How to Color Your Animation and Comic/Webtoon Like a PRO (Cel Shading Tutorial)

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In this video I will show you how to paint professional Cel shading for your comics, webtoons and animations, from start to finish. I’ll give you the fundamentals to develop your OWN coloring style, Anime style or Western.
I rarely see artists use these 7 tools in their digital art, yet they allow us to work with Color and Light to tell a story. Remember, Color is also a character in a production!
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00:00 Intro
00:22 Cel Shading
01:01 Prep Work
02:33 SECRET 1 - Integration
03:47 SECRET 2 - Gradients
05:05 SECRET 3 - Fading Shadows and Highlights
06:12 SECRET 4 - Volumetric vs. Flat Shading
08:54 SECRET 5 - Color & Values
11:13 SECRET 6 - Bloom Effect
12:55 SECRET 7 - Everything Else
13:47 Outro
Remember: "Every line you draw, you are one line closer to your dream!"
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@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

How to Paint ANY Character Illustration in 6 Steps (Start to Finish): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q8dykpx_ls3YpnU.html To Colorize a layer in Photoshop you can use the Ctrl + U function, it will open a Hue/Saturation pop up menu, and there will be a tiny button saying 'colorize'! If you'd like to support my content consider checking out my Patreon and its perks: www.patreon.com/ManuMercurial Thanks for being here!

@mahamali552 Жыл бұрын

hey please release the post production tutorial asap, this video was so helpful.

@svnsetexe7326 Жыл бұрын

this helped so much , Thank you truly

@alex_wens Жыл бұрын

this girl eyes is sus🥵🥵🥵🥵😨😨😨😨

@AM-jx3zf Жыл бұрын

what you showed looks crazy bruv. subscribed. I'm a grease pencil hobbyist, and I will def binge all your vids.

@Vixadd27 Жыл бұрын

I love you man

@dyslixec Жыл бұрын

I’m finally getting back into drawing after losing my creativity for several years. This is so helpful - thank you so much for describing how these methods differ between a still image and animation!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

This makes me so happy to hear Ellen! Wish you the best of luck in your journey. Let's get it!

@kemystery8896 Жыл бұрын

Same here. I hope you're inspired to make some beautiful stuff.

@prettyspectrum6371 Жыл бұрын

Same. I stopped drawing for 10 years and I am now getting it back up again

@gtoyadhatagyab8013 Жыл бұрын

Where'd you find it?

@mistymoooooor Жыл бұрын

good luck!!

@katiewyatt4399 Жыл бұрын

As someone who is about to start making a webcomic, I've never been able to figure out how some artists make their comics look so good. I never knew what to look up, in order to find the necessary tutorials either. Your video has saved my life, man. Thank you.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Thank you Katie! I was struggling with what to name the video since this topic applies to so many things, so I went for a broad one. Really happy you were able to find it! Best of luck!!

@katiewyatt4399 Жыл бұрын

@@ManuMercurial Thank you again! And I hope the best of luck for you too, on your future projects and videos! :)

@adroitws1367 Жыл бұрын

@@ManuMercurial halp, my photoshop didn't have the colorize effect in step 1

@Gleamiarts Жыл бұрын

@@adroitws1367 if you go to hue saturation value (ctrl u) there should be a button to colourise and then you can set it to any colour you want by adjusting the hue

@Cup1dzzz Жыл бұрын

Good luck on the webcomic! ^^

@nidgithm Жыл бұрын

"lighting does not always need to be volumetric" is actually a great tip. i always obsess too much about the lighting being accurate, to the point where ill make the drawing look worse just because "then the shading makes more sense" also honestly i have been using some of these effects, but often the effects (like adding a gradient) end up being way more powerful than the actual shading and the actual shading becomes barely noticable lol. though this usually only happens when i actually render a character, not with cell shading

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

for suresies! I've found the key with all this is to use it subtly. And the shading tip for non-volumetric shading has saved me a lot of pain in animation haha. Best of luck!

@jorgechs4711 Жыл бұрын

Coming here and watching that end part where you promote AI as a "base" after all the damage AI has done to the creative industry and to indie creators is an absolute whiplash of a feeling

@ZoulStar 2 ай бұрын

Ugh tell me about it. It’s disgusting coming back remembering this.

