No more boring flat artworks! How to Shade Your Manga like a PRO

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00:00 Introduction to Values
00:58 What is Value (in art an drawing)
02:23 Why Study Values?
03:26 Value Scales
05:34 Midtone Overkill - Why your art looks flat
06:51 How to Practice Drawing Values
07:36 Manga Shading Styles

[@Serasugee]

I think pure black and white art actually looks very good in manga. Gives it a nice texture!

[@RubykonCubes3668]

Yeah, not to mention you have to often think outside the box if you want a specific contrast or texture (especially when you have no means to get screentones)

[@kurt6590]

A simple tip is to create charts to study creating different shades. I try to do 10 of them from white to black.

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Great tip! :D

[@Samuslover69]

Your seriously underrated i hope more people find this gem of a channel!

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Awww, thanks! Truly appreciate you for this comment.

[@cgjolly_yt]

thank you!

[@DarkTider]

By far the best video ive seen so far on value, that finally actually explained it with concrete examples, instead of just stating what they are and moving on without examples of how to actually apply it! Loved it! One bonus tip that helps me a lot when doing colour illustrations, is to also remove your saturation and hue, through a filter, to check if the values work for the chosen colours. One good rule of thumb i saw recommended is that you illustration also needs to work when you put it into greyscale. The simple trick of checking the values on your colour illustrations can really help identify problems.

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Glad you enjoyed this video! And great additional tips. Thanks!

[@IfyouBelleve]

Omi oh my gosh, I love the reference to ao Haru ride

[@kaitovt1911]

muuuy bueno y muuuy didactico , se agradece tan buena explicacion 10 de 10 , espero con ansias los proximos videos

[@eboi5575]

Awesome

[@djskittle4]

Thank you so much for the tips. I have been stuck for so long on how to shade properly. I tried different ways and all of it didn't turn out well. I didn't go to any art classes so it's hard for me to master stuffs. 😢

[@ladislaupinheiro9696]

I realy enjoy this video! Thanks from the bottom of my heart!

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Glad you enjoyed it! What was your biggest takeaway?

[@MrsZenitsusWife]

This will definitely be helpful for my future drawings

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Glad to hear that! What was your biggest takeaway?

[@MrsZenitsusWife]

Well before I never used values so this helped me learn why it’s better and how I can use it

[@shraavyamishra2376]

Please make a panel placement video

[@kirbopoyopoyo103]

TYSM :D

[@threed7]

In volume 30 of aot I honestly love how Isayama made the whole page black with the pannels. I wonder how he did that it’s looks extremely beautiful imo.

[@Kai-sg5dk]

I would really love to learn more about techniques for me to be able being a mangaka artist someday ✍🏻

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Sure, what techniques do you think you’re missing?

[@djskittle4]

I have a question... When should we use this technique? I use hatching and cross hatching a lot but after reading some mangas, I realized a lot of mangakas used this technique + hatching.

[@Mohamme.D.Kuwajarwala]

Which tools should I use for applying values?

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

8:13 "Lot of details" I KNEW IT'D BE BERSERK

[@sediment_artist]

❤❤❤really helped me❤❤❤

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

That’s awesome! What was the most helpful part for you?

[@sediment_artist]

@@aphlearntodrawmangathe part where I realised why my art always looked flat (it was because of values)🎉

[@jenniferm914]

💖

[@jaysales4024]

Here a tip! if you want to get better and maybe faster find your light source and it will make things easier. Hope this help!

[@Ikuewan]

This vid is wat i need anyways is there like a group or platform am not in a position to take calls😶 so if there's another way to reach u guys without calls and revealing myself that'd b great

[@SamuelBundrant]

i guess im wondering how do you do values with inking, like is your pencil supposed to be the half tones like gray or do is hatching supposed to be the halftones

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

If you want to learn more about hatching techniques, you can watch the dip pen tutorial videos on our channel. You can start here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2fSk2eZZ7mqnrs

[@Ikuewan]

This vid is wat i need anyways is there like a group or platform am not in a position to take calls😶 so if there's another way to reach u guys without calls and revealing myself that'd b great😎

[@g.arduino2784]

Great tips!

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Glad it was helpful! What was your biggest takeaway?

[@g.arduino2784]

For me it was about picking just a few values on the beginning! (Sorry for my english)

[@BachikinDislikesyouall]

0:26 I I I S THE COOLEEN??? /j

[@user-hw6tq7ve5q]

Is screentone an example of value??

[@SirAdiv]

3:09 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@vidaashish7420]

yes, but i think dif. shades are sorta better. I mean, when i read the naruto manga it was mostly B&W however spy X family had a lot of variety of shades

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Sure! It’s all about your own stylistic preference. 👍

[@Notoo9]

G-PEN IMPORTANT FOR INK

[@Flaroni_]

Should I use values or hatching/crosshatching

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

Great question! You actually create values using hatching/crosshatching. :)

[@NerdSpeak]

Hatching and crosshatching are techniques for actually drawing in the shading. The level of darkness of the shading is itself a value. You don’t have one without the other. Darker shadows = darker value. No matter what, once you start applying shading whether that’s with flat blacks or grays or if it’s using crosshatching or hatching, that shading is in itself giving you more variety in values.

[@KRAFTYLEAGUE]

Can i use dip pen on a small paper

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

How small are we talking about? Lol

[@KRAFTYLEAGUE]

Like a7 paper

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

It’s up to you and what you’d like to draw. :) Just as an FYI, mangakas usually use A3 or A4 paper. If you plan to create your own manga, it might be an adjustment from A7 to something much larger.

[@KRAFTYLEAGUE]

Thanks a lot

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

You’re very much welcome! 😉

[@machinegunalii7001]

Should we use markers or pencil ?

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

1) Are you a beginner? 2) What art supplies do you have on hand?

[@machinegunalii7001]

@@aphlearntodrawmanga Absolutely! I am a beginner, I've got a dip pen equipped with four varied nibs, a set of bold Sakura brush pens, standard pencils, black ink, and plenty of A4 sheets to work on. Also could you use hard pastels to color?

[@machinegunalii7001]

@@aphlearntodrawmanga Hey, just wanted to follow up on my question about shading equipment for manga. Would really appreciate your input whenever you get a chance. Thanks!

[@Hollowguy920]

​@@machinegunalii7001bro it's been two months you didn't got replied but if you found the answer for your questions will you mind to answer those I wanna know

[@machinegunalii7001]

@@Hollowguy920here's what I found : while drawing Manga, pencils isnt the answer you could either use alcohol based markers to gray scale them if you are working on paper or scan or take a photo of your work and add values, scales, screen tones digitally using a software called "clip paint studio".

[@Shlokbarapatre17]

But what about Masashi Kishimoto, Akira Toriyama and Eichiro Oda who use pure black and white?

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

It’s all about stylistic preferences. 😊

[@aphlearntodrawmanga]

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