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Published: 2014-11-22 17:07:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 13821; Favourites: 336; Downloads: 0
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So these are the steps I use when drawing anything. I used a shrub for this example because it's easy to draw and also gives the different steps very well. I thought I'd share
You can download the PSD if you want. This can be helpfull for if you want to know these little details, like what the opacity, ... etc. is.
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*hugs you* Holy S*** I never knew how to color my lines before! I tried what it said on my art program and it worked! THANK YOU!
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Great tutorial, and really interesting on how you do the coloring of the lines,
Thanks for doing it.
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Thanks, I'm glad it's helpfull ;u;
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How come you do shading before lighting? Do u know where ur light source is when u start or just shade wherever you want? Also, what is bounce light?
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I think it's easier to shade first and do the lighting later x)
You choose the light source, it can come from anywhere
Bounce light is the reflection light from the ground or something that's near the character. Like you can see here in step 5: Lighting Layers Tutorial
It gives your drawing a more realistic look (:
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I see. I do the shading first too actually, but I always need to a draw a sun for reference.
n Yup.
Oh, I see. I'll have to look for more tutorial's on it. It's the first time I've heard of it. I dunno if they ever went over that in school cause I mostly did black on white. I did use color for pastel's but my teacher sucked.>> I think I get it though. It's just the tutorial you gave me doesn't go over very much of it.
n Indeed. Looks nice.
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Well, this looks really good. But tutorial-wise, it could be improved, which is why I am writing a constructive comment for ProjectComment 's 52 Week Comment challenge here. I hope you don't mind.
So, the shrub is well done, overall and in all steps. And I like the design of the tutorial, nice breakdown of the steps, nice balance between foreground and background good font, you obviously know your stuff. Still, I would like to mention a few things. Basically, I would have liked more steps and more detailed explanations as to how you did what you did.
Let's go through it step by step:
- The first step is actually the title. You are introducing us to the subject at hand. Now, the title isn't totally misleading, but only a third of the tutorial is actually about drawing. It's a general tutorial, nicely divided into drawing, colouring and shading.
- The sketch. This one, I don't really have a problem with. I noticed that there are a lot of basic shapes, but it's really up to you if you want to mention it or not, everyone sketches differently.
- *usually (Typos aren't a bad thing, I just thought I'd point it out.)
Obviously, you don't just use the default brush like that, you also use some kind of dynamic component. - Clean-up. Wait, is this the part where the lines get different widths? In that case, disregard the last point. But you also added details.
- Colouring. You can also do this by adding the layers above the lineart and setting them to "Multiply". Those are rather simple colours, still, since I usually spend hours getting the colours right, how do I do that?
- First shading. You didn't use gradients? How did you make it so smooth? And how did you not paint over the lines? That always happens to me. And blue? Is that really something I should shade with? Sounds interesting.
- Second shading. What's the best method to colour lines?
- First highlights. This step is actually really well illustrated.
- Second highlights. Nothing to say here.
- Last step. This looks like it could go terribly wrong. The whole thing looks a lot brighter now, so how will I know when to stop? I can see myself adding way too much colour.
Overall, it's less of a tutorial to me than a step-by-step guide with very helpful insights. But that's more than OK, I know that writing these is tedious work and all of the steps and really great tips along with them are extremely helpful! Also, maybe this is for people with a certain amount of background knowledge that I might not have, it just seemed that you wanted to address all of your watchers (who are probably less knowledgeable). Thank you for being awesome and for sharing your process with us!
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Sure I don't mind C:
Haha, you know, everything you say, I already thought about that
- Ok, about the title, I was in doubt when creating this because I thought: should I really put a title in this or not? Because it's quite obvious it's a step by step thingy, no? x)
- Sketch: Yeah I wanted to mention it anyway x) Also because people can see that a sketch can be messy and stupid but in the end, when doing all steps, it comes out better (:
- Lineart: haha xD I always clean up my lines, I never use such a special oval brush I did try it but I didn't like it xD And yes I added details there, but don't you see that? :3
- Color: Oh really, on multiply? I didn't know that >u> But doesn't that change the colors? And what if you want a background, wouldn't that be transparant? idk.