@inxinfate Ай бұрын

??? where does he say that

@inxinfate Ай бұрын

never mind just found it

@luisman369 13 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's pretty discouraging. Generative Ai is a damage to the creative industry.

@Dan-J0 12 күн бұрын

Was searching for a comment mentioning that when I noticed that the train he is drawing his character on was Ai generated :/ Honestly disappointing

@MintMonkey Жыл бұрын

This just makes me love cel shading even more.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

@Xkero21 Жыл бұрын

I swear, I was literally doing art studies to figure out my own way to go about this process for my own art. And here you go making this video right when I need it. Thank you for this video!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

That's awesome Kero! Happy it was helpful!

@HarryAbreu Жыл бұрын

Very nice as ever :-)To be a good artist is hard but few artists can become a good teacher and you are on this level. Congratulation.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Hey Harry! Thank you for sticking around, I really appreciate this!

@prettyspectrum6371 Жыл бұрын

This channel is a life saver. I love how he doesn't just go directly to the point, he explains it and why we use it and always go in depth. I always struggled with shading, I am afraid of cell shading looking boring or overly blending it

@tokiko220 Жыл бұрын

I've been neck deep in celshading and emulating the animated look for my illustration for years, and still I find new things! The colorization, for example! Can't wait to test it out for my backgrounds! Thanks for all the tips!!!!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Samesies! Its just such a versatile technique. Thank you for checking it out!!

@mauriciomorali5392 Жыл бұрын

Great video Manu! I love how much can be learnt from watching other artists's processes, I loved the bloom effect part.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it Mauricio, and yeee, when I discovered the bloom thingie I have to admit I overdid it for a while. Every project in the next 2 months looked like it was filmed in the face of the sun. I think the key to it is to be ultra subtle with it haha, but it brings so much value to the scenes!

@ebbandfloatzel Жыл бұрын

Gotta say, this genuinely opened my mind and I can't wait to apply this, probably on whatever I do for Halloween as suddenly everything I've been wanting to draw seems like the perfect testing grounds. I'll probably re-watch it to pick everything up but this has been a concept I've sorta been struggling with. Thank you a ton!

@tugsuumovies1999 Жыл бұрын

i was already doing something like this for my illustrations and had been wondering how to implement it into 2d animation, this is super helpful!

@briarrose6245 Жыл бұрын

I have been doing digital art for over a decade now and some of list are ENTIRELY new to me. I would have never considered them. Thank you so so much for all the work you're doing to share your craft. You are bringing immeasurable value to the art community.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it Briar Rose 🙇 hope my content can live up to this and keep giving you value. Thanks for watching!

@zemptai Жыл бұрын

The effort spent making this information as digestible as possible is incredible. Thanks for the video.

@carmineknight9123 Жыл бұрын

WOW, I think this is actually the best art tutorial video I've EVER seen. This is so relevant to what I'm working on and what I've been slowly figuring out on my onw.

@kyouzama Жыл бұрын

Been an artist for almost 6 years, had training in an animation and yet watching this process makes me look like a pawn again. This said just motivated me that I jave much learn, semi-realism is my forte but this cell-shading style still holds the crown for an appealing look specially that I am persuing animation as a career. Thanks!

@DarkSwordsman Жыл бұрын

After getting into 3D and learning a lot more about how color and light work for shaders and what not, this is really, really useful. Your processes almost replicates how most shaders work to color things in 3D, mainly your attention to color values and how the math works. I really love it, thank you. This will be invaluable.

@aspholysian Жыл бұрын

I genuinely cannot express how thankful I am for this video. I've always struggled with making my art look livelier and how to utilize lighting. But this is so helpful and I'll definitely try this out, you've gained a sub!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!! I wish you the best of luck in your art journey aspholysian. So happy to hear this helped!

@Jess-ko1ph Жыл бұрын

You… YOU HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL!!!!! Thank you. Shading and high light have been something I’ve been struggling with for soooo long.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it was helpful! Let us know how it goes!!

