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For those of you who are unsure what tool shaded digital dolling is, it is a cross between pixel dolling, and digital painting. Think of it a miniature digital painting if you will.The gallery is under customisation -> dolls -> tool shading
This tutorial is a basic insight into how I work on my tool shaded dolls. The base is my own though you can use any base you wish to make your own dolls provided you use proper credit.
I will perhaps be doing other tool tutorials soon but I thought I'd start with hair. Knock yourselves out.
Feel free to note me or comment here with any dolls you may create where this has been useful.
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thank you! this was immensely one of the things I struggled with!
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I'm fine with it tradiontally, but when it comes to digital painting and dolling, I don't get hair.
it just doesn't make sense, 
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try working in reverse, instead of drawing in the dark strands leaving the light free, like you would do with a pencil, start with a dark solid colour and draw in the lighter strands. It seems to work better this way with dolls.
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hmm. I suppose that makes sense. I'll try it, thanks.
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No problem glad it helped
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this isn't actually pixel art but tool shading, in which I use the photoshop brush to create miniature digital paintings. Still difficult, but not pixel by pixel.
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Thanks for the tut. I already have a technique of my own, but thanks to this I think I can find a way to improve that technique. 
If you don't mind my asking, do you happen to know any good tutorials for minor base edits?
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I don't know any particular tutorials as I just alter what I want, move pixels change colours etc as and when I need them.... I rarely use tutorials so I don't know many good ones.
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Okay, that's fine.
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tbh you don't need a tutorial, all you need is the confidence to just do it. you dont like the eye, draw the eye how you want it. (make sure the basemaker allows edits mind you.. XD
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Yeah, the confidence thing is what I have trouble with. -_-'
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just do it.
if you fuck it up, do it again
and again
you will learn far more by teaching yourself, than by relying on someone elses step by step,
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I teach myself a lot of stuff, but I'd like to see how someone else does their base edits.
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I have a vid on youtube. I cut off the head of the base and draw in my own.
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You behead the base? 
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you can check it out, don't laugh at my voice XD
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I won't laugh. Much. >3
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Norf Britland Accent XD
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Wow, this may just revolutionalise(sp) my hair shading, seeing as I'm still using the dodge and burn tool 
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I use the dodge and burn tools to enhance highlights and shadows when I need to, but I actually use different colors for the highlights and shadows themselves.
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dodge and burn leaves you pretty much no control... you should try this
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I tried it and I love it 
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we all dodge and burn sometime, it is just all the sweeter when we learn not to XD
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Thank you, a lot, for this tutorial.
i think I'm getting better at tooling hair now. It kinda actually looks like, GASP, hair, now.
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Thank you
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Thanks for making this Tut LOL I'm not so good with hair myself and this will help me alot XD
I understand you used the 1pxbrush but what was the opacity and hardness of it set to?
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full opacity and full hardness because I use a touch sensetive tablet, so I when I'm working if I press light I get a light opacity mark.
However if you didn't have a tablet (which I didn't used to) you can set the opacity to around 40% and build it up in layers of colour, though you can just play with the method to work out what works for you.
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I love your tutorial work man. Very enlightening. Although I am still confused about pixel art dolls...
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Wow. I never even thought of sketching out the design first then filling it with color. Or even slowly adding highlights and shadows alternating the two.
I'll definitely have to try this technique out. Thanks for the tutorial!
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Glad you liked it. I'd like to see anything you make using this tutorial.
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Love seeing how other people doll, and confirming that yes, it is compleeeeetely different to my technique XD
Good stuff, useful
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Well considering our dolls look completely different somehow I think the technique is different XD Thanks for the comment
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See this is where the Mad Evil Genius comes in. Seriously awesome work
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Mad, not like in a bad way. Like a super awesome creative kinda Mad
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XD wow Sarcasm or dry wit does not pull off well on the internet.. lol
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It doesn't. What a shame. O_O lol
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