Photoshop Shadeing

[Self-sain]

Ok I recently changed to photoshop, and I thinking I'm getting a better feel for it. I can do the basic stuff, but shading seems to be hidden from me like common sense in society. Any tips would be greatly appreciated, you tube isn't the easiest to always understand.

I could offer free art for anyone who helps, though I then probably get less help .

[x]

This may not help you whatsoever but I'll give it a go. I wish I had example pics to show you to help illustrate what I'm saying better...

There are three main routes to go when shading, and many variations thereof: there is pure cell shading, combination shading and last there is pure soft shading. Using the burn and dodge tools is never recommended for shading unless you need a quick fix. 

Cell Shading - For cartoony/anime pictures, cell shading is great since it divides shading into 'blocks,' that is, the areas that are shaded versus not shaded stand out in a very clear way, with no in-between. Cell shading makes heavy use of layers and transparency options, and knowing how to use multiply is a must. When it comes to brushes, brushes used in cell shading are always hard and round. This is an example of something that obviously uses cell shading only:



Soft Shading - Soft shaded pictures are nice for beginners to learn to do, and have a more glowy, realistic feel to them. They also may use layers, but rely more on color options, flow, and opacity to get the brush effects you'd like. Here, setting your brush to multiply is another way to go, rather than selecting one darker color after another. This is an example of a soft-shaded image:



Combination - Combination shading uses both cell and soft techniques to get certain looks, for example, using cell type layers with soft type brushes and settings. Here is a combination type image:



Which type would you like me to (try and) teach you?

[Self-sain]

All of the above

I was actually starting to get decent at shading until I switched over to photoshop. From what I read I guess I used cell shading, so I guess soft would be my next choice to learn plox.

[x]

Alright, soft is my speciality so hooray! I'll see if I can come up with a decent tutorial for you within a day or so and PM it to you. I have to actually go back and look at how I do it then figure out how to put that in words but I think it'll be easy enough.

[Self-sain]

Alright thank you