@Daishikawa1 Жыл бұрын

Greetings directly from Brasil Manu. This video was basically something I was looking for my whole life, and I'm sure it will help me a lot to evolve in art. You saved lives here bro 😭😭😭😭

@danibnnuy Жыл бұрын

this is one of the best tutorials i've seen, very comprehensive, short and helpful

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Huuge compliment, thank you!! (Also my first compliment from a bunny )

@mariom3077 Жыл бұрын

Videazo loco. Recientemente terminó un concurso de cómics en webtoon y me di cuenta de que realmente el arte sí importa por más que la gente diga que la historia lo es más, así que he estado interesado en aprender en ese aspecto y este video me cae como anillo al dedo Saludos desde Nicaragua xd

@The_True_Mx_Pink Жыл бұрын

Finally! I've been struggling with doing shading and lighting efficiently for a long while. Thank you!

@mrsnapoly 3 ай бұрын

I’m learning SO MUCH from your videos, it’s insane!! Great work!! 👏👏👏

@Hyprzal Жыл бұрын

This. Changes. EVERYTHING!

@TheMontegoEffect Жыл бұрын

Finally someone who understands and explains perfectly!!!! I can’t wait to go home and watch this again while a practice!

@HeadlessHorseman8 Жыл бұрын

You are the best... How don't you have already hundreds of thousands of subscribers? I watched a lot of tutorials, but you are the best at making everything understandable trough steps!!! I love your little art secrets!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Hehe thank you Shindu! We keep growing and that's all I can ask for, I really appreciate you sticking around

@yezzika 5 ай бұрын

I just want to tell you that you’re literally amazing and your videos have taught me so much. I am so thankful for your content please never stop ❤

@lukilester Жыл бұрын

OMG this is just what I needed. I wanted to get into animations, and couldn't have found a better tutorial. Thank you Manu! Also, looking forward to see more coloring tutorials.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

More videos coming your way! Thanks for being here!

@lukilester Жыл бұрын

@@ManuMercurial Can't wait to watch them!

@Wise_Llama Жыл бұрын

I was stuck on a piece for ages, and this video just fixed my art block and allowed me to finally make some progress. Thank you for such a great easy-to-follow-along video.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

This makes me suuper happy to hear. Best of luck!!

@aximaoblivion 2 ай бұрын

its so rare to find a good video like this.All celshading tuto say the same thing and im very happy to have learn smtg from your video thank you so much

@Shabazza84 Ай бұрын

Just demonstrates what it looks like when you have a solid grasp of concepts. Absolutely love this.

@sauzy0 Жыл бұрын

Bro the amount of effort put into these videos is astounding, the editing and information given you deserve it all thanks for this.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Truly appreciate your message Sauzy! Hope to keep it up with my future videos 🙇 thank you!

@RetroPolly Жыл бұрын

This is the best tutorial on cel shading I've ever seen - simple and effective! Thank you for sharing ❤

@marine1570 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL- I have been trying to find easy but quality shading techniques EVRYWHERE and this video was PERFECT!! :DDD

@demonfox879 Жыл бұрын

Dude, I just came across your video and this is honestly almost everything I wanted to know. I've seen so many pieces I liked that had this level of detail and effect but I never could wrap my head around how they did it. I've tried studying it but never could wrap my head around it. Thanks so much for making a video like this, especially the playlist as well. This is insanely helpful!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Cheers Knox! Super happy it was helpful!

@Superkid33 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! It really has helped me grasp the dynamic shading and lighting!

@SirBastflow Жыл бұрын

This was such an amazing tutorial! I work as a full time animator and we produce short 2D animations for a Finnish TV show every week. As the working time is limited into 2-3 days it's really challenging to get a visually appealing look but these tips will definitely help us improve it! Thank you so much! Definitely subscribing! 💪

@kjashdjas Жыл бұрын

Thankyou! with this i can do more than just normal Cel Shading!

@anversailles Жыл бұрын

I learned so much from this. I spend so much time fixing stuff I didn’t need to!! So many cool shortcuts and ideas. THANK YOU SO MUCH

@LeonardVindel Жыл бұрын

The tutorial I really needed as my work is very dull and I've trying to step outside my norm and add more to my complete pieces. Your tutorial dropped in just in time. Thank you 🙏🙏

@LeeBiLong Жыл бұрын

Holy hell, as a traditional artist thats just moved to digital a few years back, ive been struggling with all the post-process stuff in photoshop. But this will be such a helpful guide. thank you!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear!

@thelowendstudio Жыл бұрын

NOW THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEED!!!

