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DN Tutorial: Anime Coloring
Published: 2010-02-01 09:17:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 69134; Favourites: 1644; Downloads: 1893
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Update: I have added a PDF and layered Photoshop file for this tutorial here: [link]***Full vuew for details, WARNING LARGE FILE***
Another entry in the Digital Ninja Tutorials. Learn to color like the pro's with my tutorial on Anime Style Coloring.
This will cover how to lay out color flats, understanding light sources and shadow, cell shading, highlights, special FX and more!
You can view the final colored image here: [link]
As always enjoy the tutorial, let me know what you think, and I hope this helps some people
.-DN
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Comments: 111
I think no matter what your skill level ( to an extent) It's always great to share knowledge with others.
While i dont agree with your comment R.Panda - i do agree with your arts..welcome to my watch list.
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Well, it is OK to share knowledge, yes. But people should seek knowledge from skilled artists. There are indeed some great tutorials around the web, but in the end - technique doesn't matter. What matters is knowledge, which people in general have forgotten to seek, since there are so many tutorials showing overly simplified stuff and people don't ever learn to really understand color. :/ People should really learn the hard way instead of seeking shortcuts to awesome, because being lazy about LEARNING art is the worst thing one can do. :/
Anyway, my opinion is my opinion, it doesn't matter XD
Thanks for the watch!
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your opinion is valued though, and you make some real valid points
And welcome for the watch
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I expect a flame war from this. ._.
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uwoo master...
it really helpful for me
big thanks for your share..
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thank for the tutorial. I'm so excited to try you technique! Superb
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I have few dais ago this program and I consider my self a expert in windows paint but photoshop I can't understand any thing. well I will try your free training
Thanks a lot
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No problem, I hope it helps.
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nice work!
but why anime coloring when it's manga?
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is a great tuto, I used it the next time that I use the photoshop (and sorry for my bad english
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I have found all of your tutorials to be insanely helpful, and I review them regularly. Thank you so much for creating them!
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I am glad they are helping, keep on the lookout, I plan to put out PDF versions of my other 2 tutorials with the photoshop samples included. As well as more tutorials on the way 
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Thanks, check out the PDF version on my main page if you want to examine the PSD files
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ahh not the first tut, opps, oh well I still love it.
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You knocked it out of the part bro. So glad you threw one up, I picked up some good tips to apply to my art.
Very informative, well organized, user friendly format and funny to boot. 5 stars 
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I was always wondering how to get ride of that annoying small white space that I can never get rid of. Thx a lot DN! Although, I shade completely different than how you do, still gave me some insight.
also thx to this guide I don't have to teach my friend anymore how to color xD.
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hey! genial turorial!
Great tuto, im gonna use it, and maybe show you the result XD!!!!!
+++ Fav ^^
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Thanks, yeah if you color something with the help of this tutorial by all means send me a link, I would love to see it
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Amazing. This is a great tutorial. Even showed all the tools to use. Thanks very much for making this n_n
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AWESOME DUDE DO U THINK U CAN MAKE IT A PDF FILE?
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Yeah, I will make a PDF and add it as a down-loadable when I get home tonight. I will update this submission when it's up
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omg this is hugely helpful thank you so much for posting it
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np, I am glad you found it helpful
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Great tutorial and definitely worth a fav.
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Thanks, glad you liked it!
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Just thought I'd let you know that I applied what I learned from your tutorial to my latest work. [link]
Don't know if I have a firm grasp of directional lighting yet, but your tutorial made coloring/shading/highlighting worlds easier than what I was doing before. Thank you so very much.
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Looks great Jeremy! I am glad the tutorial helped speed up and make your process more efficient. And it will only get easier to do the more you practice at it
-DN
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Thank you for the approval. 
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Wow, you are really good at tutorials!!!
And as I just recently starting using a tablet and have those ANNOYING white lines, I really needed a solution, Thank you!!!!
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Yeah I had a problem with those white lines for a long time when I first started and could never figure out an easy way to fix it, once I figured it out it was a huge time saver
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