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Exarrdian — Let's Draw - Shading Tutorial
Published: 2009-08-08 18:44:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 48254; Favourites: 1768; Downloads: 1154
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!!WARNING!! ENGRISH ALERT !!WARNING!!Yeah ..I mean..pardon every engrish you come across while reading this tutorial.
Wow..this took a while. Not the pic, the tutorial I mean!
On a side note, there are so many other good shading tutorials so.. X_X... I don`t know how this can be of any help lawl..
Either way.. hope it will be useful to someone out there who wants to uhh shade the way I do..?
Desire (c) to me.. please don`t steal her.. you may find yourself with no soul on the next day!!
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This was so helpfuL! Thank You Very Much! Just One Question, if i wanted to put a background BehinD the character...what would i have to do to make it happen? Should i make the background first before i draw the character?
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Sorry, meant to reply earlier but so many comments around ^_^;;
Transparency is automatical on SAI so you can draw the character, make a new layer and just drag it below the character layer and use it as background!
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This isn't photoshop?..cause thats what i use
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You can drag and move layers in both photoshop and SAI. ^^
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Oh yeah i tried that, but for some reason the white is still covering it. Am i supposed to cut out the character and delete the background? If so how?
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It made me feel like drawing and shading something. ^_^ I have to ask a very stupid (but sincere) question, though. I've never done this so it might be forgivable. You don't use the mouse, right? What do you use?
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I use a tablet - wacom intuos 4 small to be exact.
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Ah, I see, thanks ^_^. I've been wanting one, perhaps when I actually buy it I can try my hand at digital art. I'll definitely use this tutorial when that day comes.
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woaaa! that helps a lot! thank you very much!
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Glad to hear it is helpful! ^^
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wow nice tutorial. I really like it
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Thank you. Hope it was of help. ^^
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thanks so much! shading is one of my most serious issues ^^'
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this is gonna be very helpful. a user commented on one of my pics ( i use bases, but the shading concept is still the same) with a link to this to help my shading.
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Wow, thanks! That`s really great to hear, glad it helped you! :,D
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This is so helpful! Especially for us noobs who have no idea where to start...
And it's pretty mouse-friendly too!
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Glad it was helpful to you!
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This is awesome!~ Thank you for sharing!~ <3
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You are welcome. I hope it comes in handy. ^^
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Wow, sorry to comment on kind of an old thing, but this has really helped me. Thank you. C:
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Glad to hear it was helpful! I keep getting comments on this one,
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it's a great tut ......but it's all done by a tablet right?
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yup I thought you'd say that
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Well, I can imagine its doable with a mouse too but it will take much longer.
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really? :iconiloveuouplz: I thought it's basically impossible to do stuff like these with a mouse ...
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hi,i have a question,when i export the file to the photoshop,the background is not transparent.how you make it transparent?tq
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Hi there ^^/
If your picture is single character on white background then once in Photoshop you can:
1. Click the white background with the magic wand tool, it will select the area you`ll want to remove.
2. Right-click in the image and select "Select Inverse" from the menu.
3. Go to Layer>New Layer> via Copy and you should have just the character on a new later.
4. Right-click on the layer below your new one and click Delete Layer.
5. Now you`ll have just one layer with your character on transparent background
Hope that helped!
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i see..so we need to use photoshop to change it to transparent.thanks for the help!
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Normally SAI will automatically have the picture with transparent background unless you make a white one but it will not show as transparent unless you save as png format. If you save as jpg it will show as white.
And you are welcome!
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now that a good information! i see,a big thanks again!
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It`s not really that good XD;; but it hopefully explains some basics. Thanks!
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Are you freaking serious?!
I can't even do PART 1 XD!
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Hey! Thank you! You explain very well!
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You are welcome! Glad it was readable despite my engrish. XD;
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thaaanks for all that good information ^^
never knew how to shade in SAI,.. :$
(so dont watch my digital work, it's not much either ..)
Great Tutorial!
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I was pretty clueless when I started using SAI as well but with some practice it is really an awesome drawing program. Light and easy :')
And your digital work is good!
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Nop, my digital works isnt good.
Im not that new to SAI,
Got it about 6 months now..
(its not that long, but okay)
but I dont work so much with it.. >.<
Oh and if you care:
I'm working traditionally on a bird, not only a bird.. No No Noo!! With his own background :3
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i loved it.. XD especially the hair highlights part.. that one i didnt know how to do.. thanks
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Glad you learned something new! :'D
Hope it will come in use!
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