@megomobile9471 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! I felt like my shading needed some punching up, and this is a wealth of information for me to try to apply to my drawings.

@alinahendricks5039 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I always wondered how they apply gradients in anime to get that cinematic look. It was so helpful and really fun to try it on my own drawings, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@devonthurgood9381 2 ай бұрын

This tutorial is in my favorites list

@bittybuta3756 Жыл бұрын

i've been trying to find ways to make my shading/hightlights more interesting, this video is a blessing omg

@ValiumSadfemmeMcGirlBoss 8 ай бұрын

I really vibe with your art. Thank you for your help.

@immortalgraveyard2099 Жыл бұрын

I have no words to say HOW GOOD THIS VIDEO IS!

@licorish_ Жыл бұрын

I am literally blown away. My friend sent this in a Discord server a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't get around to watching it until now. This is quite possibly the coolest, most in-depth, most easily explained art tutorial I've ever seen in my life. Time to go charge my pen cause you just inspired me to draw XD

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Ayy let's get it Licorish!! Happy that this got you drawing! truly appreciate your kind words!

@edgedeep Жыл бұрын

Manu, thank you so much for this! I finally took the plunge and bought CSP and tutorials like this really help people moving from Photoshop to learn it. 🙏

@andreasnara Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've been looking for this for ages

@sanjujai1925 2 ай бұрын

I LOVE YR EDITING STYLE SOO MUCH

@IzikGraphics Жыл бұрын

I’m so happy I found this channel!

@tracep.9900 Ай бұрын

This is amazing information, you are amazing! i've been trying to learn this and everyone I interact with to try to learn this seems to gatekeep shading like it's a forbidden secret! it's so immensely frustrating. These are important tools that will help me jumpstart my learning process. Thank you so much

@devonthurgood9381 8 ай бұрын

I learned so much from this, thank you!!

@_Lucary Жыл бұрын

Incredible!

@leo_ga11 5 ай бұрын

this video was SO inspiring and helpful, thanks a million for sharing it with us!

@lerri21 Жыл бұрын

manu sos god desde que vi tu webinar compre el clip studio y no paro de mejorar gracias por tanto espero que siga creciendo tu canal por que lo mereces ❤

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Lerri, gracias por tan lindo comentario 🙇 Ojalá pueda hacer honor a esto y que mi contenido sea útil y entretenido para todos!

@sophialuo2311 Жыл бұрын

This was super helpful and well laid out!!

@tentaclesmod Жыл бұрын

I didn't FULLY get this, but I did get enough that I'm sure I will be able to substantially better my work. Thank you very much!

@ckret2 Жыл бұрын

I've been stuck for months trying to figure out how to speed up my shading process-flats didn't have the right impact but volumetric shading takes me almost as long as the sketch+inks+flats combined. I watched this a few days ago and applying these techniques immediately sliced off 90% of my shading time-with better-looking end results, too! Thanks so much!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

It makes me truly happy to hear this Ckret2, thank you for taking the time to apply this!

@turtlelearns3d Жыл бұрын

This is so goooood, im not even done watching yet.🥰Thank you!!

@roseamelia6592 3 ай бұрын

This is amazing! Thank you!!!

@deear Жыл бұрын

INCREDIBLE.

@Luizo_ Жыл бұрын

This is one of the most useful tutorials I've ever saw

@AndrewClancyAKAPropheticOnion Жыл бұрын

Very helpful... I've stumbled into several of these on my own, but you've made a strong and accessible guide to them. Definitely gonna look over that documentation to get a more concrete understanding of blend modes now 😅

@GoddesSilverRose Жыл бұрын

I'm new at digital art. This is helping me so much. Thank you.

@jucey Жыл бұрын

great stuff! thanks for bringing up the importance of blending modes

@barrylemon Жыл бұрын

Honestly your patreon seems very valuable this is the first video I’ve seen by you but honestly I might actually check it out

@biomuseum6645 Жыл бұрын

Finally you came back, I thought those ai abominations made you quit art, but thankfully you’re still around to share your talent ☺️

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

More to come! (I saw your comment haha) Thanks for sticking around!

@coppyhoggy Жыл бұрын

I got to hand it to you man, this video just made my art skills go Super Saiyan. incredible video

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

That's all you!! LET'S GET IT!

