CEL vs. SOFT Shading: How to Render Plants, Rust, Glass!

[@jessemilligan]

“Let me just draw in a bush really quick” *draws a better bush in 3 seconds than I ever have*

[@SocksAndMittens6435]

All it takes is practice! ^^

[@ashfur3453]

I felt that

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

I had an art teacher once upon a time, who was truly skilled with paint and sketching... AND she warned me that my biggest problem with the things I struggled worst about drawing was "Trying TOO hard"... I'm reminded of her from time to time, when I see comments like this one... and maybe, that's a problem for more people than just me. ;o)

[@circusten]

This is by far my favorite art channel on KZbin for the simple reason that you guys just make things so easily learned and digestible- you just sort of explain principles (even more complicated ones) in a way that's super easy to understand and apply to your own work- for example, I hadn't even thought about the cold highlights/warm shadows thing consciously but it makes complete and total sense and I'm definitely keeping that in mind for future work down the line. I'm working on about a 50-page minicomic at the moment that I'm definitely going to apply this principle to. Thank you guys for doing what you do, it's absolutely invaluable ♥

[@KaneyoriHK]

A lot of my art is actually based on a colder feel, which means usually I stick to the singular hue of a color, and I do sometimes use that to my advantage to create points of interest by adding in more hue variation in places such as a clearing in a forest or a cave with light shining on a pedestal, so I'll note, hue variation can be used to better direct the eyes towards the main part of the piece. This is if you wish to do this sort of coloring style. Also, this is by far the best video on cel shading 2D stuff I've ever seen, it's very thorough and simplistic enough to understand while not babying the audience.

[@XxDreamy_LeaxX]

I've been wondering about how to do soft shading for so long and this actually helped me.😭

[@ftyean08]

"Half of learning to draw, is observation. Understanding what you're looking at, and not just drawing from imagination" I always saw it as the other way round, but this makes so much sense now that it's mentioned. Thanks for the guide, it's really well put together to help understand the process 😊

[@ElliottV.2]

I love all of these tutorials as it explains not only how to draw something but gives skills to the artist like observing and reciprocating things from references which i find very helpful! most art tutorials never give an explanantion to why things look certain ways so im glad that this channel does :D

[@lyss.the.panini]

i feel so silly i go to college for art but I didn't know that a cold light creates a warm shadow (it makes so much sense now!)

[@alyssafinn7161]

I do not have words for how helpful this was for me! I have been struggling to find my art style preferences, and it's because I am apparently alternating between painting and cellular styles...

[@mouse1454]

Jessie your vids are literally my fav art lesson videos. You are so direct and easy to understand, plus your tone is just fun like you’re talking to the viewer.

[@IrregularityRowan]

Yeah I always enjoy casual tones like your talking to someone you know

[@DanielRaniel]

Your teaching style works perfectly for me. I really like the your speed and explanation. I like how you first showed us the concept of hue shifting, then told us what it was, then showed us examples of it while referencing back to it. You are such an excellent teacher, thank you for the video! You gained my subscribe :D

[@rairairai3424]

Ngl i thought the first bushes are pretty much how to render a cell shading, then she just "okay let's start do cell shading"

[@christopherwinschuh764]

BY FAR BEST CELL SHADE VIDEO! Oh god, thank you so much for this! This is genuinely the best cel shade tutorial on YT, and I should know I’ve been looking for a good one for AGES!

[@iiVoltageWolfArt]

For Krita users, if you wanna soft shade, the cotton swab tool is your best friend.

[@the-birbo]

I think hue shifting gives the lighting temperature, while not hue shifting implies that the light is perfectly white.

[@Amieee]

I’m so glad you showcased hue shifting, its such a valuable technique

[@takami_0710]

1:30 I feel like the right bush would be great for regular day basic bushes like on a sidewalk, while the middle bush could be used in a dark, mystical forest or something.

[@GlaciaGalaxy]

I came across your channel from it being in my recommended. I havnt done any of these techniques yet, but i am honestly learning so many ways to improve my own art!

[@misereouvert]

It's appreciated with videos like these. Artists are pretty lazy, so it's all about learning to be lazy in an effective way with these techniques, which helps a lot

[@aysenurozdemir2500]

I just wanna say I am an amateur artist and I love your content you always make the most straightforward and useful videos i love it

[@aquari22]

This single video taught me way more than many videos i watched before. Thanks for sharing your tips. i had been struggling with making trees and bushes. It really helped me a lot.❤️

[@anony_apis]

Fun thing with green edge glass, (from what i know) you can only see the green edge on one side, so basically if you look at an angle through the middle of the glass and try to see the edge it’ll be much less prominent and might look like its not there

[@Hiimjen]

Can't wait for the video needed this for an upcoming art

[@MimiUsagichan]

this is actually such an amazingly helpful tutorial on shading because my shading always is so flat and this helped a lot

[@hyperspeed1313]

12:35 something to remember with glass is that because of how it refracts light, it looks much thinner than it actually is and the far edges whose light passes through the glass pane should be much narrower slivers than the closer edges

[@Baahhhthegrass]

You’re the one KZbinr that goes into detail with your explanations and you’ve helped me improve my art so much so tnx

[@jwoomycorn]

This is an amazing tutorial! I do cel shading with a vague knowledge of what I'm doing but not the fundamentals. So this helps a lot to understand WHY I'm doing what I'm doing.

