Me trying to shade

[The_Real_Legend]

Meh! I was bored...

It was all done with the burn and dodge tools and I don't know who it supposed to be. But ehm I'd like some pointers from the more experienced people out here.

 

[Synth]

The face is a little flat on the left, his nose needing some major adjustments.

I'd also work on the making the edges a little smoother.

 

[The_Real_Legend]

I'd also work on the making the edges a little smoother.

Well those are like that because I brushed some outlines in photoshop.
But they kinda look too horrid to show.

 

[The_Real_Legend]

*bump*
Ok this is about the best I can handle on my own.
As you can see it looks a total mess.
I'm in need of some guidance.

And it turned out to be a semi-realistic goku! Hooray!

 

[Sicron]

the hair is nice, but u made it look flat... try drawing a small thing of his other side so it doesnt look like he has been split in 2 halfs

 

[Synth]

This is probably the best outline you could follow, I recommend CG'ing this first, before trying it on your own, with no guidelines.

 

[The_Real_Legend]

wtf? I'm not trying to get down a good goku drawing. I know the drawing is crap.
I want to enhance my shading skills and you're not helping one bit.

 

[Sicron]

o, well then, its not that bad i guess, but im wondering, where is the light source then? since i see shading which means light would be infront him but also shading which would mean that light would be behind him X_x

 

[The_Real_Legend]

o, well then, its not that bad i guess, but im wondering, where is the light source then? since i see shading which means light would be infront him but also shading which would mean that light would be behind him X_x

Well it is supposed to be a frontal lightsource.
But I really need some tips on how to improve or some good methods.
Maybe some tutorials would be nice but I prefer really learning it on my own.
So does anyone know some good ways to practice all this stuff?

 

[Sicron]

this maybe able o help you a bit on shading, its actually a pencil tutorial, but maybe u can change it a bit to work with photo shop

http://www.rebekahlynn.com/free/tutorial/shading_tutorial.html

this is a tutorial for inking and stuff, so it doesnt really use brushes...or it does, dont know, i havent read it trough well yet

http://www.fur.com/~almackey/tutorial/ -- Surf around there to find some stuff
http://www.fur.com/~almackey/tutorial/nstep8.html -- thats 1 shading tutorial, i know that there is another one on the site...

**edit**
ow btw maybe this can help ya a ...small bit X_x

http://img83.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img83&image=dirs.jpg