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∞ρєηgυιη'ѕ тυтσяιαℓѕ∞ Simple Shading Tutorial

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drifblim_s's Avatar drifblim_s
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Hey Guys! I have a little bit of time on my hands right now, so I decided to show ya'll how I shade my skins, since a couple of you have asked. ;3 I'm simplifying this as much as possible because I have a tendency to over-complicate things sometimes, So I won't go into as much detail in this tutorial.


Okay then. As usual, start off by blocking in the base colours and preparing your colour palette if you use one.

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Then take your lightest colour (From the colours that you're using for shading, the one least darker than the base colour. Just to make that clear.) and fill in a shape like this:

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It's a bit hard to explain the shape, but I think it makes the arms and legs look more realistic as it creates a kind-of 'bumpy' effect in my opinion.


Then take the next-darkest colour and do more or less the same, but a pixel smaller, if that makes sense:

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Keep doing that until you end up with something that looks a bit like this:

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It's the same process for legs and arms, and the torso is simply the front and the back of the arm/leg laying next to each other with the darker parts facing outward. Haha I feel like I'm not making sense at all, so here's a picture!:

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I hope this tutorial helped you guys n_n I know it was a bit brief, but that was only so I didn't get all confused.. xD

Please consider leaving a diamond and a favourite if my tutorial helped you!o (o*Ï )

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10/10/2021 9:53 pm
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SoapSoapSoap
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FIRST COMMENT AFTER 7 YEARS
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10/20/2021 8:24 am
Level 62 : High Grandmaster Poro
drifblim_s
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haha i wasn't expecting any comments on this so many years after publishing it!
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06/30/2014 10:16 pm
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StingrayTristan
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What do you use to make your skins and is it free? I'm having trouble finding a good way to make skins without Photoshop because it never works for me :P
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12/11/2013 4:58 am
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SparklePuff
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Wow thank you so much! :) I'm sure to become a famous skinner one day all because of you :)
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09/22/2013 10:00 pm
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agentmark9
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Omg this is super useful!
I know have a gif of a squirrel eating nutella!
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09/22/2013 3:48 pm
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GingerGal
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Super cute, super helpful, but sadly I don't use the same skin-maker as you, so it won't turn out the same. STILL AWWEEEEESSSSOME =3
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02/11/2014 4:26 pm
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Jumbo45
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You can still do it in any skin make :D
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09/22/2013 3:22 pm
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Crafty
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Nice! :D
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