👨‍🎨 HOW TO COLOR YOUR DRAWINGS using cel shading

[@YTartschool]

You asked, I deliver 😘 This is a fun twist on my usual coloring method, also it’s 1200% faster (but only if you understand regular shading) - if that’s a problem I have a shading class that might help kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ7XZ6qqip6ni7M

[@cextheartist]

its possible to start with cel shading like this and then go to a more rendered painting? Like, I know its silly, but render it to get rid of the lines and make it look more 3d take a lot of time.

[@patriciajin6206]

@@cextheartist yes, it's lit

[@Howaboutyes11]

okk❤❤dalb < backwater

[@ms1472]

Where is the line art video that was supposed to be in the description box? 🥹🙏🏻

[@SimSoma]

Cell shading looks amazing, but I actually find it much more difficult than doing a soft shading because I need to know exactly where the edges of the shapes are supposed to go to, and ooof... Hard 😅

[@IshikaShanai]

It's honestly more about shape design rather than anatomically correct edges and shapes. The more graphic the approach, the cooler the shadow and highlight shapes appear.

[@monikacau01234]

Yes! Exactly! It is harder and force me to understand the shape! I need more reference and often ended up using 3d model in blender just to see where the shadow and light is

[@TheRevenant4585]

No crazy intro, and he actually gave the correct amount of years (I think) that he’s been a professional artist. Marc, are you ok?

[@shsljazzy291]

I think he’s being held captive… #savemarc2023

[@Rohvannyn]

@@shsljazzy291 Ha ha, blink twice if you need help, Marc!

[@blitzie66]

twenty years! he looks so young, what a legend

[@AroonCat]

I've been missing the crazy intro's so much 🥺

[@spiritretro3571]

oh no... it finally happened... HES GONE SANE!!!!

[@alexl7213]

There is a much simpler way of doing cel shading: create 1 layer for inking lineart. create 1 layer for colors. then create 1 layer for shadows. Change it to multiply. Choose a midtone almost grey color. A warm or cold color will change the mood of the shadows. This shadow layer must be over the color layer. Paint on it the shadows however you like. Then create 1 layer for higlights. Change it to add. Choose a midtone almost grey color too. Warm vs Cold colors will change the highlight mood also. Paint the highlights however you want. This higlight layer should be over the outline layer. The layers' order should be like this: highlights outlines shadows colors You can bypass the color layer and do the shadows layer first, if you want to focus on the tones. And paint the colors in the end.

[@Webisyen]

This sounds like a great tip! I will try. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@TheMontegoEffect]

What is the “outline”? Is that the lineart layer

[@alexl7213]

@@TheMontegoEffect Yes. It depends on the style you want to do, but usually, it's a line-art layer. Highlights Line-art shadows colors Sometimes I use a more artistic style: I start with sketch layers (1 or more) Then add a grey generic color layer (to define middle tone) then do a shadows layer, and a highlights layer. This way, I work of the tones in greyscale. After that, I add color layers. And in the end, the line-art layer. Other times, I go for a traight comics style: I start with sketch layers Then go for a line-art layer Then refine that line-art layer into an "ambient occlusion layer" - that is basically weighted lines+strong shadows. Then I do a generic grey color layer Add shadows layer Add highlight layer And in the end, color.

[@TheMontegoEffect]

@@alexl7213 this is very informative thank you, I hesitate whenever I think about shading and highlights before color, it seems out of the norm to me, but I’ll add these to my notes and give it a try

[@alexl7213]

@@TheMontegoEffect It's the basics of comic art. They always start with sketch from the main drawing artist, then the inking, and then they go for color. Golden era of comics didn't have shadows or higlights, unless they were done in inking. But with digital era, this changed. It's easier now to add shadows and lights, so comics appear with a shadow layer, and lights are sometimes integrated into color, other times, done separately. It depends on the artists doing it, and the workflow. Graphic novels tend to take more time and work on these layers. Book covers, many times change to a more artistic approach, trading line-art for brush work. Remember, many comics and mangas are done first in black-and-white, and only after a few successful volumes, they get a color version.

[@db3d607]

I just realized that I watch more art tutorials than I actually practice.

