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Tutorial: Shading and Blendingby `Cataclysm-X

Resources & Stock Images / Tutorials / Traditional Art / Drawing / Shading

...::EDIT::...
_{Larger and edited file on request.
Several people were complaining about the small font. Leaving critiques and comments are more than welcome, but I just don't like it when people use my tutorials and at the same time nitpick about the smallest things and don't even leave a "thank you" note.

So for those who do appreciate the 30 hours I spent in writing and drawing this tutorial: I uploaded a larger file. You can click download for full size.}

...Whoa...

This is a MASSIVE tutorial I did in only 2 freakin' days! LOL.

I said I would do a gift for you all because someone hit the 60.000 pageviews. Besides, I got over 1550 watchers and my drawings of Vincent and House got over 1000 favourites.

Ooohh look at the pretty colors. My previous tutorials look quite boring compared to this baby.

Ehm... what else to say...
Have fun!

Watch my other tutorials here!
1. Eye Tutorial
2. Nose Tutorial
3. Hair Tutorial
4. Shading & Blending Tutorial
5. Drawing Progress Tutorial
6. Detailed Hair part 1 Tutorial
7. Detailed Hair part 2 Tutorial
8. Editing Drawings Tutorial
9. Drawing Materials Tutorial
10. Male Lips Tutorial
11. Female Lips Tutorial
12. Proportions Tutorial
13. Group Images Tutorial

...EDIT...
Tortillions cannot be reused except for smudged areas.

However, blendingsticks can be used more often if you sharpen them with a pencil sharpener or sandpaper!!

Kudos

~~fear 0 0~~

~Animalluver101 May 19, 2012

Very helpful. Thanks

*bitter-knitter May 17, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Gaaah! I feel like I'm taking a much needed drawing and shading tutorial! Thank you!

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~Ela-Towerxz Apr 29, 2012

ohh thank you so much

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I've got a question, about the way I should make the parts to blend (chapter2, images ready and not ready for blending) should I draw stripes (like the first picture) before blending? or should I make circles before blending?

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~Fuyuko7 Apr 29, 2012 New member Student Traditional Artist

thanks

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~edragongirl Apr 16, 2012

THANKS YOU

*V-4-VENGEANCE Apr 8, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Most complete tutorial...you should write a book

You have made it easy for us, If people ask for tips just send them here

~amie-cotter Apr 6, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

use a nail file or an embry board or sandpaper to clean ur tortillions so that you can use them again and again

xx

p.s... i love your work.. and its so difficult to explain how to draw and do certain things,, but you do it so well.. well done

~Kiara2909 Apr 1, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

So easy to understand and soooooo helpful.
Huge THANK YOU!

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Sorry, my English isn't perfect ^^

~Psyartista9 Mar 13, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

I've been having difficulty with blending - the directions in your tutorial are so clearly written out, this will certainly be very useful. Thank you.

~xx-loveme-xx Feb 29, 2012

Hi you have very good tutorials, they help me a lot. But I've seen you only have tutorials about drawing parts of humans and one for fur on animals.

Can you make more tutorials for drawing animals? It would be nice.

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I love it to make photomanipulations of animals.

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