Recent content by AkaruiHotaru

The only thing that bothers me about cel-shading is that there are thousands (or maybe millions) of ways to soft-shade but very few ways to cel-shade. I think that makes it more interesting and challenging to develop a unique style of soft-shading, which is really why I like using soft-shading...

Thanks! ^^ Photoshop automatically saves at the highest quality (largest size), and I never really thought to compress it... I can go back and check the quality of a smaller size, though... Do you know what the average file size of a page usually is?

The guidelines for this challenge/tutorial are back at the main MH Academy page, or here. I've had Photoshop for about 2 years now, so I was already pretty familiar with the tools needed to complete this, but I'd never tried cleaning manga before. I figured the tutorial was a pretty good...

Naruto Chapter 369, Page 1 (Cover) Done with oil pastel, colored pencil, marker, PS7. Amateur #06 coloring contest. I think I colored his eyes the wrong color... Are they supposed to be white (or am I even more deluded than before)? :darn

Naruto Chapter 371, Page 17, Panel 4 Amateur Coloring Contest. RAW from MH. Done with PS7 (cleaning, trimming), Sharpie markers, Prismacolor colored pencils, Prismacolor colorless blender marker.