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   The fountain is supposed to be made of a really shiny metal but I'm not sure how to make it look as such..

First of all

I used the font from this deviant-art piece. http://bo-mccravy.deviantart.com/favourites/#/d2m09h8 

I also used a pattern from this website.

http://xandorra.bluedaffodil.net/tut_pat.php

From left to right.. An absinthe fountain. An absinthe glass. An absinthe spoon. An absinthe bottle.

Please give me any tips on shaddowing the glass , the spoon, the bottle or the fountain. Also any tips for making the face of the fountain more detailed..  or for anything else you think the pic could use. thankyou

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bomccravy Seaman Joined: 28 October 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Topic: Absinthe and Absinthe Accessories. Posted: 29 March 2012 at 1:04pm
	The fountain is supposed to be made of a really shiny metal but I'm not sure how to make it look as such.. First of all I used the font from this deviant-art piece. http://bo-mccravy.deviantart.com/favourites/#/d2m09h8 I also used a pattern from this website. http://xandorra.bluedaffodil.net/tut_pat.php From left to right.. An absinthe fountain. An absinthe glass. An absinthe spoon. An absinthe bottle. Please give me any tips on shaddowing the glass , the spoon, the bottle or the fountain. Also any tips for making the face of the fountain more detailed.. or for anything else you think the pic could use. thankyou
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Partack Commander Joined: 20 October 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 260	Posted: 29 March 2012 at 7:16pm
	nice forms/outlines. you should begin by working from reference. i find that high detail glass or metallic shading is easiest to accomplish if you find something with the kind of sheen you want, colour reduce it in photoshop so you can see the shapes and patterns of the light shining off of it and then try to copy it. It takes a lot of patience and dithering but it is doable. If you've any questions on how to do that, just ask and i'll help you out. Good luck
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bomccravy Seaman Joined: 28 October 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 31 March 2012 at 8:45am
	*Originally posted by Partack* nice forms/outlines. you should begin by working from reference. i find that high detail glass or metallic shading is easiest to accomplish if you find something with the kind of sheen you want, colour reduce it in photoshop so you can see the shapes and patterns of the light shining off of it and then try to copy it. It takes a lot of patience and dithering but it is doable. If you've any questions on how to do that, just ask and i'll help you out. Good luck Thank you sir! I shall use refference pics and see how it goes :3 And I pretty much understand dithering, but hey, I'll take any help. So .. Dithering.. how does it work?
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 31 March 2012 at 1:49pm
	I don't see that dithering would be necessary, as a rule I would probably avoid it unless it's unavoidable. Dithering is discussed in this section of the pixel art tutorial. Edited by cure - 31 March 2012 at 1:49pm
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Partack Commander Joined: 20 October 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 260	Posted: 01 April 2012 at 2:04am
	Well, what i meant is a lot of blending and mashing of pixels until it looks like a believable sheen. Dithering was probably the wrong word to use, i apologize. Just colour reduce a picture of some similar object, try to copy the blobs of light and then refine it by mashing the pixels together. Have a go first and see what comes out of it. Edited by Partack - 01 April 2012 at 2:04am
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