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Digital Manga - pt 3

Tuesday 18 Jul 2006

Learn how to recreate the styles and sharp colour divisions of Manga art using Adobe Photoshop's Freeform Pen tool. Part three - continuing cel art in detail.

Cel art in detail

Once you’ve had a go at achieving basic cel art, you are ready to take things one step further. This section looks at how to produce more detailed cel art colouring, from parts of the body to the different textures of your character’s clothing.

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In this example, each of the facets in the character’s leg armour has its own highlight and shadow.
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Metals and other reflective surfaces can be complicated to reproduce. The best way to understand how metals reflect is to observe how they look in real life. 
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