Shading Skin
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Category: Pixel Art
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Printed Date: 12 September 2025 at 10:18am
Topic: Shading Skin
Posted By: Garage Inc.
Subject: Shading Skin
Date Posted: 24 July 2005 at 10:45pm
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I realized something today...I suck at shading people. The reason I was trying to see is because I have already started the lineart on a large scale pixel piece and I need to work on shading people. I started with this face. (Trans and Non Trans)(I made teh background because I had nothing else to do.)
I will be posting more piece in this thread for more practice with shading. For c+c, rip it to shreds, I will take all the help I can get. ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
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Posted By: Monstara
Date Posted: 25 July 2005 at 1:06am
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This exercise will be beneficial and interesting for all of us. I think the shading is ok, but this being exercise, use as much ref as possible. |
Posted By: zachriel
Date Posted: 25 July 2005 at 5:07am
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Originally posted by Garage Inc. ... rip it to shreds ... I'm really terrible at shading skin myself, which is why I mostly stick with architecture, but I might be helpful anyway. Not really sure, but is feels like your highlight is a bit too bright. And I believe cheeks are to be highlighted on top of the cheeks, in contrast to below as you've done. The nose feels a bit forgotten. Perhaps adding a bit more highlight on the tip of it and more shadows around it would improve it. I hope this helped more than it destroyed  ------------- Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else. http://despair.com - despair.com |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 25 July 2005 at 1:30pm
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I am as well not gifted with skin skills. But I've noticed, color really does have a huge impact on the skin. If you shade with a poor pallate, this can mess things up greatly too. I'd suggest visiting http://stardom-velocity.com - Bisque's site for pallates for skin and using those for a bit and seeing where that takes you. ------------- |
Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 25 July 2005 at 1:31pm
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Thanks, I will work on it some more tomorrow, no time tonight. As for the pallate, I forgot to mention, I did use one of Bisque's pallates. ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 25 July 2005 at 2:00pm
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Really? Well maybe you used too many colors that were too alike. Try skipping a bunch of colors on the pallate, use more contrasty ones. That might help. ------------- |