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I NO LONGER USE THIS ACCOUNTPlease visit my new account (~kalliann ) if you would like to watch me or send me a note/comment. Thank you
EDIT: Fixed a lot of my typos and grammar errors. Derp.
Oh man, I promised one for a long while now. >.>
I'm not sure how helpful this will be, since its practically a giant progress thing.
This covers the basic use of the lasso tool, and shortcuts of photoshop.
This is really just one of the many ways I do things. For a picture much like my madhatter piece, I use a completely different method. The same also applies for pictures like "Shut up and listen".
Please let me know if you found this useful! ;w; If it proves helpful, perhaps I will make more someday. Feel free to ask questions as well!
Animation progress: [link]
Final image: [link]
My other tutorials and helpful things: [link]
P.S= This is the LONGEST tutorial I have ever posted. (in terms of height size) I'm sorry for you people with a slow bandwidth. D:
Tutorial © Mandy Jacinto, 2010. Do not reuse, redistribute, or alter without permission. Do not claim as your own.
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Comments: 73
This is really handy, thank you for making this tutorial. I'm still a very basic colorer. XD;
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Aw no problem! I wish I could have explained things a bit more, though. Perhaps like how to choose colors and where to shade. D: I will make a sequel to this one day, though
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I think it's very good for now. :3
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Omi-gosh, I have to thank you a thousand times~! At first, I didn't think ANY of these steps would work with my program, but I decided I should at least try, right? So I started out exactly like you were doing - all the layers and such. But when I got that finished, I couldn't figure out how to do the shading. T~T I ended up doing it my own way with that, but you helped me so much! I did my FIRST EVER digital coloring~! I'm so happy, thank you so much!!! 
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Awww, you're welcome! <3<3 I'm so glad I was able to help you make your first piece of art. *u* The first step to anything matters the most.
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True, true. ^^ <3<3 Yes, you were such a big help! Now I can do fun stuff now! Colored pencils are a pain to me, so I'm glad I found this~!
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Thats greaaat~ ;u; I hope you continue your quest for improvement. <3<3
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Oh, wow, that's really useful! I guess if I get Photoshop I'll be able to use this. 
It was long but I read it ALL! And it was so slow to load! *shot* Awesome tutorial~! ^^
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I'm happy you were able to learn a few things and that you actually read it all! XD
I apologize for the long load. ;--; I wish there was something I could do to make it a little easier for you.
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Nah, that's okay. 
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You're welcome! :3
Glad I was able to help you.
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Thanks for the tutorial! ^^
Sorry to ask but, how do you pick your colour palette for the skin? =]
[I'm sorry, it's possibly one of the most annoying questions]
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You're welcome!
and its really no problem. :3 I honestly just developed my own habit on choosing colors. Its really just the same for all colors, like the clothes and hair. I always start with a midtone and add shadows and highlights later on. I then choose colors that arent just the same midtone color, but darker-- I change the hue slightly as well as the saturation.
I hope that answers your question!
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(^_^)
Thank you,
it was a really big help! ^^
[another annoying question]
Is there any particular colour that would look good for the skin? =]
[I'm so not sure if that makes sense! XD I'm colouring this drawing made from my friend based on our friend and I'm having huge trouble with choosing the right colours for their skin. (>_<)]
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You're welcome! I'm glad I was able to make it understandable. :]
Well, it really would depend on the kind of skin you're coloring, since everyone has different skin. You have pinkish skin, yellowish, tan, dark, etc. However, I almost always start with a pale yellow for reference and just change the hue accordingly, depending on the person's skin tone.
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^^
Yeah, quite true. ^^
Cool, that's really helpful. =]
Thank you so much for your time!
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you're welcome! so glad I was able to help you! <3
goodluck with your art dearie. :]
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This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Extremely detailed, this is wonderful thank you so much ^_^
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Aww, I thought the exact opposite actually! After I posted it, I realized how not-detailed it is. D:
I'm so glad you found it useful though! It seems to be helping quite a few people. <3
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Definitely <3 I'm gonna use it right away
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Thank you SO much. You made my life so much better. >> I do hate erasing since I used to just take a big brush, plop it on there and then spend another twenty minutes erasing DX This will make my life so much easier! Thank you so much again. -glomp- Anyway, I did have one question: What did you mean by using the watercolor tool to lay down primary shades of every layer? Also, how would you do that?
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You're welcome! I'm glad I was able to help you speed up the tedious erasing process. :]
Primary shades are basically the first layer of shades I do on every layer-- its just a big blob of shady madness to establish where my main lightsource is. I just go around areas where the light would create shades, pressing harder where they get darker. I just treat the watercolor tool like a big mop and go over everything really fast (with a light shade). :]
After I'm done laying down the big mass of shades with the watercolor tool, I go back in and use the marker (with a small brush size) to 'sketch' in more details.
I hope that helped!
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Cool! Yes it did. I can't wait to try out this style! I'm still trying to figure out my own style of shading; I'm abusing the dodge and burn tools right now! >D Next up is your process! 8D
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B'aw, the dodge and burnnn~ xD Its so easy to just burn and dodge things, but most artists grow out of those tools when they discover their own way of shading. :]
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XD Yuup. Well, I just discovered how to properly use those tools, so I'm still screwing around with them. o3o; Oh my, I'm such a noob xD
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There's nothing wrong about that dear. :] we all started somewhere.
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This is a great tutorial! I always used multiply layers to color, and using the lasso tool is much easier than a brush xD Now I don't have to worry about white parts so much! Thanks!
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You're very welcome! :] I'm so glad to have made your life easier.
I used to use multiply layers as well, which is why I thought I'd share my new method with people who want a different option. <33
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Awesomeness. Keep up the good work. C:
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COOL! ^^ thanks for some tips on how to do the base colors (will read the half later) and pfff! where does one get SAI? I can't find one -____- and the lineart does look better when done in SAI 
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You're welcome~ ;O;
Ohh, I downloaded Paint Tool SAI online, then when the trial gave up on me my friend gave me the full version. :3
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awww, phoowee! That means I can't download it online either, Ive been searching but i can't find one >___> i better hunt for someone who has a full version.
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I'd love to send you my version~ <3
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oh yeah, btw, super thanks for the tips! I read the whole thing yesterday after downloading it and it was really helpful, specially with the top-bottom technique (real genius!).I usually go this and that and back when it came to coloring with no typical order, which is tiresome and confusing -___-. Thanks so much for the tut!
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really!? O___O that would be awesome! ^^ ...but how? (sorry, I'm really ignorant about things that involves sending stuff)
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Well, you could send me your email and I'll just send it to you through there~ <3
And no problem ate! <3 I'd recently developed the top-bottom, bottom-top techniques, and they help me quite a bit.
I'm so glad I was able to help you. ;u;
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Yay! 
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Well, its alright. I sent it to you as a RAR file. :3 hope you wont have any trouble, but if ever you do, just note me and I'll figure things out!
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Thanks so much Kalls! I got it, uh, two days ago (i guess) but i wasn't able to reply and say thanks right away since i couldn't get my lil bro's butt off the internet (curse you facebook!) and i had him download it for me, so now (yay!) finally got the chance, sorry for the late reply btw 
and oh, no worries! its working fine ^^
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You're veerryyy welcome!! :3
I'm very happy that you're enjoying it~ <3 Cant wait to see what else you'll be drawing with the use of sai.
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Thank you!! I realyl need to improove my sketch quality, so this really comes in handy ^_^ I'll use it to color my next drawing ^^
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I cant wait to see how you've made use of the tutorial~ <3
I'm so glad I was able to help. ;u;
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