Digital Anime Coloring and Cel Shading Masterclass: Beginner to Advanced

★ Course overview:

In this course, I’m teaching you how to color and shade anime drawings. In the first lessons, we go through some of the most important features of layers and folders, dive deep into clipping masks, and learn how to use transparency locks efficiently.

Next, you will learn important concepts about how to color and shade anime eyes. We will also briefly tackle how to color anime clothes, after which we will explore how to cel shade different objects.

When the fundamentals are covered, you can download a template I’ve provided so you can practice how to color and cel shade a ready-made drawing. This will speed up your learning immensely as you can focus on coloring and not on drawing line art.

This course's coloring and cel shading principles are suitable for all levels. There are more than likely some neat tricks and tips even for you veterans to learn.

If you’ve struggled with cel shading and coloring before and would like to improve your anime drawings, this class might be the answer you've been looking for.

I’m glad you're here with me, and I hope I can show you various tips and tricks for coloring and shading your anime drawings. Let’s get going!

What you’ll learn:

• Color your anime drawings using the cel shade technique
• Cel shade different objects
• The importance of layer and folder structure
• You will learn to add main and secondary light to your anime drawings
• You will learn to finalize your anime drawings for a professional look

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

Who is this course for?

• Beginner and intermediate digital artists
• 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

Course modules and lessons:

Introduction, Basic Settings, And Tools

• Introduction
• Lesson 1. Canvas Settings
• Lesson 2. Layers And Folders
• Lesson 3. Layer Modes And Opacity
• Lesson 4. Clipping Mask And Transparency Lock

Fundamentals Of Coloring And Shading Anime Art

• Lesson 5. Skin Tones In Anime Art
• Lesson 6. How To Color Anime Eyes
• Lesson 7. Intricacies Of Coloring Anime Clothes
• Lesson 8. Coloring And Shading Objects

Coloring And Shading The Anime Drawing

• Lesson 9. Strategy For Base Colors
• Lesson 10. Cel Shading Your Drawing
• Lesson 11. Adding Lighting To The Drawing
• Lesson 12. Drawing Gradient Effects
• Lesson 13. Coloring And Shading Background
• Lesson 14. Finalizing Your Drawing
• Lesson 15. Different Options For A Drawing
• Final Thoughts

Extra

• Adding Base Colors - Timelapse
• Cel Shading - Timelapse
• Adding Lighting - Timelapse
• Finalizing The Drawing - Timelapse

★ Follow-up course:

This is a follow-up course to the Digital Line Art Masterclass, accessible here.

★ Additional information:

• This course is also available on Skillshare (along with a 1 FREE MONTH via my link) and also on Udemy.
• Price differentiation can occur as I don't fully control how Udemy is pricing my courses (e.g., during limited-time offerings).
• Course length differentiation can occur, e.g., Skillshare does not allow timelapse videos (without narration) to be included in the course.
• This course is complete with all lessons and timelapse videos.
• Reselling the course or any material provided in the course is prohibited.