Cel Shading Masterclass - Master the Art of Coloring and Cel Shading Your Anime Drawings

About the Course

This course is all about cel shading, yes, the shading style you see when you watch your favorite anime series and movies. With this course, you will learn how to color and cel shade your anime drawings. We will start with the basics as they lay down the foundation for awesome coloring and cel shading techniques. As the basics are covered, you will learn how to apply shadow, secondary shadow, and highlights for your anime drawings. I will also cover gradient effects and how to finalize your drawing. With bonus lessons, we dive even deeper, where you will learn to cel shade different materials and how to use terminator lines to do cel shading.

What You’ll Learn

• Color and shade your anime drawings using the cel shade technique
• Cel shade different materials as each material needs its own cel shading technique
• The importance of layer and folder structure for efficient cel shading
• You will learn to add a main shadow, a secondary shadow, highlights, and a gradient effect to your anime drawings
• You will learn to finalize your anime drawings for a professional look

What You Get

• In-depth Cel Shading Course
• Exercises and Templates
• PSD and CLIP Files
• Timelapses
• Bonus Lessons and Material

About the Bonus Material

Bonus Lessons

Bonus lessons dive even deeper into specific materials such as stones, metal, glass, crystals, etc. You will also get to learn how to use terminator lines to cel shade your anime drawings.

Templates

You get access to line art templates that you can use to practice cel shading. I’ve also included a template for you to try out different skin colors with a ready-made anime character.

Timelapse Videos

Timelapse videos show you how I do cel shading, so you can learn and apply the same techniques to your own anime drawings.

PSD and CLIP files

You get instantly downloadable PSD and CLIP files with full layer structures for you to explore and learn from.

Exercises

Instant access to exercises that give you a step-by-step guide to coloring and cel shading different materials. These will be given as PSD and CLIP files for quick results.

Full-Resolution Artwork

Explore the example drawings in great detail so you won’t miss a detail.

Who Is This Course For?

• Beginner and intermediate digital artists who love anime art
• Digital artists who want to learn how to color and cel shade anime drawings
• Digital artists who struggle with the cel shading technique and coloring their anime drawings
• Digital artists who want to learn a new skill

What Are Customers Saying?

“This was exactly what I needed and more! I did use procreate but still followed along. Such great knowledge and I learned so much that I have been trying to understand on my own. The tools given were really good. Thank you !!!!”

“The explanation was clear and precise and I learned some new tricks and tips on making my cel-shading cleaner and bolder. As someone who likes this style and watches lots of anime, I appreciate this course and hope to experiment a lot more with this style. Thank you for the lessons!!”

“This class is the best manga colouring class I have found online! ”

Course Requirements

• Drawing tablet and a stylus
• An art software of some kind, such as Clip Studio Paint (recommended) (affiliate link), Procreate, or Adobe Photoshop