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Step 2)
ok. Now it's time to open it up in Photoshop to Enhance it. The first I make a new layer over the sketch and
label it "outline" so I don't get confused which layer is which. Then I use the line tool with Anti-alias ON and make
the line only 2px wide. I always use 2xp. Then I trace the sketch's outline like so.
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Step 3)
Ok. This part is really hard for me to explain, so I hope you're smart and you figure out what I'm saying.
Ok. Now I make a different layer for each different color I am going to use. Now use the line tool
and pencil tool WITHOUT anti-alias. Outline the area of the of the place you are going to color. Make sure you
sure the area is closed so when you fill it with the paint bucket, it will only paint the area you outlined.
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Step 4)
Now it's time to add shading and lighting. There are 3 different ways I think is useful when doing this.
Ok. First you make 1 layer right over each color that will have shading/lighting. For example, a layer will
red will have a layer over it to shade on and a layer of yellow will have its own layer above it to have shading/lighting
on it. Now select the layer with the color and use the wand to select it. Be sure the anti-alias is of when you
do this so it will ONLY get that ONE color AND turn off contiguous, so even though they're apart, they'll get selected.
When you do this, a moving dotted line will surround the color (this makes it so that you can ONLY color in the dotted line
which is REALLY helpful!). leave it like it is and select the layer above it (which I just made for the shading/lighting. Now
do the shading in the dotted line. Remember the three ways I said you could shade? Well on way is to
manually select a darker/lighter of the color and use the brush. I don't really use this method any more. But
it might be easier for beginners BUT if you're tired of usiing the brush to shade, I'll teach you another way IF
you keep reading!
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The SECOND way of shading/lighting is for the people who have no clue of what color the shade/light should be SO you
can just leave it to black and white! Choose BLACK if you want it darker and WHITE if you want it lighter. THAT'S
NOT ALL! change the opacity to about 25% so you can see through the color. and it will appear lighter or darker.
BEFORE YOU DO THIS, DO THE STEP ABOVE ABOUT MAKING A LAYER FOR SHADING/LIGHTING, AND SELECTING IT WITH A WAND AND STUFF!
DO NOT FORGET!
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FINALLY! MY FAVORITE WAY TO SHADE! BEFORE YOU DO THIS, DO THE STEP ABOVE ABOUT MAKING A LAYER FOR SHADING/LIGHTING,
AND SELECTING IT WITH A WAND AND STUFF! DO NOT FORGET! ok...now that you selected it with the wand and switched
to work on the shading layer, you can use the line or pencil tool to outline the shading and then fill it in with the
paint bucket (just like the way I used to color in the 3rd step^_^). Make sure you do ALL of the shading
of that color before this next step. Now you go to filter, go to blur, and select gaussian blur. Here
you can shange how much you want it to be blurred to whatever you want and after it's done it will look like shading.
(I used it to shade Kurama's clothes ^_^)
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Step 5)
For the eyes I just use the brush. (make sure you put back the opacity to 100%) Anyway, white part first,
eye color over it, black (middle part of eye) part over it, and last the white, bright flashy part over all of it.
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Finally Kurama is done! (hansamu desu ne?) Add a background by making a layer UNDER anything that
makes up Kurama and draw on it! That's basics and That's all for now! Did you enjoy reading this long-ass
tutorial? Didn't think so...-_- sorry if I wasted your time. Anyway GOTTA GO!!! CASE CLOSED
IS STARTING!!! CYAL8ER!
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