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Silvolf — Traditional Colouring Tutorial
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FULL VIEW IS BEST!Ok, since a lot of people ask how I colour my work, I made this tutorial. I hope its easy to understand. I broke the picture down into steps showing the process I use to colour and shade a picture.
Basically all the info is there. If you want to colour like this then my most important tip is to use 5 or 6 shades. The more shades you use, the better and more three dimensional the picture looks. Don't use too many shades though cos you don't want it to go too dark.
As for the fur, I hope I showed clear enough how I do fur like this. It's simple once you get the hang of it and looks really good. It's taken me about 3 years to perfect it basically cos I couldn't find a tutorial on it.
And that's another reason I did one, to help anyone who is struggling.
If you have a go at colouring using my tutorial, please let me see!
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Hope it helps! The grain of the paper does affect the colour lay down. Try using smoother paper or pressing a little harder and blending layers of colour to get rid of the grainy effect. Using softer coloured pencils helps too 
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Thank you very much for these tips, i will keep them in mind. Sometimes i am "afraid" to lose the colour effect i am aiming if i press a little harder so that's why i tend to press lightly.
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Yeah I used to be like that as well. Hope you can find a happy medium with the pencil pressure!
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I so need to make one of these xD
We color quite similar! lol
btw I looove the drawing you used c:
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I'd be interested to see how you colour too. It's taken me a long time to work out how to colour like this and I had no tutorials to help me. I really like how I colour now.
Thanks! I'm proud of that drawing, I'm glad I used it.
Thanks for the 
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Soo many people have asked me..I'm just too lazy to make one lol
It took me a while as well, I've been changing it up a bit lately though
it's good to experiment sometimes 
welcome!
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Yeah people asked me too so I thought I'd make one lol!
I totally agree!
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I think I might just rig up my camera and take a video of me drawring XD
I'm too computer stupid to make something pretty like yours lol
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That's a good idea, I've done that too. There are videos on YouTube of me drawing Zorak and AvistA.
Its easy to make one. Just scan the pic at each stage of colouring, put them together and write under each one what it is. I can help if you like.
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orly? lol I'd like to see those videos
Yeah I'll try it someday, maybe with one of my new drawings or one of my chars
Awesome! If I need any help I'll let you know! ^^ thanks you <3
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My YouTube is [link] Let me know what you think if you watch them!
Okies ^^
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Awesome 
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omg XD I saw this and thought..hmm is this how silvolf colours and i saw that it was by you lol XD
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Lol yes it is! I thought it would help people
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This was so helpful! I'm finding it relatively easy to follow for my first attempt at a character.
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You're welcome, glad you find it helpful! Please show me the results too, I'd love to see!
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Not totally finished yet..but I don't know when I'll get round to finishing it. xD
I wouldn't say it's too bad for my first attempt...
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Thanks! Glad you like it!
Thankies for the
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I think this will help my shading a bit ^^
Im going to try it out:3
Nice tutorial, and I love your character lol
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I hope it helps! It took me ages to learn so I thought I'd help others out with it. Thanks, Trinity's cool
Thanks for the
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You're welcome!
Thanks for the
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You're welcome! Hope it helps ^w^
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This is awesome! =] I've always had serious shading problems (probably due to knowing no anatomy whatsoever) so this is really helpful. ^_^
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I hope you find it useful. I did it cos it took so long for me to learn and I hadn't seen anyone else do one, not even people who colour how I always wanted to. Good luck!
Thanks for the
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Awesome, thank you for explaining this. ;D I've been wondering what a good way to shade is. ^-^
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You're welcome! It took me a long time to learn so I thought I'd help others since it can be difficult to get the hang of.
Thanks for the 
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too...hard!!! must....practice!!!!! *dies* lol i havent tried using ur coloring style yet 
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Yeah getting the fur shapes right is also hard. It took me 2 years to learn this fully, I didn't have a tutorial but looked at how other people did it.
Good luck!
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thanks
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Thank you! I have been wondering how people get that effect with fur for a while now, and I'd love to try it =3
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It took me ages to get the effect too, which was why I thought I would share the knowlege!
Thanks for the
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Wow! This is awesome! I will definitely use this!
What colour pencils did you use for this? Coz I have prismas, and I was wondering whether it would work well with them?
Thanks,
~~Ikkiii~~
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I hope you find it useful! I use Crayolas. I can't get hold of Prismas, where do you get yours from? I see you are in the UK like me.
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Holy crow...!
How on EARTH do you get that effect with CRAYOLAS!!!!!????
Yeah - my mum ordered them of the internet for me - a box of 48 of about £36 pounds + shipping costs - there are loads of sites you can get them from! Hope I helped
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I dunno, I've just always used them. It's funny how amazed people are when I tell them
Yeah they are pretty expensive. I will get some one day....or maybe next year when I go to the USA.
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Yeah people have told me you can get them in most art shops over there.
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ive been trying to do fur like this for a while, im gonna fave this so i can look at at and try again later
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