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Windy999 β Tutorial: Overshading Cartoons
Published: 2005-09-04 09:21:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 5454; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 2188
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So many of you have asked how I do my art - I usually answer that it is through brute force, ignorance, and an inability to know when I'm beaten.This is true but I do have some basics I adhere to
I've put together this shockingly bad tutorial to try and put it into words (and a picture)
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Thanks for sharing your methods!
I find that I ALWAYS have the most trouble with step 4...
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Sheer bloody-mindedness usually gets me through
Thanks
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I thought most of your illustrations were gray shades of watercolor 
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nice work
i can see this being added to the photoshop tutorsials club
into the drawing tips section
note the club ?
cheers
jaako
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I love this, and I will definatly have a go!
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Hi Windy! I've been away a long time. I stopped in tonight to see if you were still around and what you have been doing. Awesome work as usual! Great little tutorial! Ahhh smudgers! I remember them. It's been a long time since I actually set pencil to paper. I've been so glued to digital art. You are inspiring me to get back at it. Although I don't have a scanner right now.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi!
My membership has lapsed due to lack of funds, but I'll be back someday!
Keep up the amazingly amusing work!
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Excellent tutorial, and it gave me a reason to finally start learning to use blenders⦠ooo⦠love at first draw
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Great tutorial, and that last line of yours gave me good old chuckle.
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..and it's so true
Thanks a lot
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what's a smudger?
awesome tutorial, i'll have to try it out sometime... hm. how about now... *plots* i got all necessary artist graphite pencils...
now i just have to decide what paper is more suitable.
as i said, awesome tutorial, thank you for sharing and... this should be my last visit to your gallery of today. *grins*
but i'll keep stalking you. *goes away mumbling something about square, ivory-hued books..*
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Piece of paper rolled up really tight so that you can sharpen it (I buy mine - only 50p and I'm too idle to make my own) - you can use it to blend pecil, charcole etc.
I use cheepo-paper - if I buy expensive paper I get to nervous about wasting a sheet
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very cool. I should try this when I get some time. Although I don't have a blender handy *looks around*
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Nice tutorial 
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I've learned alot from this, thanks very much.
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aha!!
sooooo thats how you get it all nice and smooth and detail!!
*penny drops*
thanks, ill have a little play with some new drawings
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Your seecreEEEEETTTTTTTTTT! Your Seceret of art is MMMIINNEEE!Now to HYPNOTIZE THE MASSES SO I CAN RRUULLLEE THE WERLD!
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That's pretty cool, Windy. I love to see a little insight into artist's processes.
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I'll have to try that. I can shade, as long as I have a reference picture. That already has shading on it. In otherwords, I can't shade.
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Very good tutorial.... just what we need on dA, down with the Photoshop-pers!
I always just smudged with my fingers...it works just as well, as long as you don't stop to scratch your face.
I'll try to investigate the whole smudger thing, there are no good art stores around here, so I might make my own.
Thanks again for the very handy tutorial!
Love, Peace, and Empathy...
-Allie
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That's why I use a smudger - it stops me wearing most of my art
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I don't ever get any on my clothing.... I've only gotten it on my face once. I use really soft pencils too ><.
Thanks again.
-Allie
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I'm not keen on signing my work but I've found once I have done I don't "improve"on it andy more
Cheers
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magic. i'll have to try that method now!
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Next time I draw, I'll use this. It should be neat, and it was really helpful. Thanks aton Windy.
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Technically you're never beaten, it's impossible to 'ruin' a drawing, it just turns out differently to what you expected
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Hah. This makes me laugh, because despite your humility, my work sucks even more.
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if i couls actually draw i'd sure as hell use that ^^ great tut... any chance you could make one about placing of shadows/highlights? 'cause i never could get that right...
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Nice! Informative and simple at the same time.
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when I start drawing again I am going to try this... and just so I remember I will 
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Very interesting!
I don't own a smudger...I use my fingers and fingernails through a kleenex. o-o Maybe I should look into smudgers. I also usually use softer pencils...all the way down to 6B and 8B...
This is very nice! I shall faves it!
Tegu
(Cleaning Up So Well)
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If I used 8B I'd be wearing most of it rather than it being on the page
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XD Yes. It does like to get all over the place. ^^
Tegu
(Turning Through The Years)
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now if only the professors at my $100,000 a year art school could make things make that much sense.
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Ha!
(My career in training isn't going to waste then)
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that's pretty awesome.. it's good to show how you go about things.
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