Shading

[SailorMusic]

Well, I do a lot of digital art. Actually, I usually just color lineart. I was wondering how to do shading. Here's an example of my work. As you can see, there is no shading. Why? Because I am a high school freshman and have not been educated in shading. Please, help me to learn of this important part of art.

[liamvanvel]

heres a little picture i made to help you http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j472/lmsvv/shadowtut.jpg im not saying that you always have to draw a sun from know on but just imagine where you want the light to come from and do the same teqnique as in the picture

[SAND33P]

Try a drop shadow for quick shading, ill do an example

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Edited December 31, 2010 by SAND33P

[Tarat]

I couldn't find any shading tuts on here(Someone can correct me if I missed one)

What you can do go to dA and search for "shading tutorials" That should give you some good reference points to start at.

[SailorMusic]

Hmm, I'm looking for more of anime shading.

[Sfifer]

This is for Photoshop, but it may help you a little.

http://www.questionablecontent.net/tutorial.php

[pdnnoob]

since anime shading tends to be less blurry and more defined, just add a new layer and set the opacity to around 30-100 and draw black areas where you want the shading. Using the line tool will help you a great deal. Don't bother staying in the lines because, when you are done, you can go back to your picture and use the magic wand to select everything outside the lines, then go back to the shading layer and hit delete.