[@Haulart45]

Once again thank you for this lesson I myself am a artist, I’ve learned a lot in my life but I love to keep learning especially from you marc❤

[@sael5084]

You're adorable would love to see your progress

[@supre1535]

Thank you so much for doing this! I've always found your art style amazing, but I've always found the cell-shading style more appealing, thanks for thinking of those artists and for always providing quality content ❤

[@sael5084]

Dont thank. You deserve this for being sweet ❤❤

[@kyofushinigami5822]

You are legendary, for someone who would really struggle affording your course I heavily rely on these videos and pay my fee each class! I'm so grateful to you sharing your knowledge I'm currently finishing your 30 day challenge and then, I'm going go through all your beginner classes! Although I'm okay at concept art - I'm learning so much and your expertise is invaluable! I intend to pursue a full career with art and writing quotes and standalone pieces for both as well. My passion heavily on character design even as I hobby I would love to develop skills capable of being efficient and skilled. Thankyou, sincerely Marc! 🙇🏼‍♂️

[@bman1235]

His course is worth the money if you’re wondering!

[@kyofushinigami5822]

@@bman1235 Without a doubt I'm certain it is! I'm going try to save for it, especially since my shop is live now for some of my artwork so, hopefully, it takes off. I would love a lifetime subscription, being able to study at my own pace with convenience! I worry I'm already picking the wrong videos to be focusing on, hopefully, I'm not as I fill all knowledge is invaluable even if only minor tips

[@cyruszomoroddian3850]

Can you please explain how you selected the sillhouette so fast. I love your tutorials but feel like they still go incredibly fast for true beginners like me lol. Thanks!

[@mrs.quills7061]

For anyone new to this too-cel shading is what I use to lay out my shadows and lighting. I used it more when I was a beginner, but I think it’s great when you’re starting because you’re not fussing about blending and softness. You’re not wasting time either if a shadow is wrong you can quickly correct it rather than rebrushing and blending stuff. It helps you define the light and form quickly too. I use a combination of cel and soft shading depending on the illustration I’m working on. It can make really cool effects if you use bright or complementary colored hues for your shadows. I love red and purples for this reason. Really pops against fleshy colors.

[@skillengine3891]

Wow man. I watched around 50 videos of digital art and everyone was adding shadows to their lineart but you added light to shadowed lineart. I am new to digital arts and you just gave me the direction , man. Amazing 👍

[@twoviolets]

0:19 Hahaha that's okay Marc it will be award winning one day! 🙌🏽

[@jaxsun2924]

I'm always grateful for your teaching in colors even tho after so many years I still find myself odd for unable to pick a good color palettes. But I always try again with your guidance. Just wanna say TQ Marc

[@lexer2297]

Thanks for everything Marc, you've helped me motivating me with your tutorials. Keep the hard work!!

[@sharirvekineorzea]

I'm going to keep this for future reference since cel shading is one of my favorite coloring styles and I've always struggled to get the result I envision; with this method it looks significantly more achievable. Thank you for explaining it in detail! 👏

[@Alex-KZG]

Thank you Marc for this video! Cell shading is the style of colorisation I'm using and reallly really want to improve in order to get an anime/cartoony vibe. I wasn't able to find good tutorial for this , most of them focus on shaded/rendered style. You are the boss!

[@thestellarelite]

There's always an amazing little nugget of info I never thought of in your videos. I LOVE this use of the outer glow absolutely brilliant mate!! Can't wait to finally start your Art School next month. I bought it like a million years ago near when you started it but did not dig in until forever later because lots of reasons. You're a G my friend!

[@gentleman7803]

Dang this video changed my coloring Style so much and the results are stunning. Thank you very much🫰😭

[@johanetsondragon]

Cell shading is by far my favorite art style, thank you so much for this!!

[@rayo1134]

I've been searching so many tutorials about this for years, and there's a minimal to it. Among all of them this is the most understandable tutorial about cel shading specifically and this is the only that I understand clearly 😂. Thank you sir

[@veryfilthything]

Have you ever made a video talking about how to use the lasso tool exactly? It sounds super obvious but everytime I've tried to do it my own work it just feels really clunky and imprecise. So many artists talk about using it though I feel like I have to be doing something very wrong with it. Also, interesting video. I feel like 'pro' artists very rarely talk about cel-shading so it was cool to see your approach to it.

[@PhantomyreValentine]

How do you manage to produce these things at the perfect timing? XD Celshading is so much fun. Please do more of these! Maybe even delving into how some Asian artists do their magic tricks.

[@moculinan1175]

Woah!! Thanks a lot, I've been wanting a good cel shading tutorial for so long!!! Thanks sensei

[@s0mthinisf1shy68]

Perfect timing again, was waiting for some type of help on cel shading. What a godsend.

