Sunday 14 November 2010

Beginner: Skin & Shading in General

These tutorials are for beginners. They are very basic and thorough, however, a basic knowledge of Photoshop is required. As far as I know, all the tools featured are availiable in Paint.net and GIMP.



There are 3 different skin tutorials, each with different skintones. I've included swatches at the end of each tutorial and detailed instructions on how to do them. These skills can be applied on dresses, makeup, objects, pretty much anything. I'll be posting a poll soon on the sidebar to vote for the next tutorial, so keep checking back!

Also, with these tutes, I expect you all to read each of them to find your favorite one. If everyone used the same technique, it'd be very very boring and Stardoll graphics would lose their diversity they have at the moment. Don't use my instructions as a set desicion, play around with the rules and find your own style, and soon you'll be Stardoll's next top graphic designer ;)

- Hunni x x x

PS: All comments are well-received, I really want to know what you guys are thinking, how you're all doing (please send in pictures!) and what you want to know about next. If you need further instructions, ask! I don't bite ;)

Click on each swatch to take you to a tutorial, or just click on the page called "The Basics" at the top :)

34 comments:

  1. http://i56.tinypic.com/2vj8qjs.png
    :D

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  2. Yay thanks! I will post what I did with your tutorials a bit later on! Thanks ;D

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  4. I want to know your opinion:
    http://i55.tinypic.com/2efuqaa.jpg

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  5. Hm... Did you use the burn tool? Because as I said, never ever use the burn tool.
    You want to start using the polyogonal lasso tool, or if you have a wacom, the basic freeform lasso tool to give you a crisper, sharper edge. I'll also be talking about proportions soon, but by the looks of things, you'll progress into a pretty decent graphic artist with some practice :)

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  6. How come we shouldn't use the burn tool?

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  7. It looks horrible. The fleshy colour of the skin turns orange, it's very innaccurate and looks cheap. I'll do an example on skin sometime to show the difference :)

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  8. But can't you turn the burn tool to the setting of highlight or shadow (I forget which one)

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  9. It still looks awful
    Setting it to highlight and shadow just adjusts the intensity.
    it's like burning paper. When you draw something on paper, it has a graduated tone, getting gradually darker. If you burn a piece of paper, you'll have white, then suddenly brown, then suddenly black and then a bit more white. It just looks wrong.
    I'll post an example later if I get time :)

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  10. http://i55.tinypic.com/2a4tzie.png

    is this ok?

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  11. Conii, that's a perfect graphic, just watch the shape and colour of nail polish - it has shading too! If you were to shade the nails, create some shine by using small dots of pure white in places around the light source. Is it ok if I feature your graphic in the blog?

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  12. Thank you so much for posting this tutorial! :)

    http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/woodoffashion/Untitled-1.png

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  13. http://i54.tinypic.com/9bk846.jpg
    What do you think of this one?? I didn't use any tool for moving or pasting, that's why she hasn't got head ;DD haahaha!!!I'm waiting for your post, cause if the burn tool change colors then what will I do?

    xx

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  14. Love the tutorials Alice :D

    Here's my try, turned out weird lol

    http://i55.tinypic.com/2552z3r.png

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  15. Ack it turned out a bit funny and ignore the weird shape :S i55.tinypic.com/5knfrd.png

    What do you think? I think i need to be a bit more precise xD

    love the tutorials btw :D

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  17. @ Alice, yeah I wouldn't mind AT ALL :D And yeah, I just didnt know where to shade the nail xD

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  18. Heya Alice, me again, seems im not great at following tutes :0
    Heres a graphic i made trying to do my own thing and using the tutes :)
    http://i55.tinypic.com/sbkbag.png

    hope its ok xx
    p.s. if you realllly can be bothered send me some tips, my username is sinbabee

    Courtney xx

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  19. coni, look at some nails on the internet, usually the middles of the nails have the hilight and one or both of the sides have the shadows :)x

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  20. I love these tutorials!
    I had no idea there was so many techniques lol! :D
    I've tried and i think i succeded, kinda...did i blur the highlights and shadow to much?

    http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2089/sdnewshadinghand.png


    Thank you so much!

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  22. Lol,I'm already an addict.
    I tried the shading technique on the hair, and a little bit on the face and make-up.
    http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/607/sdhair.png

    It's kinda fastly made, and just for fun, but what do you think?

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  23. Your hand is PERFECT! You could even use more blurring if you prefer, what's right for you is right for everyone else :)
    The hair is very impressive - is this your first time?
    I'll be doing hair in more detail soon so you'll definately progress quickly :)

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  24. Thank you! (:
    Well, i did some already, but i think i did the best shading on this one.
    Oh awasome! Can't wait, i defenatly need more tips and hunnitricks :D

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  26. I loved your tuts, they really helped me. But instead of making a hand only, I made the whole body. AND the dress.

    http://i56.tinypic.com/8yxgr7.png

    Is it any good? :S

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  27. I love theese tutorials so much, been practicing like mad, what do you think alice ??
    ((not finished))
    http://i53.tinypic.com/4kgv8m.png

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  28. and, noone else had done a blurry one, so let me be the first, what do you think:
    http://i53.tinypic.com/2sadv1g.png

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  30. Hi, this is Larsa_Gurl

    Too lazy to log in ^.^

    Well, i just wanna thank you for putting up this tutorial, this is like the best leg I've ever done xD Through time.. i'll get better:

    http://i51.tinypic.com/rcleyo.jpg

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  31. I loved the tutorial, thanks so much! I really want to know what do you think about my graphic - http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KbQr-xQsmRM/TFfZpletGhI/AAAAAAAAAMI/pJb2fxc_t5U/s1600/britney+copy.png

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  32. love the tutorial applied to everything i made - both the skin and the clothes.

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCKAoE8VHcU/TPLMkBLbMnI/AAAAAAAAAok/za6eSn1puNw/s1600/hrly-you-doll.PNG

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  33. I must admit I used the Burn and Dodge tool many times . Now I see the difference . I love your tutorial , it opened my eyes . Thank you so much .

    I did a graphic with your shading tehnique . Please tell me your opinion :)

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Bo_YiLGylwk/TQ5Me7vWFoI/AAAAAAAAAUk/PTycWcatWaU/s1600/Bath+Doll+Stardoll.png

    rralucaa1996

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  34. how do i um .. make the arms go up i am new at this and very confused

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