleaning ears, for smaller areas.
I've also found that soft and smooth tissue works better than the lower quality stuff
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Q-tips you mean? They come in very handy too. The blend just as easy as tortillions, but don't have a sharp end so for very small details they aren't very useful.
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I found that you can still use tissues for the smaller stuff, you just hold it differently. If you fold it in to quarters (or any number of times), you can just hold it and use the corner of the tissue to blend. Works for me
Love your work btw, your tutorials are great!
xxAl
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whatever works best for you of course
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Yes, that's right
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hi this is an amazing tut but with skin could i use some of the techniques shown here?
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wow thanks for the help i used to suck at blending but i have already found what i was doing wrong thanks
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