[@Timur4990]

Ive been waiting for this all my life, couldn't find anything that suits my artstyle but this is the one!! thank you so much

[@XYLGEM]

I don't understand how are you able to provide so much knowledge for all of us FOR FREE and still come up with new things I didn't even think I needed. THANK YOU SO MUCH MARC, YOU'RE DOING LORDS WORK! I've been searching for good cell shading tutorial FOR YEARS and you just gave me one FOR FREE! I can't help but stan. You're the only youtube artist I've subscribed to and even pressed that notification button. I wish I could express how I am grateful for what you do. Thank you♥

[@LMENVS]

I've been waiting for 10 million years for you to do a cel shading video, it is worth the wait ❤❤❤

[@p.kmations]

wow beautiful

[@snowdragon9577]

Yesss incredible class!! I've been going at the artschool term 1, still waiting on the motivation class, about how to stick to a schedule while learning art on your own!! Love your classes as always teacher!!

[@tharkka]

what a perfect timing! just when I was searching some cellshading tips. Thanks a ton Marc sensei!

[@lilianeuh]

ive been waiting for this video for my entire life, when i saw this post i started levitating. thank you 😭😭😭

[@dragonninja9908]

Thx, I mainly use Cel Shading and this gives me insight on how to do it more properly

[@yuri_nori]

Cel shading is my go to artstyle I'm really glad you talking about it!

[@user-ie5qx9zp9u]

Your THE BEST KZbinR, TEACHER, YOUR AN AMAZING ARTIST!!!!!!! I love you!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOO SOOO MUCHHHHH I LEARN SO MUCH FROM YOU!!!

[@NotALotOfColonial_SpaghettiToG]

ahh that explains it! I was wondering how people got such sharp lines in shading, turns out you just need to use the line tool cleverly with whatever brush of choice. I have spent waaay too much time making blobs and then trimming down the fat 😆

[@gobbelholm1755]

I've been waiting this video for 31 years of my life.

[@Yokoyayy]

I'm from Brazil and it's rare for someone to do a well done tutorial here, even more so for free. Thanks for providing this! I have difficulty with perfectionism, because I grew up watching channels teaching realism and dictating as "the right art", this video helps me change that ingrained thinking. Thank you again!!

[@luping9941]

Everytime im not motivated i always watch ur videos it helps me a lot to try again making arts

[@Lukos0036]

Artists and animators deserve so much more money than they make.

[@Light846]

Its like you can read my mind! I was searching for this the other day but didn't find decent tutorials! And wanted a tutorial from you, Now here it is!!!

[@happydoodles8106]

Thank you for this! I prefer this style of shading lately, and it's all broken down and so easy to follow.

[@TDJbobiste]

always amazed on how easy people use lasso tool, it's precise fluid smooth. When i press lasso tool i just got parkison the second after

[@tealixir]

OMG been waiting for a cell shading video since forever !! TYSM!!!!

[@MinhNguyen-kb1ps]

Love your technique using bucket tool, much better than color blending mode

[@makimaizabeatch3792]

I've been looking for a good cel shading video for so long. This is by far the best for me. Thank you.

[@nondumbgd]

Oh yees I needed this because I'm gonna make a comic in the future! Thank you!!!

[@rarianexe]

This is the exact kind of tutorial i was waiting for! thank you

[@namlex4483]

cel shading looks so clean

[@kierwiny]

Cel shading is so simple really cool as well. with that existing I want a tutorial on how to make something like an old renaissance painting. can be fun though.

[@animerman2017]

Marc you mad man, you delivered this so good.

[@citruscake4334]

Can you do a tutorial on how to draw elements? Like water, fire and such?

[@ferd3007]

Just when I was getting into cel shading you make this video... I'll definitely give it a good use...

[@ana_leigh]

😰 please don't curse my art!!!

[@darkchild130]

Pay the fee, no curse 🤷‍♂️

[@pamodmk7996]

Likeeeeeee

[@sael5084]

You deserve to be blessed not cursed ❤❤

[@sael5084]

​@Speed enthusiast why would you blackmail the supernatural 😢

[@shmuelisrl]

btw this command was the one viewing when the comments was collapsed for me, and reminded me to like at the end of the video. my like is due to you, so hopefully that will help to make your art not cursed

[@markiicreative]

Wow this is the best Marc tutorial yet‼️ this is crazy helpful

[@darlindeli3340]

This makes me feel much better about how I shade my art

[@bananaz_707]

Omg this process is way faster and more efficient than what I have been doing. I didn't know anything about alpha locking until now lol

[@JustGem87]

Perfect timing. I have been playing around with cell shading in the last couple days. Super handy to have some pointers.

[@jaiyaramirez]

god I love Marcs videos, his humor, tips and advice are always on point.

