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a COMPLETE guide to shading

By pikat

Type
Video
Level
Beginner
Length
13 min
Price
Free
Published
2025
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About this lesson

Complete guide to digital shading: where shadows go, fancier cel shading, anatomy of a shadow, edges and color.

Chapters

  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 0:15Where do shadows go?
  3. 1:56SECRET TECHNIQUE 1
  4. 4:00Making cel shading fancier
  5. 4:53Anatomy of a shadow
  6. 6:13Edges
  7. 7:46SECRET TECHNIQUE 2
  8. 8:21Color Theory
  9. 9:38Checking values
  10. 10:22SECRET TECHNIQUE 3
  11. 10:58The relationship between value and saturation
  12. 11:50Overlay layer