I need Coloring Tips (Paint tool sai)

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*Roleplay-Silvy12 Nov 12, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Im not new at digital art but Im trying to improve my coloring and shading any tips would be fine ^^

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~Bluewyrm Nov 18, 2012

[link] Best advice on shading I've found so far

~MrFeline Nov 18, 2012 Student Digital Artist

This guy. Knows what he is talking about.

~Lunar-pocket-venus Nov 17, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

USE LOTS OF REFERENCES!!!! haha they help me a lot. also tutorials and speedpaints also help a lot too. they give you an idea on how to go about things. i think using the water tool is alright honestly as long and you blend nicely and evenly and use good colors while shading. also its just a good way to start off until you get better and develop your own way of doing things. so yeah. just. References. Tutorials. Speedpaints. Practice. Patience. and experimenting with different tools/techniques should help.

~kuroskesan Nov 14, 2012

draw from human reference, so u can see how shading works etc

~JelliedMammal04 Nov 13, 2012

try not to use blur and water tools if you can
the clean shadows usually look better
[link] clean
as opposed to
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it's still okay but I think clean looks so much better
ofc up to you

and hopefully that helped but I have no idea -dies-
good luck ; u ;

~Bluewyrm Nov 18, 2012

It depends on your shading style. If you're a painter-type, you want to use the water tools as much as possible...

~JelliedMammal04 Nov 18, 2012

well yeah but more for cartoon type style with thick lines
painter works better in lineless things

*Roleplay-Silvy12 Nov 13, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Thank you for your help, it does look nicer that way, Thank you ^^

~JelliedMammal04 Nov 14, 2012

of course ; u ;

~shininginthedarkness Nov 12, 2012

Use cool colors to shade, don't use grey. Don't use dodge and burn.
Er... shade where the light doesn't hit?

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