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Published: 2005-08-29 04:41:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 185642; Favourites: 3306; Downloads: 20804
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WAIT GUYS HOW DO YOU ADD THAT NICE CUSTOM THUMBNAIL PIC??Whew finally finished.
Well this is the tutorial that I said I'll do all the way back in January. It covers basically how I color the face and hair.
Well I put a lot of work and thought into this, and hopefully those who asked will find it useful. If you are a beginner, you might want to read this as well:[link]
It's the tutorial that I first learned how to CG from
.For those of you read it, I'm curious as to what you think so please leave a comment if its not too much trouble.
I feel that I haven't explained some of the steps very clearly so if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them here.
Notes:
1: Example of LIGHT:[link]
Example of SHADOW:[link]
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Excellent tutorial, very concise and thoroough, can't wait to try it on one one of my CGs in future, thanks a lot, iDNAR
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Thank you very much, for this tutorial because i have some dificults, when i paint.... istΒ΄s help me a lot!
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Always happy to see the techniques of another
You know, that, or you just wanted a good reason to CG a face with any "why is the body blurry?" comments 
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Yea I tried to do something more detailed and a little different. Hopefully it's useful.
Uh...well... its not a tutorial on the body is it?
I haven't gotten any messages like that yet.
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I liked the tutorial a lot, I've been waiting for somone good to make one
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Ver nice tut, of course you need to have skills aswell, but I guess that that mostly boils down to praticing. There was one part which i found a bit confusing. The part where you "invert" the picture to see if it's shifted or unbalanced. I get the purpose, that's very clear. But what do you mean by inverting; cutting it through the center and mirroring it or...?
next to that I'd like to add that I really enjoy your work, you might not reconise me because I don't comment a lot but I've been watching for a long time and I don't like to add useless comments, but damn you pwn!
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About the skill, I agree. Even if you know the techniques to cg coloring, it won't help much if you don't have a solid grasp on drawing and light&dark shading techniques. And if you do you learn quickly. Thats why I tried to cover, where it should be light and dark, and giving basic color patterns and theory instead of giving a solid step by step kinda tutorial. Whether beginners should really start learning the procedures or the concepts behind them first, I don't really know. I guess I'll have to see...
But thanks alot!
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oops I guess I didn't word it very well. I was thinking of something else. I meant flipping it over/mirroring.
Thanks alot
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haaa neato! thanks for the tut n.n idnar 
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Very good tutorial, thank you for making it ^__^ To show you how much I loved it I'm going to tell you how to make the thumbnail thingie 
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Thanks for the info. I wonder if it can go over 100x100.
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I think it can, good luck
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This is great, just that I still have no idea how do people draw CG art. It's not your fault though. Guess I am just not talented enough.
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Alot of still comes from traditional art, so just keep practicing!
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Wow! This is incredible!!!
I don't do cg, but I love the way you explained everything, and the detail you went to. I'm marking it in case I do get the chance to try it!
~Julie
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I think you should try too.
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Woa! This is really good...you are really good! Haha, anyways, really nice job
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Because I'm always struggling with colour, I can't tell you how much I appreciate when talented artists post colour CG tutorials, and in this one you really went the extra 9 yards to explain the process. I appreciate the so, so very much! Thank you!
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very helpful tutorial, and some nice aspects other tutorials haven't covered.
thanks for taking your time to write this
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I'll view it when it loads...it's taking forever! ;_;
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Sorri, it's non-progressive for some reason. ;_;
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oOo, I forgot to add...it works now! And it works GREAT! Very good tutorial!
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Oh btw... >.> I don't know what you mean by custom thumbnail pic, but if you tell me... I might be able to help you. Otherwise, cheers... I'm off to see your gallery. =3
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Wow, this is one helluva tutorial! Niceness!
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heheheh, I should thank you. Tutorials are very useful to the people.
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To add in the nice icon of other deviant artists (did know one answer this yet? I scanned the first page and I didn't see it...) you do this
:icon deviantname: (but take out the spaces)
So for you it would look like this
:icon idnar: (but take out the spaces)
Or this
=3 I hope no one told you this otherwise I wouold just be repeating. Btw, great tutorial, basically simple and all... haha, I didn't even know PS 8 came out already. xD
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Oh I was talking about a custom thumbnail for the tutorial not avatars, but thanks anyways. I found out.
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Eh... oh, sorry about that. 
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