Warriors Wiki talk:Charart/Apprentice Tutorials

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' To note: to avoid conflict in the creation of tutorials, please cross out a topic of the tutorial you want to make and put in Reserved by USER'' in brackets next to it. This way, there wouldn't be any unneeded conflicts. Bear in mind that each "topic" holds a minimum of two tutorials with the exception of texture styles and different smudged shading styles. Happy tutorial making ~ ''' 14:14, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Tutorials Needed
So i came up with a couple of tutorials that could be necessary. Feel free to add to this list.

General

 * Ear Pink Color Examples
 * Shading Placement

Programs/Tools

 * Photoshop tools/layers explanation
 * Paint Tool Sai tools/layers explanation Reserved by SNOWDAPPLE
 * paint.NET tools (Reserved by 00:44, November 21, 2015 (UTC))
 * Understanding of layers
 * paint.NET layers explanation
 * Pixlr tools
 * GIMP tools (RESERVED BY 00:32, November 17, 2015 (UTC))

General

 * Plain cat shading tutorial
 * White cat shading tutorial
 * Black Cat shading Tutorial (Reserved to }

Method

 * Blurred shading (1) (2)  [reserved by BCPrincess73]
 * Smudged shading (1) ( 2 ) RESERVED BY
 * Explaination of light sources
 * Highlights  Belllastar (talk) 22:33, November 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * Shading tint Reserved by

Advanced

 * Understanding of how cat anatomy affects the fall of shadows/highlights. E.g. File:Mistystar.deputy.alt2.png
 * Understanding of shadows/highlights

Method
'' Note: Users may present in their different styles of texture. These are just some general styles I've noticed. ''
 * Tabby-smudge style
 * Paintbrush style  Belllastar (talk) 22:26, November 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * Blurred style
 * Smudged style
 * Airbrush style

Advanced

 * Understanding light and fur texture {RESERVED BY SUNJAW}
 * Texture/shading combo

Tabbies

 * Smudging/blurring tabby stripes (reserved by 22:21, November 16, 2015 (UTC))
 * Textured tabbies (1) (reserved by 21:15, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Tortoiseshells

 * Many different styles of tortoiseshells. Dappled, patched, etc. (1) (Reserved by ) (2) (Reserved by 15:24, November 16, 2015 (UTC))

Fleckled/Mottled

 * Speckled cat (1) {RESERVED BY SUNJAW}
 * Mottled cat (1) (Reserved by 00:23, 17, 11, 2015 )

Matching

 * Matching an image (Reserved by 15:15, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Tweaking

 * Tweaking the color of an image
 * Removing a patch
 * Shading tweaks on different cases
 * Adding Stripes

11:01, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

=Tutorial Approval= Please post within this section to have your tutorial approved by PCA.

'Please post your tutorials under this section. Burntclaw will come around and approve the tutorials with "Approved.". Please see the tutorials needed below.

Shading Tutorial ~ CBA
It's too big, isn't it? 21:05 Mon Nov 16

Approved. and it can be resized downwards. 23:23, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

I'm actually gonna take this back here. The shading on this is too flat, and that's what a lot of the tutorials that were already on the page are getting eliminated for. Could you possibly fix this? 00:56, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

I'll redo the last few frames to fix the shading. 1:52 Tue Nov 17

Re-uploaded 15:18 Wed Nov 18

CBA? 12:39, November 19, 2015 (UTC) there are some blue pixles between the legs of the last slide --Belllastar (talk) 03:50, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Re-uploaded 14:21 Sun Nov 22

theres blue pixels on the nose in the final picture 01:24, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Re-uploaded 14:26 Mon Nov 23

Re-CBA? 09:37, November 26, 2015 (UTC)

Tabby Tutorial(1) ~ CBA
mm oh my god, idc about shading >.> 22:30, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

There's some grammar mistakes I can see 01:11, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Can you point them out for me? as that MS Paint apparently does not have spell checker? 02:01, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

re-uploaded Geez, that was a lot of edits... 03:27, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Sorry! Second paragraph. It said you instead of your 03:38, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

re-uploaded  03:44, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

"Extremely" is misspelt in the shading paragraph. 12:39, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

"Finally" is capitalized when it shouldn't be in the last paragraph. ~ Blossomstream The War Is Over 13:47, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

It says access instead of excess, and I think it's supposed to be outside edges. Both in last paragraph. 14:56 Thu Nov 19

