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Published: 2012-07-09 10:14:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1779; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 12
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Description Here's a quick tutorial to help people out who struggle with the very basics of shading. I'll be uploading more tutorials in the future, if there's something you want to see a tut on, just drop me a comment and let me know!

Oh, and in this tut, I refer to something called threshold. Please not that in some paint programs, it's called tolerance

This tutorial was made with Paint.net, a free paint program. I don't use any techniques that can't be replicated in other painting programs so it should be universally friendly. Enjoy!
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Comments: 19

Airora360 [2013-05-09 10:57:33 +0000 UTC]

Can't wait to try it out

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Trueform In reply to Airora360 [2013-05-09 11:54:00 +0000 UTC]

Hope it works for you, just give me a yell if you need anything.

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Airora360 In reply to Trueform [2013-05-10 08:02:11 +0000 UTC]

This is for Paint.net, right???

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Trueform In reply to Airora360 [2013-05-10 08:09:14 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it is, though the process works with pretty much any program

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Airora360 In reply to Trueform [2013-05-10 09:10:17 +0000 UTC]

I just realised!!! What about my outlines??? Even though you did some for me, shouldn't I learn how to make the outlines too???

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Trueform In reply to Airora360 [2013-05-10 09:36:27 +0000 UTC]

That is purely practise, there's no guidelines that can be used for that, really. I can teach you how to set the image up in Paint.NET though, no problem. Cleaning up the lines is one of the most dull and time-consuming parts

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Airora360 In reply to Trueform [2013-05-14 10:02:37 +0000 UTC]

LOL

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DragoShock101 [2013-01-01 20:38:00 +0000 UTC]

This is very useful, especially for my fakemon, since it has shiny and smooth skin. Thanks for showing it to me Trueform.

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Trueform In reply to DragoShock101 [2013-01-02 19:20:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, if it helps then I am very pleased I used to struggle with colouring, so when I got a little more practised I made it because I always have so much fun shading different material

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peacekid4 [2012-08-22 23:38:47 +0000 UTC]

do you also have a tutorial on layering lol

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Trueform In reply to peacekid4 [2012-08-22 23:57:16 +0000 UTC]

I don't, though I'm due to do a badge tutorial at some point in the near future, so I can add one about layering too if you like

The basics are that each layer you add is like a sheet of tracing paper; you can see what's underneath it and make marks on it without affecting what's underneath. It's handy for adding details you may need to change or alter at some point and some people make a layer for each different shade.

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peacekid4 In reply to Trueform [2012-08-23 00:02:01 +0000 UTC]

hmmm ok,well the reason i ask is cus i want to add a back ground or something along that line

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Trueform In reply to peacekid4 [2012-08-23 00:14:15 +0000 UTC]

Sure, that's not a problem I have some lineart to finish, but I'm gonna start my other tutorial after that, so it'll be along at some point tomorrow if all goes according to plan

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peacekid4 In reply to Trueform [2012-08-23 00:17:44 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Dustie101 [2012-08-18 15:00:03 +0000 UTC]

thanks this will definitely help me with my next fakemon sudsoak!

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Trueform In reply to Dustie101 [2012-08-18 15:08:03 +0000 UTC]

No problem, I'll look forward to seeing it

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CupOJo [2012-07-09 14:19:05 +0000 UTC]

awesome!! this is the very thing i struggle with!

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Trueform In reply to CupOJo [2012-07-09 14:34:54 +0000 UTC]

Good, a lot of people have been struggling with it, so I'm glad I could help I'll be doing some more similiar stuff, so maybe they'll be useful too

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CupOJo In reply to Trueform [2012-07-09 14:36:23 +0000 UTC]

yay

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