Once I feel like I have the line work
where I want it, I usually move on
and gradient in my character. This
is a fast and easy way to create depth
in your drawing. When doing so, you
want to place your gradient lawyer
BELOW the line work. You do not want
to cover up you line work that you
just worked on for no reason. Use
the pen tool to select pixels that
you want to gradient in. During this
step you also have to decide where
you light source is coming from. I
chose to light my character somewhat
from the front, and top. I will use
the gradient tool to darken up the
areas that I have selected with the
pen tool to create shadows, as well
as highlights. Once I am finished,
I will use the same technique of flipping
the gradients over from the left side
to the right. I erase out the pixels
down the center of the line art, and
then flip them over to the right as
I explained in Step 1.
