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mereni — Sketch, colour and shading tut
Published: 2006-05-18 20:14:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 48028; Favourites: 1891; Downloads: 8413
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EDIT: Wow! This got onto the front page! Thank you so much, guys, I'm really glad you like it! xDLike it says in the tutorial, a lot of people have been noting me to ask how I shade or colour or sketch my drawings, instead of telling them all seperately, I have made them this!
Its one helluva big file so I do apologise dial uppers! I tried to make it as small as I could ! <__<
Although I did it for those people who were noting me, anyone is free to use it as long as they comment or fave it ^^ I hope it is of some help to you, since I draw like a freak!
FAQ
Did you use a mouse for this? - No, I used a Graphire wacom tablet.
What software did you use this in? - Adobe photoshop CS2.
Can you make this in OC/PSP etc, please? - I'm afraid not. The only software I use is photoshop, I do not have any other method of doing my pics, so I wont be able to make a tut on them.
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Please reference to this tutorial if you use it, that way more people can benefit from it! Thank you!
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This tutorial was kindly translated by Soho59
See the French version here:
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Comments: 426
I really like this, it's one of the best colouring tutorials I've seen so far. The hair bit was my favorite, it looks so beautiful in the end picture. I'll have to try some of these methods out sometime, thanks for the help ^_^
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You are very welcome! I hope it helps you! n___n
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It will help loads, especially with colouring hair.
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i think i fav that tutorial for future reference
good tips i hav to try them out 4 ma sellf
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Thank you for this tutorial so much! It will be very useful for me! ^____^
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Very nice tutorial! I love seeing how other artists do things and I think I may try out your method of shading sometime :]
Very interesting and may I add, you also have lovely artwork!
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I've always wondered how to add gradiented shading!
This was very useful, thank you!! ^^
~Luna
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Oh Lordy, this is fun to do. Sadly i do not have photoshop, Though all of it works on deep paint except for the shading <3
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This tut is t3h smexy X3
*favelove*
seems like a lot of the tools are able to be used on PS7 so i'll give it a shot 8D
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I hope it is useful to you! ^^
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The good thing about this is, i can use this on humans as well. Thank you! Now i can do lineart well!
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Soooo helpful... I really have to try this out! Thanks!
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your tutorial was VERY useful! :'D [link] well i'm from another country so i didn't get all of the parts but it sure was useful
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this is nice! i dont know how to shade using the gradient tool. after reading this, i will give it a try! thank you so much! more power to you!
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just to prove that you've helped me so much:
[link]
I'm SO grateful that you created such a helpful tutorial!!
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This is a great tutorial but I just can't seem to get the first colouring part correct!!!!!!
I use the magic wand tool, delete the colour overlay layer and then get my lineart wihtout the colour!
I keep trying but I always get the same outcome. Can you help?
I really want to see if I can colour..bet I can't but I wanna try..
Cheers! Loving your art <333
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Hmmm....This means that there are lines that are not connected somewhere. Make sure that all of your lines meet and try again ^^
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Yeah, I finally tried it all out and made something! ^^ It ain't much but I'm really happy that
I now know how to colour my pictures now, all thanks to you! 
Here's the result-Please tell me what you think! =3
[link]
I added your name in the description 
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Hey I've made another try out pic with your tut! Yayayayayayay
[link]
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Omgiii... I just realised I have to use the keyboard's DELETE key!! NOT the trashcan on the layers panel... DOH! XD 
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thanks so much.
Learned a couple things
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Wow! I've never found a really good shading tut that uses gradient shading. 
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Wow, this is so helpful! I think I might try and color like this sometime just to see how it goes. I never knew how to color the lineart like that before! *wants to try it out now*
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I don't think i commented this so here it goes
This is a really great tutorial, good info, well written and it will be of great help to both me and others i beleive, and seeing you sharing your knowledge and skills in this is a truly great thing
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Fantastic tutorial. I sure learned a couple of new tricks from it
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oh that's really intersting! :3 and big X3 I love how you shade the hair! ^^
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You colour rally beautifully. this must have taken forever. I did a set of 3 tutorails and gawsh i think i died after the second one haha. But yea really great tutorial, it's nice to know differant wants to colour. NIcely explained and I'm sure you'll help bazillions of people haha
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This is really going to help me out, thank you so much for posting!
~Nathalia
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this tutorial will help me to drawn me fist creation
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Because I'm stupid, I forgot to comment when I faved. 
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thanks^^the only prob. was when i hit the deleting the sketch layer and so on.-_-
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Many thanks for sharing your knowledge to others. I know it'll be useful for me!! You just won a jar of cookies
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One question though... Which delete button are you talking about in step 3 (colouring the base and using the magic wand to delete the colour aroud the lineart?)
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Thank you! Ive been wondering how to do this for so long
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is this for adobe photo shop ? if yes awsome
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i will try using some ideas from this method. its pretty easy to follow, tho the font is a bit hard to read. but its very helpful nonetheless!! ^__^
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Thanks! This is very helpful ^___^ I like your method of coloring
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This may come as a shocker, but critique does not a nasty comment make.
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Wow, that's a very interesting way to shade. I'll have to try it out!
I know you don't want any crit, but I have to agree with other people. The font is pretty bad. Shouldn't be too hard to fix, though!
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Great tutorial!
But I agree with some others -- While the font is pretty, it is difficult to read.
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