[@jujuoof174]

You always make SUCH useful and great tips. I improved so much all thanks to you anytime I watch a video of yours, so THANK YOU :)

[@tako-sensei6072]

the tip on natural cracks is super funny. super helpful, but also super funny.

[@sillybillybunnyboy]

This was the most helpful art video I have ever watched. Its like, everything I've ever learned and struggled to understand about shadows and rendering just clicked in my head and it all just makes so much sense now. I feel like a whole new world just opened up for me. Admittedly that last part might be the loopy 1:30am brain talking- but still. Genuinely, thank you.

[@alonelytrex3700]

When she does these voiceovers I like to imaging she really is drawing that fast in real time

[@_Kamura_]

OH MY GODDDD I was kinda waiting to watch this but I didn't know that you were doing glass! I was always wonder about glass

[@Gilded_Wolf]

AAHH!! This is great for an animation project I'm doing! Thank you so much for this! 💙

[@c.h.a.o.s69]

i loved the "there, rust". Amazing video

[@ratnoodles6981]

I absolutely love this art lesson videos because you teach in a way that even with different art styles someone could do. :)

[@maofrost6637]

i have learned more watching this one video... than i ever have while taking a class ♥♥♥

[@mirisoji8406]

That was amazing!!! I learn so much in under 20min, everything was beautiful!

[@Isaac-ph5co]

the results are soo nice

[@d0gowner]

this is great. we have been graced by the shading god

[@jen2art]

I started working on improving my digital art skills more seriously these past couple of weeks and your videos have been so helpful!!:)

[@governwoment8491]

I can't believe this. I was just starting a project and was debating on how to shade it. This was soooo helpful!!!! (ALIENS??)

[@mathiasbrandon5937]

"CEL vs. SOFT Shading: How to Render [...]" I honestly expected a 3D software tutorial with these keywords :0 still impressive work

[@lizvillegas6603]

I'm only 7 mins into this video so far and already I've learned so much. Such a good tutorial :D thank you for this!

[@mollymoia1755]

wow your explanation on how to render makes my smooth brain understand 😄

[@shadowdroid776]

This is so helpful, thank you! I have no idea how to do shading or draw the tops of trees, so this is helping me a lot!!

[@evsta99]

G E N E R A L loved this! Ty for helping me learn more

[@TheUltimateZMAN]

Thanks for the art videos Kim Wexler

[@coolman3387]

as someone who is not a artist and does not plan to become one, this is pretty informative

[@idk_something301]

I watched this video since I am currently making a mod for Minecraft remodeling mobs and needed concept art to have an idea of what I want to make. And honestly this just helped me kind of get the concept on some drawing tips, progress on the mod is 110% even though I am a solo dev XD

[@b0r3d_d]

Tysm ever since I found out about cell shading ive been wanting to learn how to shade like that

[@InternetBINNY]

TYSM for this video! I am doing backgrounds in this animation series that animation hasn’t started yet- and I’m in need of tips 😅

[@Sharkpop0]

this is the fastest tutorial ive ever seen goddamn! and i actually understood this one, too

[@kairon156]

This is a fantastic overview. Hopefully I'll get good enough at drawing to figure out the colouring aspects of art.

[@jujuoof174]

The glass one is soooo useful! Thank you for taking the time to give us so much knowledge for free!! ^^

[@BROXBasher]

I clicked on this and assumed it meant for Blender. But I'll watch through this, it might help me in the future with my particular style.

[@mosshivenetwork117]

Thumbnail looks really good.

[@wizardnotknown]

I've never thought that a Lemming would be teaching us something.

[@-BubblyArt-]

I feel like my main problem is only knowing how to do cel shading on some things, and only knowing how to soft shade other things. So I have trouble rendering large scenes

[@WeirdedOutShiba]

I was just working on a forest drawing and this just popped up! X33

[@welashubby]

Learned some good stuff! Thanks!

[@aurareom1869]

I wish I found this tutorial earlier. I just self tough and understand by myself to draw bush. But thank you for the glass shading tutorial, it make me understand how to refer it. ¡¡¡Finger artist vibes 🤞!!!

[@ArtbyKurtisEdwards]

I would love to see you do one with false colors/abstract colors (not sure of the right terms) for shading and shadows. Hearing your narrative as you explain and make decisions would help with context.