@storyspice974 Жыл бұрын

This is like the Mixing and Mastering stage but for digital illustration

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

100%!!

@f11bot Жыл бұрын

I think you’ve just solved my problem with colors in digital, gotta try it out, but now makes a lot more sense! For some reason with watercolor I never had this problem

@stickii_fiingers Жыл бұрын

OH my god! You have no idea how useful this is! I've been looking for a tutorial on cell shading and you came like some holy ligh straight from heaven! Thank you SO MUCH you save my drawings 😭

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Hehe super happy to hear, with you the best of luck! thanks for watching!

@Drakengard82 5 ай бұрын

So this is how they do it ! Thank you so much ! I feel like i've made a giant leap forward Thank you for sharing this! 🍺

@MicahBuzanANIMATION Жыл бұрын

This was such a well made and concise video! I've been cel shading for years, but learned a couple secrets here :)

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Thank you Micah! Really appreciate it, and I hope you can keep pushing your style! Let's get it!!

@goddessdraws Жыл бұрын

I'm so grateful that KZfaq suggested me this video. It's so helpful, thanks a lot

@parallelhighway4191 7 ай бұрын

thank you for these tutorials there is so much value in then. I am not an animator and i dont draw i make 3d anime models for my self. this video did help me understand how many things work.

@starlitcastle Жыл бұрын

I've been an artist for years and this is hands down such a great video. You did a great job keeping it short and to the point while packing it with useful information and stuff that will speed up the way people might work.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Glad you noticed all the work that went into it Starlit Castle, I appreciate your message!!

@TossedOnion Жыл бұрын

What a great tutorial 😮👏👏 Straight and simple. Gonna practice this for my cover arts 🙏

@masked_katz2450 Жыл бұрын

genuinely high quality and helpful video, thank you!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to check it out!

@SwartzBruder Жыл бұрын

Alright this is mind blowing. I cant believe how much i learned and especially how much i still didnt understand. Incredible video.

@moyolubuowoxd748 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, going to try it on my next piece! So helpful!

@AngelinaDeveaux 7 ай бұрын

blew my mind with the lazy rim light technique

@RakugakiRebel Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad to have found you in my recommended, I learned so much from watching this video thank you so much!! I’ve been trying to get into animation so I’m excited to see more of your work :D

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out! More content on the way!!

@BLAHBLAH1000shop Жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this video! I didn't know where to start when it comes to shading for animation. These techniques are ridiculously approachable and I'll def by applying them to my projects.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Ayy so happy to hear, wish you the best of luck!

@LeeNart1 Жыл бұрын

OMG That's AMAZING

@shayokami7410 Жыл бұрын

You've made all of this make much more sense. I still have some artist styles I wanna be able to replicate, like having a realism effect. But after all this, it seems the toughest part is just the sketching and line art, or just the line art, and that's sort of my favorite part ^^ I've been writing stories pretty much all my life, so it's nothing for me to take an idea and blow it up into something big and detailed. I think I'm starting to get there with art, but when it comes to cell shading, good lighting and atmosphere, I struggle.

@wrensart1335 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this, as a comic artist, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain all of this in such a clear way.

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thank YOU for taking the time to watch it!

@duck_cult Жыл бұрын

Thank u for teaching me that I needed it

@Puddle Жыл бұрын

phenomenal video! excellent break downs, and I love all the examples you made too!

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated Puddle! Glad you enjoyed it!

@ragegoria Жыл бұрын

i learned so many tricks in this video even on software that is not the same as the one you're using, amazing.

@bomapdich Жыл бұрын

very useful video. Highly appreciated

@nightfr09 Жыл бұрын

legitimately good tutorial; tips are phenomenal on saving time and I didn't know em :D

@StarieSki Жыл бұрын

Really amazing, the fact you were able to do different styles of shading and each give a different vibe and tell a different story 😨👌😁

@ManuMercurial Жыл бұрын

Yee! I think its my favorite thing about using lighting to tell a story, there's just sooo much it can do!

@hoshichunsa3004 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video this is very helpful ✨

@masonb4534 Жыл бұрын

This is the best coloring tutorial I've ever seen. I wish I wasn't at work so I could go test it out!

@Calena Жыл бұрын

Awesome!