swfchan: Champford's Soft-Shading Tutorial--Starring Bomba! by Champ (FurryCanidDog BombafurColoringFlashInteractive).swf (info)

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Champford's
Soft-Shading
Step-by-Step

starring: Bomba!

Bomba BombaFur@FurAffinity.net

All Art AshMacD. 2010

First I like to lay down a basic sketch to get things in order...

LOL PEEN

Then I block in the color and shading in a layer beneath the sketch...

I use a colored background so that I can make sure that all the light area is filled
in. Dark colors work best for this...

Now we've got the color for the body blocked out...don't worry about it being neat
yet.

I've made the sketch layer invisible for now, though I do refer back
to it to make sure everything is going according to plan...

Now the first bit of smudging starts. I use the smudge tool on a small size at a high
setting to make the fur texture...

Some people say the smudge tool is cheating...I say it's not cheating to
use the tools you are given...

I feel fuzzy...

I went back with the 'burn' tool to add some lines of shadow across the figure and
legs of Bomba so that I can make a better overall fur texture...

Make sure you don't have 'Sample All Layers' checked. I did, and now there's all that extra gray
around the tail from the bg being blended into it...I took the color out so that it's gray like the
rest, though.

There...got rid of all that excess gray with the eraser and had to re-blend the edges of
the tail. Save yourself the trouble and make sure 'Sample All Layers' is unchecked!

Still blending in the fur. I'm not worrying about the portions of the
face that will be covered in hair...because they'll be covered, duh.

Help! I'm blind!

And now I've given him eyes, his nose, and all of his claws. I like to add these details
later so that I can be sure they're placed correctly after all of the smudging is done.

Look at all that fuzzy fur! But there's something missing--

Right! Bomba has a head of silky white hair! So let's start simple...

I've started by simply blocking out the area with a very pale gray...

Next, I use the 'burn' tool to get the shadows down. You don't need to rush
into texture...

He's starting to look better already!

Is this hair...?

...or a dead animal...?

Then I went in with the burn tool again, this time at a smaller size, and
scribbled in the hair strands.

After that, I used the smudge tool again to blend it and draw some of
the strands out over his face. His hair is looking a tad dull though...

BAM! Added a little shine to it with the white brush tool. I also added shadow to his
face where the hair would cast it.

He's almost finished! But it seems like he needs a little something more--

There ya go.

--spots! Bomba is a Husky and Dalmatian mix-breed and his coat is splotched with black.

The spots were made using the Lasso tool to select small areas as well
as his left foot, and right hand and ear. Then I used brightness and
contrast to make the areas darker. Smudge was used to blend it in.

Spot on, my good fellow!

And last, but not least, a spiffy background is added to the picture...

Do you want to see this process in action? Click the 'Forward' button!

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