[@shanep44]

This is one of my favourite videos because it aligns with my artstyle. And your fundamentals are always on point

[@marco_fire_wolf951]

I'VE BEEN WATING FOR SOOO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO!!!😱😱😱 THANK YOU!!!👍

[@PhantomyreValentine]

Could you do a video on how to adapt to other artist styles? For example-- Chinese/Japanese artists?

[@ednieves482]

I needed this video! Thanks!!

[@oscarchavezart]

This is a breath of fresh air, there are not that many tutorials for this kind of art style. Cycra uses to have a whole tutorial for cel-shade, but he took it down. This style is better for me since I ain't that good with regular rendering. But hey, there's your online art school, eh?eh?

[@whyiart]

Bro reads my mind week by week

[@ilustreguilherme]

Not gonna lie, i was struggling a bit with Cell shading and this video helped me a Lot, gonna try this process on my next work

[@ManuelSanchez-tt8kd]

Omg Thanks Mark, really god video!

[@saraSaki-nt2bn]

FINALLYYYYY 😍😍😍😍🥹🥹🥹 I was waiting for this one❤!!

[@9b8ll]

Thank you so much, Marc. cel shading is fun. 😊

[@migovas1483]

thank you, your lesson and tips are always welcome!

[@JackersonJ]

there are a decent amount of explosions in this video, but I wish there were more of them🤯💥

[@IndieGamerMonkey]

The pacing on this video was actually perfect and you perfectly encapsulated the concept at hand. Well done!

[@qtaro18]

Your art looks so cool in cel shading

[@devonteedwards2093]

These cel shading tips are really helpful

[@videogamedd6986]

Dude you're awesome and I am so glad I found your channel.

[@ParoN1994]

Mainly leaving this comment for engagement but also wanted to say that this was such an awesome video and a great lesson in cel shading, thank you so much!

[@madisonelizabeth2765]

The subtle flex of flipping the canvas at the end.

[@frostblaze9568]

gosh i've waited so long for this class i LOVE it

[@mcrazzle5692]

I love your channel and find your tips extremely helpful, useful and actually applicable in real life. Thank you for everything you do!❤

[@bakedseal3369]

This guy has got to be the best art teacher on KZbin

[@kaizzeart6659]

The subtle lesson for me is to maximise the mid tones and crunch the hi light and shadows. I used to over shade my a ime characters and it ends up a frankenstein of styles lol

[@Rutillith]

I was kinda using this style by default, and it was ok IMO; now I have a better understanding of it. Thanks, master!!

[@thaddeusgigachaddeus2954]

Marc how is it that every time I'm stuck in something specific you upload a video on it? literally two seconds ago I was trying to do cell shading and failing spectacularly

[@passiondono]

That coloring style is very common with older anime styles from the 80s and 90s which is my favorite style tbh.

[@cherxiong8064]

This is what I’ve been looking for!!! Thank you!!! It’s called cel shading! Now I know! Thank you! ❤

[@lowfps_videos]

I just want to say, thank you sir. 😊😊😊

[@rubengavira1]

thanks a lot Marc, I am glad to see tutorials in 2D style art

[@masmarcos4688]

man I finally found my style thanks mannnnn

[@AlainBoudard]

Mark you really kick some serious llama's ass ! I'll try this method, since I don't draw enough to really get great results in conventional color shading. I must say that your videos made me really improve my lineart with my wacom ! Thanks a million 😎💪

[@son6239]

Thank youuuu! I've always been scared of using color and shading with it. This is really helpful

[@MegaMik]

You've answered my prayers! Thank you!

[@kachionyeka6198]

The breakdown for the cell shading is absolutely amazing! Thanks so much Marc 🙏

[@jeanyvescoffy8315]

Your skill and your videos are awesome, I am blown away by the amount of precious advices you give each time. May you never stop 😊

[@CasualChris247]

thank you marc!

[@matthiasvancauteren3107]

I should have watched this before I started crappily shading my current piece. Will be handy for the next one onwards though 🙏

[@Vexferen]

3:03 the way he just mark the borders so easily for the alpha lock... my hands can't do that😭

[@inferno6012]

the pose the line art and then the colors 🤤 🤤

[@KayzeChannel]

Definitely cell shading at another level. Wow, gonna try those methods for sure. Thanks as always, Marc. Good days 💯

[@GRAF11113]

Thanks! This is the coloring style i've been looking for 😁

[@PhuNguyen-ph6lx]

Hearing Scarlet Fire outside of Dankspod channel give me such a whiplash

[@BrannelMarc]

I love the cell shading tactic