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Clairenix · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:46 am Post subject: Project Naoki~

I didn't do the line art, a friend did but I did trace his line art with the pen tool. So far I've been learning different shading techniques and this is what I have so far.

Any tips to improve shading?

*ignore the fact that it still doesn't have lighting*
*focusing on shading at the moment*

Kronos · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:51 am Post subject:

Looks good, but those white brushes on teh eyes look unreal.

Clairenix · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:54 am Post subject:

Benji. · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 36

ehm, did you shade the hair already? i guess not.

Clairenix · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:17 am Post subject:

Up2Admin · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:58 am Post subject:

Harder shading is needed, it's incredibly soft and hard to notice.

CrisNMP · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject:

whats more important than shading is the lineart. Some parts should be rounder, there's white around the lines in the shirt and the line colour should be different, you could do it all black or you can do the following:

but try to avoid using the colour you're using.

Clairenix · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject:

Cryoma · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject:

Soft cell has no lines at all.

Up2Admin · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject:

Maybe this can help: http://getty.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-for-soft-cell-shading-27544088

Clairenix · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:32 am Post subject:

sponge cake recipe · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:35 am Post subject:

Looks cool, make the hair shading much darker though.
The red outlines on the shirt look weird.

Nothing to say that hasn't been said, the white brushing on the eyes is a little weird. Maybe set it to a different blending mode?

Benji. · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 36

Cryoma, there can be shading in this painting style.
http://up2share.com/view/mtbid00k4

Cryoma · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:45 pm Post subject:

I've read that, the tutorial doesn't follow real soft cell.
True soft cell shading has only outlines in the 2d perspective, or no lines at all.

The first appleseed movie was soft cell, and as you can see outlines were added for each smartlayer (calculation of z order) but everything else was just contrast.

What really annoys me is artist going on about how they use cell shading on their art.
Cell shading is a method used by rendering programs, if you're just painting or drawing then it's not cell shading at all, but just a style.

Vampire Auriakor · Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:10 am Post subject:

its ok, im good at drawing on paper but shit on pc so its better than what i could make on a computer