Which shading paragraph, Burnt? 17:07, November 19, 2015 (UTC)

Blossom- uh, Finally is supposed to be capitalized, actually. 00:27, November 20, 2015 (UTC)

re-up 00:36, November 20, 2015 (UTC)

Comments? 05:47, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

...nudge 03:59, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

CBA? Sorry it's late. 09:38, November 26, 2015 (UTC)

Speckled Cat Tutorial ~ CBA
Here is the video. I am having trouble adding it to the wiki, but it is done. 01:19, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Comments...? 19:24, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for lack of comments! CBA? 01:27, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

GIMP tools walkover - CBA
07:16, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

CBA? 09:39, November 26, 2015 (UTC)

SAI tools tutorial - Approved
I do not know how to upload this to the wiki but if someone could explain that would be great

Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd7O5WC6jmo&feature=youtu.be 15:10, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Can i get some comments on this??? 14:57, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

CBA? 09:40, November 26, 2015 (UTC)

This is approved, but i have no idea how to add a video. Can I have some help please? 05:27, November 27, 2015 (UTC)

Matching images tutorial ~ CBA
God I hope this isn't blurry; since it looks like we're removing eyelashes that's what I did 18:38, November 22, 2015 (UTC)

CBA? This is really well done. 05:21, November 27, 2015 (UTC)

Vote on tutorials that need updating/elimination
Because it has been a long time since the apprentice tutorials have been open/updated, many of the information here will be deemed as outdated, and as result, there will be a vote to keep/redo /eliminate some of these tutorials. Cast your vote under the heading if you think it should be redone/eliminated or if it should stay. If you think it should be redone or eliminated, put and state if you want it redone or simply gotten rid of. If you vote to keep the tutorial, put down and state the reason why. If you are the OA of the tutorial and happen to wish for a redo on your own tutorial, then you may simply bring it up under the heading with. STATE YOUR REASON AS TO WHY. If a tutorial receives five votes of yay, then it will be eliminated from the page. If it receives five nay votes then it shall stay was it is. The eye tutorial and the shading placement both need automatic updating due to new blanks and such. When a vote has reached five of either yay or nay, I will come around and render the votes and the reasons as valid, then remove/keep the tutorials as per community consensus.

Only apprentices and above can vote. 05:37, November 16, 2015 (UTC)



In the first picture, (The top left one) you see that in a new layer, I put black in pencil where I want my shading to be. There are many different spots to put shading, remember, not only one way.

In the second picture, (The top right one), you see that I am going to guassian blur it. To guassian blur, go to Filter, then blur, and then guassian blur. Put it at a rate from around 15 to 23. Mine is at 20. Once you have set the rate you wish to blur it at, click OK.

Lastly, lower the opacity of the shading layer. It depends on how dark you want your shading. In the bottom picture, you see that I put my opacity at 38.7.

When you are done, you can always tweak the shading, such as using the blur tool to blur some parts, or changing the opacity number. If you blur some parts, make sure to put it at a higher rate. Remember that you can get very creative with shading, there isn't just one way to do it.

Eliminate?/Redo?

 * 11:29, November 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * tbh it's kinda flat, and there's no real light source 14:06, November 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * It's kinda confusing for me to read. 22:29, November 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * i dont think we should be using 'flat shading' and stuff as excuses for eliminating these tutorials. its just kind of dumb...but idk, since gaussian blur is so unreliable i think we should just remove this one and have a tutorial on how to smudge or blur shading with the tools 06:21 Tue Nov 17
 * It's a tutorial that focuses specifically on shading so I don't think it should have flat, sourceless shading 15:20, November 22, 2015 (UTC)
 * That's not sourceless shading.
 * 19:04, November 22, 2015 (UTC)
 * Uh... ignore my vote. I thought this was another shading tutorial that's on the tutorial page, never mind. This one's fine, really. 21:15, November 22, 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks flat to me. Just my opinion though. 0:37 Mon Nov 23
 * It looks flat to me. Just my opinion though. 0:37 Mon Nov 23



Eliminate?/Redo?

 * shading's over blurred
 * it looks really flat tbh. It's an interesting method, though. 11:17, November 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * 14:06, November 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * it's a little confusing for me. 22:31, November 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually, if you have a basic idea of how this works, it's ok
 * This one is nice. 1:41 Tue Nov 17