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CellShading Effect

Cell-Shading

The is the first tutorial on MickM.com on how to cell-shade your photo’s just like in games like Zelda:Windwaker or XIII. It may take some time and tries, but the result is worth dying for…

Make Vector-cellshading your everyday business with this tutorial!

  • Step 1 Open up a picture you want to cell-shade/vectorise;

    Cellshading

  • Step 2 First select all the parts that have the similar color;

    Note:I USED THE COLOR BLACK FIRST.

    Cellshading

  • Step 3 You must use the Polygonal Lasso-Tool for this all;

    Note:I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST TO USE THIS TOOL, BECAUSE IT GIVES A MUCH BETTER RESULT.
    I USE THE PEN-TOOL A LOT, BUT IN THIS CELLSHADING-CASE, IT’S BETTER TO GET POLYGONAL SHAPES THEN TO GET CURVED SHAPES!

    Cellshading

  • Step 4 When you select one color, make a new layer and just fill it with that color;

    Note:IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHICH COLOR-CODE IS THE COLOR YOU WANT, JUST GET OUT THE EYEDROPPER AND CLICK IT ON THE COLOR YOU WANT TO CELLSHADE.

    Cellshading

  • Step 5 When you’re done, you should have A LOT of layers with all different colors;

    Cellshading

  • Step 6 It is a lot of work, but it pays off…
    REMEMBER: You don’t need to use EVERY COLOR, just the basic, the shadow and the shining-part!!!
    Check out below how the Polygonal Lasso-Tool works;

    Cellshading

Author        :  MICK MOOLHUIJSEN 
HomePage : 
http://www.mickm.com 

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