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Random Male Alpha Wolf (Cell-Shading/Lighting Practice)
Just some random artwork of a male alpha black wolf, I wanted to do some cell shading practice and some lighting skills so I decided to do all my art in Photoshop CS3 and also I did the sketch in Paint Tool Sai. My first ever cell shading in my anthro style so hope it looks good enough, gonna practice more on this and see if I can get even better. ^^
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Category Cel Shading / General Furry Art
Species Wolf
Size 1000 x 1000px
File Size 479 kB
Not a bad try at cell-shading! However, I mus note that cell-shading is a little more hard-edged than this, as demonstrated in this tutorial http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=cell+shading#/d4qs8vo
I think that in order to do a successful cell-shaded picture, the use of your pen-tool is more likely to achieve the desired effects of cell-shading. The soft paint brush tool is great for soft-shading, however, and there is nothing wrong with a picture shaded this way (to be honest, I find soft-shading to look very nice on pelted animals because it creates a very soft, fluffy appearance)
Ok, on to the shading itself.
Firstly, don't create fur in only one area and leave the rest barren, unless only his tail has fur and the rest is gray skin, which I know he doesn't. Either create a fur effect over his whole body or don't utilize the fur effect at all, as it creates a very odd effect. However, the fur effect that you've used is an excellent technique- use it over his whole body and I've have nothing to suggest you improve upon! Excellent job!
As for your shading itself, you mostly have it in the right areas, but you need to darken/define it. I think it would help if you used highlights on the muscles, as those are very high parts of the body. It does help to think of the body as hills and valleys. The higher the "hill", the lighter that area should be, and the deeper the "valley", the darker it should be. I've always found this technique helpful when it comes to determining how light or dark an area of my character should be.
One more thing, since he has eyes that emit a glow, the glow would be seen on the surrounding landmarks of his face, such as cheekbones, muzzle, and hair, where the simple use of a yellow-tinted highlight would suffice for this.
Alrighty, that's about it! You're doing fine on your art, just keep practicing, and keep these tips in mind! I really hope you found them useful, and good luck on shading your future images :)
I think that in order to do a successful cell-shaded picture, the use of your pen-tool is more likely to achieve the desired effects of cell-shading. The soft paint brush tool is great for soft-shading, however, and there is nothing wrong with a picture shaded this way (to be honest, I find soft-shading to look very nice on pelted animals because it creates a very soft, fluffy appearance)
Ok, on to the shading itself.
Firstly, don't create fur in only one area and leave the rest barren, unless only his tail has fur and the rest is gray skin, which I know he doesn't. Either create a fur effect over his whole body or don't utilize the fur effect at all, as it creates a very odd effect. However, the fur effect that you've used is an excellent technique- use it over his whole body and I've have nothing to suggest you improve upon! Excellent job!
As for your shading itself, you mostly have it in the right areas, but you need to darken/define it. I think it would help if you used highlights on the muscles, as those are very high parts of the body. It does help to think of the body as hills and valleys. The higher the "hill", the lighter that area should be, and the deeper the "valley", the darker it should be. I've always found this technique helpful when it comes to determining how light or dark an area of my character should be.
One more thing, since he has eyes that emit a glow, the glow would be seen on the surrounding landmarks of his face, such as cheekbones, muzzle, and hair, where the simple use of a yellow-tinted highlight would suffice for this.
Alrighty, that's about it! You're doing fine on your art, just keep practicing, and keep these tips in mind! I really hope you found them useful, and good luck on shading your future images :)
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