Entry 016

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Hi, it’s me again after a while! I’ve been busy with work lately, so I barely had any time to make new art until yesterday.

But I’m not sharing that piece just yet, because today I finally put together a not-so-tutorial tutorial. I’m honestly not very good at making tutorials, but I did my best.

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STEP 1: BASE COLOUR LAYER

  1. Create a layer, and set it as Normal.
  2. Select desired area to work on using Lasso (or magic wand).
  3. Use Fill tool to colour the area.

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STEP 2: COLOUR LAYER

  1. Clip a new a layer above the previous one, and set it as Multiply.
  2. Lasso desired area.
  3. Pick any colour of your choice.
  4. Using Gradation tool, colour the area from desired angle (in this case, from bottom to top)

**May need to control the pressure when you work with the gradient

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STEP 3: 2ND COLOUR LAYER (optional)

  1. Clip a new layer above the previous one, and set Multiply.
  2. Repeat the previous colour step using Gradation tool.

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STEP 4: SHADING LAYER

  1. Clip a new layer above the previous, and set it as Multiply.
  2. Lasso all desired areas for shadow.
  3. Pick any colour of your choice (I usually go for dark grey for dark theme like on this tutorial, but use colour that’s slightly darker than the base colour for bright theme).
  4. Using Fill tool, colour the lasso-ed areas in one go.

**idgaf on the light source, so don’t be like me

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STEP 5: 2ND SHADING LAYER (optional)

  1. Repeat the previous steps for more depth of the shadow, while using the same colour as the first shadow or any of your choice.

**again, idgaf on light source but whatever

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STEP 6: LIGHT LAYER (this is where the magic happens)

  1. Clip a new layer above the previous one, and set it as Divide.
  2. Pick any colour that’s opposite to the base colour (I usually pick any blue for skin colour).
  3. Using Gradation tool, colour the whole area from the desired angle or preferably based on the light source (in this case, from top to bottom).

**May need to control the pressure when you work with the gradient

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Well, this tutorial shows how I render skin, though you can pretty much use the same method for things like hair and clothes too. The process is basically the same.

Hope this helps! Until next time!