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Basic Shading Tutorial by *Dreamkeepers:iconDreamkeepers:

Categories Digital Art > Mixed Media > Miscellaneous

©2009 *Dreamkeepers
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VIDEO IS AT: [link]

The first in my planned series of Youtube video tutorials. It was created to supplement a presentation I was giving for the local library chain. To justify the amount of time I put into producing it, I needed to make it web-compatible as well. I've actually had it posted for a month or two now, but I realize I've neglected to mention the fact on any of my art accounts. That's me - on top of things.

Sooo....


Ta-daa! use the link above to view the movie -if you find it informative, please feel free to share it with others.

Actually, if anyone has any feedback, I'd love to hear it - did you find it funny? Annoying? Informative? Too technical, too simplistic? What types of tutorials would interest you most in the future, what subjects and areas of emphasis do you want to hear about? The goal here is to make my videos as helpful and entertaining as possible - and you're the target audience, so definitely let me know what you'd like to see! 8 )


Also, disclaimer - between working on Prelude and Volume 3, these videos will be few and far between for the time being.

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~Ninjacomics Jun 14, 2009, 2:09:28 PM
ahh cleese, so many memories from monty python... and getting back to the subject of you're tutorial...it was an excellent explanation of the use of the tools in photoshop. I'm just glad my photoshop isnt so ancient that i wouldn't be able to do any of this. I have used this a various amount of times and has made my organization about 100000% better when i work on projects.. XD. i would like to say thank you David for posting such an excellent tutorial for us shading and layer challenged 8D

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Mood: Love *DSworn Jun 14, 2009, 2:12:09 PM
Awesome vid, i hope to use those techniques later XD
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~Asphydel Jun 14, 2009, 2:23:21 PM
I'll have to try this out, it's a bit different than what I usually do. Thanks for sharing, it was helpful and funny, too! ^_~

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~ZeroKD Jun 14, 2009, 2:33:03 PM
Hey great job making this, I now know how to use layer masks lol, im gonna give this stuff a shot on one of my pictures when i get the chance :D
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~DJRad-Foxx Jun 14, 2009, 4:10:32 PM
Oh...oh no it's the Disgruntled Cleese. We'll have to try something else.

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*ShadowofNights Jun 14, 2009, 6:12:54 PM
I very much liked the tutorial and I had to laugh at the end with the background. You had me blinking a few times after that. ;)

I'll definitely give it all a shot. I'm still working on my shading and lighting . . .which seem to always get the better of me. ^^;

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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster - Friedrich Nietzsche


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~BloodyKillOokami Jun 14, 2009, 7:36:31 PM
That was wonderful Dave! I'm TOOOOTALLY watching that again when I get my hands on the latest photoshop XD. You have the best sense of humor I love it. Wow! All I did was hold my nose and blink a few times and BAM I had a wonderful background! Maaaagical!

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It's true.
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~Star-Seal Jun 14, 2009, 8:17:36 PM
I wish i knew who Cleese was so it could be even more hilarious than it was XD
Hmm.
Very useful; I didn't know about anything after block coloring in layers.
I wold say the humor was a liiiiiittle heavy; maybe tone it down to a few well-placed witticisms.
And vivid red? HMMM.... maybe even...
INCARNIDINE?
Lol me and my love of fancy words for mundane things.
Thanks for doing this! I look forward to more; it was great!

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*NameTheRabbit Jun 14, 2009, 9:36:17 PM
Very well done, I'll see sometime if I've got the patience to try that in GIMP ^.^

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~Star-Seal Jun 14, 2009, 11:06:05 PM
One thing I have never quite understood is shadows. I use references and comparisons to select where shadows and highlights go, but I cannot seem to figure out the pattern. Are there rules for shadows? Could you post a tutorial, or just write them out, if there are?

I'm using the hue saturation shindig right now; I can't believe you made this the day after I blocked in my first photoshop thingy, lol. Though the highlights/lighter layer is kind of... elusive to me...
Anyways, if you can point me to a place where the shadows and highlights are better explained, it would be awesome.
Thanks again for posting a tutorial!

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