[@benzene_sandwich]

i wouldnt take her word as gospel if i were you, she was wrong about shadow and light color in this video. Warm light doesnt mean cold shadow, cold light doesnt mean warm shadow. Your shadow color is the color of your ambient light or environment. the color of the light doesnt have anything to do with the color of the shadow.

[@tnoztnoz3547]

I feel like it looked more like "glued back together" glass than just broken glass. Maybe if it looked like the crack penetrated to the other side as well, it may improve the look?

[@olif_animation]

Thank you for including cell shading I animate a lot and it always bothered me how should I draw trees and grass

[@kittygirlnya]

This is very helpful, thank you!! ^^ I'm always learning new things with my art!

[@mossimations]

YOU GOT SO POPULAR LAST TIME I WAS ON YOUR CHANNEL YOU HAD 5,000 SUBS

[@kimchi8022]

This is an amazing tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@nul3e.]

thanks for this video, it was just what i needed, all the information was very useful.

[@Tint7165]

I love your arttt

[@mallowskycotl]

Perfect timing!

[@CutieKats]

Loved this video, seeing the difference between the two. Can you do one with fur? 😩

[@amberkatanimations6585]

Another thing i noticed on the glass panes in the images. They always had some subtle ish white stripes and dots on the blue edges.

[@rexleix]

omg i love your videos remember me how nice to draw background, hope you have a great day!

[@pux0rb]

For the cracked the glass, they should be as thick as the glass pane is. So your's was a bit too thin. Keep in mind there's also a refraction going on so they might not appear as thick as the sides of the pane of glass, but it should be at least close in thickness.

[@KetcupCheese]

this tutorial is beyond amazing, thank you! was wondering, could we get a pdf or something of your explanations; so I can easily go back to it when I'm stuck... thanks again!

[@BraveLittlePixel]

how did you make it at 6:00 where your green painting over brush doesn't go over the black line and onto the white canvas, but keeps it all on the green? Similarly how did you colour in just the lines at 6:30? You didn't change any of your brush or layer settings

[@silentworlds1803]

You're my go-to resource for this stuff. Keep up the good work.

[@xdragon2k]

Shifting from green to yellow makes it looks like it was lit by yellow sun. Otherwise it might looks like it's an indoor or maybe moon lit plants.

[@RadishTheFool]

Your videos are so so good! Educational, to the point, clear, encouraging, funny. Thank you very much. 🤗 Also, my ikea 365 tea glass showed up in your google image search results. I feel so famous now. 😎

[@DoodlingHitman]

some nice art!

[@M1ck3y_o2]

I have a request for a tutorial (if you havent already): metal/shiney shading and detailing, i have a lot of trouble with metal/shiney shading and idk why, its just hard

[@tias512]

Thank you!

[@2007toyotacorolla]

I personally love cel shading

[@user-N20]

13:04 you don't even need the rest, my brain already completely registers this as being glass

[@cleocatra4344]

THANK YOU

[@EmbracetheTrace]

I 💕 all of this 🎨 you’re amazing thank you

[@OlyBliss]

Thanks for sharing this is great! How did you just colour in the outline cell without touching the rest of it?

[@munchtuna8926]

my eyes are open forever

[@Space_spade]

thanks really useful video

[@Tizitoons_Tsepo.Mubita]

Great tutorial

[@geckoo9190]

Well considering that those are vector graphics, I think that there is another point that is very important for game programmers, the system resources, the most simple is your shape, the less resources uses, so I think that its important to consider that for video games, especially for mobiles, because cell phones have lower capacities.

[@dragongeon4217]

O.o I love this thank you!!!

[@ViorbyX]

In my opinion, cell shading is still the best way to render! It's simple and still great, isn't it?

[@unknown_gamer2224]

tHANK YOU SO MUCH THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH!!!!

[@Magicwaterz]

I am wondering how you will apply shading if there are patterns, prints, textures, and logos as part of the design of the character or object without ruining those.

[@Yous23]

this is awesome ! but how can we find the same brushes?

[@cuboembaralhado8294]

12:58 you shouldn't have painted the bottom and left edges here, as it seems transparent when looking through the glass, just a little highlight to show that they're edges, but if you observe the glass panel images (11:57) you will see this effect

[@captainafrica4523]

great video

[@b0r3d_n3rd9]

Could I used cell shaded characters in a rendered background?

[@froggycolouring]

If they’re meant to not stand out, than make them the same as the background so that they won’t draw attention away from the main focus of the painting. I’d also say rendering a background is a bit of a waste of time if its not a landscape drawing or something, make the background celled, so a rendered character would stand out more, also if you blur it to make the character stand out, your rendering will have gone to waste. I hope I helped :)

[@N0x3w]

2:20 the bush looks like it's from an 8-bit videogame

[@ZoomerMirek]

We need to cell shade jessie