I made a tutorial for those who have any questions about how I render

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I need to make a tutorial one day xD This is definitely a FAQ. I do NOT use textures, and everything is done in Photoshop CS2

Here are steps I use for rendering:

1. Hand draw the lineart - I don't normally use the pen tool because then it looks like a Balto 2 screenshot. I also don't use pixels or the pencil tool because... No movie looks like that. Everything is hand drawn with my tablet.

2. Colors - I color the character normally. When I'm done I go to Filter - Noise - Add Noise. ONLY for the color, not the lineart. This gives the character that grainy look since the characters aren't one solid color in the movies.

3. Finishing lineart - I then make the lineart a greyish color and set the layer to "Multiply". This makes the lineart match the color it is surrounding so it's not solid black.

4. Merge - Merge the lineart and the color layers together.

5. Matching background - If the character is in a dark lighted background (Like this one), I make a new layer, fill it with a dull blue (for night), set that layer to multiple (Make sure it's only covering the character. This can be done by holding Ctrl - Alt - G), then lower the opacity till it looks pretty decent.

6. Draw snow - This part is easy. Just look off any snowy screenshot to get an idea of how animators draw the snow under the characters paws. Solid color, a bit of shading, and a slightly darker lineart.

7. Saving - I DO save my images as a JPEG. This helps make the character blend in with the low quality screenshot. Now you're done!

I hope this helps everyone!

Singapaw: Thats what I thought, but I'm hoping there is another way because I save as a .png for better quality

Alpha; I'm guessing she saves it as a JPEG or something. That would make it fit in, it makes it more pixeled. But that's just a guess (:

Yeah, I'd like to know too, its just... amazng how you can do it! :D

hey BTW kelsey, I'm doing beachboy's fake screenshot contest, how do you make it look like a screenshot? texture? filter?

You're welcome.

Thanks, DT

Interesting point.

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate all the wonderful comments < 3