Hmmm... good question... Well, I never use bright colors that you find in the right corner of the color picking thing x) But more to the left, grey side.
- Shading: Uhm... I erase the shading, that's why it looks smooth? xD idk, that's so difficult to explain D: But I use pen-pressure for it!
What do you mean with painting over the lines? I put this layer on "multiply" and it automaticly shows the lineart c: I put the shading layer above the lineart layer, btw.
Actually, the color is more purple (; But, you can use any color for this, which fits in your drawing, lighting, atmosphere, ... But it's important to use a greyish color so it wouldn't be very bright.
- Coloring lines: Yeah... that's a whole new step xD It is very simple, though, but to show it... xD But you're right, maybe I shouldn't be so lazy and just make this step :U
- Effects: It does look brighter, that's to make it 'lighter' and smoother and all xD You just need to mess around with this, mostly you also only do this when everything is done and to fit everything in C: I think practice is the best thing to see when something is too much or not
Yes it more is a step by step guide x)
Thank you very much!
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I'm so sorry! These comments are supposed to be thoughtful. I just wasn't in the mood when I wrote it. I wrote so many wonderfully dumb things, as you could see:And yes I added details there, but don't you see that? :3Anyway, let me see if I can't refine this...- Ok, about the title, I was in doubt when creating this because I thought: should I really put a title in this or not? Because it's quite obvious it's a step by step thingy, no? x)I was more confused about the drawing part in the title than about the tutorial part. It's still technically a tutorial.- Lineart: haha xD I always clean up my lines, I never use such a special oval brush I did try it but I didn't like it xD I probably need to learn that! Cleaning it up is a relatively new concept for me.- Color: Oh really, on multiply? I didn't know that >u> But doesn't that change the colors? And what if you want a background, wouldn't that be transparant? idk.This, of course, only works if the background is either white or transparent. I just wanted to say something clever.- Shading: Uhm... I erase the shading, that's why it looks smooth? xD idk, that's so difficult to explain D: But I use pen-pressure for it! Ah. Thank you. That's something I can't do because I don't have a pressure sensitive device. What do you mean with painting over the lines? I put this layer on "multiply" and it automaticly shows the lineart c: I put the shading layer above the lineart layer, btw.But doesn't this require zooming in a lot? I would totally paint over the line! Actually, the color is more purple (; But, you can use any color for this, which fits in your drawing, lighting, atmosphere, ... But it's important to use a greyish color so it wouldn't be very bright.So that's what I'm constantly doing wrong! That's really good to know.- Coloring lines: Yeah... that's a whole new step xD It is very simple, though, but to show it... xD But you're right, maybe I shouldn't be so lazy and just make this step :UThat one is simple. And the effort to explain it is in no proportion to the amount of time needed to actually do it. This is some nit-picking.
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Aww, no, I'm glad you put a comment on this C:
Ooh, no pen pressure? ): Which tablet do you use? Can't you instal it on your computer?
Oh, now I understand what you mean with painting over the lines.
If you color over the lines you can use the magic wand en click (on the lineart layer) outside the lineart. Stand back on your shading lineart and press delete. Et voilà, let the magic do it's work
I have made some speedpaints in the past, this gives you a better visual idea of how I draw. Here's one: youtube.com/watch?v=_JOuJ9M-Hx…
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The Wacom Bamboo. I think I read something about the driver not working properly for Windows 8. I'll have to look at it again.
Wait, does this work properly? I mean, I don't use Photoshop, but doesn't the wand have problems selecting anti-aliased lines? i.stack.imgur.com/Tq0OT.png Wouldn't I have to set it to a rather high threshold so that the maximum is selected? In GIMP, I find it much easier to select and then grow it to reach into the line. That way, I can also make the selection a path and not worry about planes going over the lines with other resolutions.
Thanks for the link!
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That is very strange =/ I use a wacom bamboo too and I used it the first time on Windows Vista and now I use it on Windows 8.1 I never had problems with it.
It works for me x) And I don't think that would be a problem, but you should try it
Unfortunatly I don't know anything about GIMP so I don't know which technique works best ):
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