User:Mousetalon/tutorial

Mousetalon's Tutorial
Welcome to my tutorial! I am new at this too, but I have learned a lot and want to help too!

Pixlr Tools
'''First, it is a good idea to make you familiar with all of the tools you should use on pixlr.com. '''

'''Paint Bucket- It looks like it sounds. It's very simple, actually.'''

'''Brush tool- It is a paint brush. You DO NOT use it for shading, mainly for tortoiseshells and tabby cats'''

'''Dodge Tool- You use this tool for highlights and shading. It looks like a large black ball on a stick.'''

'''Burn Tool- Use this for shading. It is next to the dodge tool and looks like a white glove'''

'''Blur Tool- It looks like a drop of water. You use it to blur tabby stripes, tortoiseshell markings, shading, and highlights'''

Sponge Tool-There are two '''settings for the sponge tool- saturate and desaturate. Desaturate dulls the color, and saturate brightens it.'''

Smudge Tool- It looks like a white glove pointing. Use it for tortoiseshells usually.

Shading and Highlights.
'''When doing a cat, it is very important to shade. Let's start off simple. We'll be making a gray she-cat warrior. After taking a cat off of the PCA page, make sure you got the full sized one, and start! First, of course, color it in. '''

When you finish, it should look like this: (below)



'''Next, you add highlights using the dodge tool. When doing this, set the size to 50 or 70 and dot it on as much as you think necessary. Do it on the tip of the tail, the haunches, the shoulders, and the head. When you finish, it should look like this:'''



'''After doing highlights, do the shading. When shading, put the burn tool to size 20, 25, or 30 on a warrior. Shade the midriff (the part of the body between the shoulder and haunches), the chest, dot the part of his neck under his ear and under his muzzle, the back of his front leg closest to us, the front part of his haunches, and the bottom of his tail. When you are done, it should look like this:'''



'After doing highlights, you don't have ''to do shading, though I do suggest it. Now, just add ear pink and it's ready!'''



Tabby Cats!!!
'''To do a tabby, there are three different styles. Since I don't want to lead you on the path of evil, I will demonstrate the tabby style I am best at. For you, we will be making a brown tabby she-cat warrior.'''

'''Start out like we did above, color the cat in normally. When finished, it should look like this:'''



'''After that, we get to the fun part- the stripes. To do the stripes, use either the burn tool or brush set on five or three. When using the burn tool, set its opacity to 100. Start adding the stripes and try to make them look natural. Here's how the stripes should look at first:'''



'''Okay, now that you kinda get the picture, I will finish the stripes. When finished, they should look somewhat like this:'''



'''After you finish the stripes, blur them. After that, add shading, highlights, and ear pink, and you're done!'''



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Tortoiseshells!!!
'''A lot of people think that tortoiseshells are the hardest to do. Actually, they're pretty easy! You just have to know how to do them!'''

Start out by drawing shapes into the blank



'''Okay, I know that was confusing, but maybe the image will help you, huh? Next, just fill everything in! '''



'''Better? Okay, this may get confusing again. Be ready! After you fill the blanks in, get the smudge tool and set it on 3 or 5. Go around the edges of the different colors and do a zig-zag motion. Here, it will make more sense once you see the picture.'''



'''Make sense now? Well, after doing that, blur everything that you can without massing up the eyes, mouth, whiskers, or lineart.'''



'''It's starting to take shape now! Okay, now all there's left to do is add shading, highlights, and ear pink!'''



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