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ZenithOmocha — Omocha's Mega Cell Shading Step by Step
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EDIT:1. I know I twisted her pose too much, and her right leg looks like it's broken. :"D But this is not a pose tutorial, so focus on the coloring and other things, ok? ^^/
2. I made a little mistake while typing: On the last picture before Step3, I said 'put them all in one layer'. It should be 'put them all in one folder' there.
And thank you all for the support. ^^/
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Warning: Super duper giant file. OTL
As I was asked by some people to make some kind of tutorials. So this is one way of coloring I can show you.
I don't want to make too many deviations at a time so, please be patient with this long ass 'Step by step'.OTL
And here is the bigger finished version of the picture:
I hope it helps somehow. ;n;a
I will try working on some other styles' step by step, if there are requests in the future. /o/
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this was the most helpful tutorial i've seen so far! thank you! c:
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This is really helpful even if someone don't use sai, like me! ^-^
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thanks a lot for this!! just a stupid question, in the highlights part you say that you don't know the mode name of the layer to use.... welll I'd like to know if now you find what is the name. Hope you can answer me, at least someone who find out the right name!! XD this tutorial was truly helpfull for me! so thanks a lot again!!
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It should be Luminosity. C:
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Thanks Omocha I'm working on my sketch right now and doing this tutorial right now aswell. Thank you
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This is very helpful. Thank you for making it! Also, I second a lineart tutorial. There ARE some things to lineart that I just cannot figure out (making my lines look less 'digital' for one. everyone seems to be able to do that but me!)
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This is literally the best tutorial I have ever come across. Usually they don't help me at all, but yours is so perfect and detailed~ I absolutely love it~!
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This is an amazing tutorial! Thanks so much for making it! I was wondering, would you ever make a lineart tutorial?
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I don't really think there are many 'secrets' in my way of linearting. XD;
But I'll think about that!
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Haha, maybe no 'secrets' but I love how you lineart and I'm sure you have many great tips! Love your art by the way!
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Thank you so much this was very helpfull ^^
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your walk through is really helpful, thank you so much ^^
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thank you for making this tutorial it helped me like alot in the past when i was just strating to draw
digitally!
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That is pretty awesome
I have a couple of questions though, if that's okay.
Do your linarts usually take a long time?
Also, Is this how you always do things, or do you ever use the vecor-tools in SAI for the linearts?
Your pictures always look very nice and neat, so I just felt I had to ask ^^
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Hi there, thank you and, the time depends on the detail levels. 
And yes, I use vector tool too, when I need precise lines, like curves or straight lines.
I hope these helps. <3
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Oh my goodness this is incredible T^T
This is going to help me so much to master lines then on to conquer colours
Thank you for going to the effort of creating this
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just a question, I do not understand the make a new layer and do some highlights ;_; do you do them with white with brush or...? and I did my lineart with black lines, and when I put it in multiply it didn't change the color I don't know If I did something wrong ;_; I did no have the same gorgeous result as you T_T
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I think I explained it clearly about the highlight parts (Both for the other parts' and for the eyes), which tools, which colors and which type of layers to use.
About the lines, that's why you have to recolor your lines with other colors. Multiply mode kinda drops the color of one layer down to the layers underneath. So it's normal that black + anyother color = black. C:
Both steps you asked about have been explained very clearly right in the tutorial. I think you just need to read everything more carefully.
Good luck! <3
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Thank you so much and I'm sorry
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You're welcome! And no worry about that.
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I love the way you explain it, it's always grateful to find someone who is able to show you their ways of making deviations. Thank you!
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Very good tutorial, there's some very useful tips (like the Saturation Layer and the wet edge, I didn't know these things)
Thanks for doing it!
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Omocha-san, who's your inspiration for your drawing style?
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Uhm, my style is influenced by many, hence why I kinda have many styles. Basically I just learn from here and there, anything I find interesting and good to learn to build up my own 'style'.
I do have favourite artists though, actually too many to list, and they're all my inspiration. XD
I hope this answer makes sense lol. XD;
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May I ask how you added the thin, diagonal lines to the picture in Photoshop?
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You mean the textures on her clothes? If that's it, I actually used SAI's texture mode for the layers, I didn't use Photoshop for it.
But if you want to use Photoshop, you can find some jeans texture on the internet and add it on by using Photoshop's layer mode (normally overlay/multiply) and adjust the texture itself to fit your desire.
I hope it helps somehow.
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Oh I see! So, how do you do it in Sai? if it's not too much trouble
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I think you can find the answer in some previous comments- Here it is~ *copy and pastes*
'The jean material was added with the layer's Texture feature. C: Well not every SAI has that defaultly though, you'll have to install the texture to use it.'
On how to install SAI texture, I think you can look it up from the DA, or google- I'm not sure how either, since my SAI pack had the textures itself when I installed it.
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Right, thank you so much!
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This looks really helpful OoO
I'll try it out sometime for sure >u< Thanks for making it
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Wonderful tutorial, I'll try putting it to good use.
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Thank you for the great tutorial ^^ I have some (stupid) questions though XD
Why do we need to lock the opacity, and what is the difference between Multiply, Saturation and normal layer? Also what did you do to make her shirt and shorts looked like jean material?
And my SAI has error font exactly like yours LOL Btw I would love to see your soft shading tutorial ^^
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Hi there, thank you for liking the tutorial. C: I'll be thinking of making a soft shading one. My styles are changing quite a lot so I'm waiting till I can settle them down a bit 1st. ^_^
For your questions:
1. Locking opacity helps you color just in the colored zone of a layer. You won't have to worry that the colors are out of your wanted zone, just move your hand freely. I suggest that you try it out to see the difference of locking and not locking.
2. Multiply mode kinda 'drop' the shade of the color(s) on its layer to the downer layer(s). Best used for adding shade, of course. And Saturation mode kinda add highlights of the colors. You'd better try out to see too. Try switching modes of a layer from this to that to see the differences, you'll figure it out.
3. The jean material was added with the layer's Texture feature. C: Well not every SAI has that defaultly though, you'll have to install the texture to use it. You can use a stock of jean texture over the layer instead, with Overlay mode.
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Ahh thank you for your reply, I will definitely try them with my SAI ^^
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Hi, I'm writing to let you know that I featured your tutorial in my Art Features journal 
Please consider adding it to your favorites. Thank you for your time and the work you did in creating your Turorial! ^o^
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Thank you so much for the feature. ^u^/
I found some good tutorials for myself there, and hope mine will be of good use for others too. C: <3
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Oh! Also, how did you draw the stripes on her shirt and coat? Did you just draw it on separately and by hand?
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You mean the rainbow-ish stripes right? C: Yes I just drew it on the shirt and coat layers by hand, as said in the last panel of Step 3. ^^
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Thanks for posting this dear! For the 1st Basic Shade, what color do you use? Just a grey? And also, for your lineart do you have line variance? Like some parts are thicker than others?
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Hi! You're welcome. C:
- For the 1st basic shade, the color can be any random color of your choice (because you're gonna recolor it later anyway). But best colors to be chosen are kinda grayish tone of colors (grayish blue/purple/brown are normally my choice)
- For the lineart, yes, I have line variance. It depends on my pen pressure, or if I want a part to be especially thicker, I do restroke it till I please. c:
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