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RizyuKaizen — Cell Shading Tutorial
Published: 2005-05-24 00:52:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 64159; Favourites: 534; Downloads: 10893
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Media: Adobe Photoshop CSA step by step process as to how I work. I hope this helps some of my waters understand what I do and help there art as well. So use this wisely.
*sorry for the huge file and long load*
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im sorry but what do i do if my photoshop wont let me make or rename a layer? what do i do?
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Dont know sorry. All i can think of is your program is screwed up.
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But how do u get it looking so realistic 
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did you just use different shades of the same color to shade, or did you use the burn tool at all?
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different shades but going possibly up or down in colors. Like if you have orange slowly start going down into red, blue go up into purple. Depends on the effect you want.
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ok... I think I understand thanks.
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Wow, totally awesome mate. You are a very talented cell shader! I have only just started on the route. Please check out my Gaara pic to see what you think. But remember its my first!
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Wow! That's exactly how I do it! Cool! XD
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Ahh I seee.
Sorry if this is an incredibly noobish question, I just got Photoshop CS, but, how do you color each seperate thing? Like the hair and such.
Do you use the magic wand or what? o.o
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I have it step by step in how I do it. I make a layer under the lineart and color it by hand with the brush tool. I have a tablet so it is much easyer then a mouse. I never use the magic wand for coloring.
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Eek. I love your lineart. It's so smooth and clean. How do you dooo it Dx
~Nice tutorial. *__*
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Lots of practice with micron pens >^^<;;; That is all I can really tell you. I dont know why I am abel to keep my lines nice a clean. To me they still look a bit on the messy side.
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Woo, thanks. I might just use this.
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*bowing I'm not worthy of such eye candy. This is the best tutorial on cell shading that I've come across ever. *grinning You've definitly inspired me to try more digital art. Thank you for giving DA some insight on how you create your wonderful masterpieces!
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Thanks for the explination. I've been looking for a tutorial for colouring, and yours was just the one that I needed. It was helpful with all the images. I also Love how you used Daisuke Niwa! X3
Thanks again.
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This is very helpful! I still don't understand how to get the bg under the lineart 
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Oh yea. I would die if I had to use a mouse now.
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Okay. I need a tablet! So how do you get the bg under the lineart?
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You know how to set the lineart to multiply right. Make a new layer and just drag it below the lineart and do the background on there. That is all.
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There is a much better way of seperating the lineart. It seems complicated at first but it becomes habbit.
Copy the layer with your lineart on.
Go to the channels pannel in the layer window and click the new channel button (like you would a new layer) and your image will go black.
Go back to the layers pannel and paste your lineart.
Then go to Select > Load Selection.
Make sure you click the "invert" tickbox.
The lineart (anywhere black) on your image will be highlighed. Make a new layer.
Go to Edit > Fill.
Now you're black lines will be on a seperate layer. 
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love this tutorial.. i never knew about that lock feature.. it will save lots of time, no more going back and cleaning up the lines every time... .. i always thought if i locked it then i wouldn't be able to do anything on it.. but i think locking the whole layer is probably not exactly the same as what you mentioned here?.. i'l look into it next time i get back to working on my current WIP.
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Hmm looks helpful... Is CS much different than 7.0? If not, I may have to come back to this and have a go at cell shadeing
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Actuly no. CS is Creative Suite. This I think is Photoshop 8.0 or something. CS just means I got everything Adobe with it. But no. I use to use 5.5 and when I went to CS it was not all that different. Only that it has more power behind it really.
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Ahhh I see. Alrighty, thank you. ^0^d
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it would be interesting to know what brush settings you were using for the shading itself...
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between 5-25 for most of it. If I have a big area I will go larger to fill the area in.
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I didn't mean just the size settings 
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Oh that. I just use the first one on the brush list. It has the most crips edges to it but not to hard like the pencil ones have.
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How do you create your lineart? On the computerin illustrator? Or do you ink on paper and delete the background?
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I draw it out in pencil, ink it with Sakura Micron Pen *normaly a 01 for fine lines, and a 03 or 05 for heavyer lines* and erace the pencil off and then scan it. That is about it.
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you have chcanged my life. i shall now atempt cell shading. thank you!!!
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Is that Daisuke from DNAngel? 
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Yea. It is Dai-chan. I just used the last image I was working on in cell shading as the tutorial image. But I am glad it can be of some use. I know I did not discribe everything to well. And I kinda feel bad for doing that. But I am just not good at explaing things to people to much. Also I use about... 3-4 different techniques.
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I never said it was bad explaining. In fact, I think it is great! Better than I could ever do! I'll be sure to use this tutorial next time I plan on coloring!!!
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Nice one i did a ken of that it got kinda hard towards the end. Not your faults its just that im impatient and new to photoshop.
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Oh God! This really helped meh because I have a Mac and the type of Photoshop you have!
(gives big hug)
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... it says ture at the end btw
but apart from that-
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Great tutorial i think i shall try it out, hopefully when i buy a new tablet. Im not good at explaining either, you did an excellent job! Thank you!!
Mizuhiro: Oh..god..*Drags her away*
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wooow this is a great tutorial, more better than my O.o
grat!
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*clears throat*
OMFG *splutter, dies*
*revives self...some how*
thank you!!
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