Pixel Joint Forum: Sesshy Wip (need help)

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Kurisutin
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Topic: Sesshy Wip (need help)
Posted: 04 February 2008 at 6:16pm

This is a WIP im doing of Shesshy. I've never done any art this big before, So im having trouble shading the hair. Any suggestions or Large hair coloroing tutorials?

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Pixel_Outlaw
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Posted: 04 February 2008 at 6:57pm

First it would be helpful to know where your light source is. From the look of the arms it looks like the light is pointing from directly in the front. You can play a bit more with shadows if you set the light source in a different position. The jaw and nose seem a bit large for the face as well. The ear could be lowered slightly try to look at where your ear connects to your head and then reshape the cup to fit the pointy ear this figure has.

It would be helpful if you showed us where your light is though. You can have a light source that is directly in front of the figure but you won't get those deep defining shadows this way. The great thing about hair is that it is thousands of little tubes all casting light rather than a single surface reflecting light. In most anime though they treat it like a single surface though.

Edited by Pixel_Outlaw - 04 February 2008 at 7:01pm

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Kurisutin
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Posted: 05 February 2008 at 1:15pm

The light source is from the front. In pixel art i have problems shading skin if its not from the front. eEspecially on a skin surface so big.

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Delfos
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Posted: 05 February 2008 at 2:14pm

If it is on the front, remember that the clothes do shadow too. And the hair.
And his neck shouldn't be in shadows.

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Kurisutin
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Posted: 05 February 2008 at 2:16pm

Yea, Im gonna fix his neck, and the clothes aren't even done. I just need help on the hair. Everything that i have done just doesn't look right for the hair.

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Inventrix
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Posted: 05 February 2008 at 4:41pm

Well the biggest question I would have for you about shading the hair is what sort of style do you want to shade it in? Then, go and find references that have hair like you want it to look, and study them and try to recreate the style.

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Metaru
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Posted: 05 February 2008 at 7:50pm

lets put the shading aside for now and lets focus on the anatomy, wich is basically one of the main flaws here, specially on the face and the pose of that shoulder. if you look carefullly, the pose of the face is sligthy tilted towards the background. that causes that shoulders look bigger than supposed and therefore, unnatural. this is also caused by the complexion of his face, wich denotes a not so athletic bodymass(and the general knowledge of the original character).

at some point, is like the head/face is pasted above a front view of a body(wich is just to give an idea of how the body and head doesn't connect very well).

i would suggest that, if not following an already existing image of the character, use some photo references to guide yourself.

I ate leel's babies

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Kurisutin Seaman Joined: 03 February 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Topic: Sesshy Wip (need help) Posted: 04 February 2008 at 6:16pm
	This is a WIP im doing of Shesshy. I've never done any art this big before, So im having trouble shading the hair. Any suggestions or Large hair coloroing tutorials?
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Pixel_Outlaw Commander Joined: 01 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3829	Posted: 04 February 2008 at 6:57pm
	First it would be helpful to know where your light source is. From the look of the arms it looks like the light is pointing from directly in the front. You can play a bit more with shadows if you set the light source in a different position. The jaw and nose seem a bit large for the face as well. The ear could be lowered slightly try to look at where your ear connects to your head and then reshape the cup to fit the pointy ear this figure has. It would be helpful if you showed us where your light is though. You can have a light source that is directly in front of the figure but you won't get those deep defining shadows this way. The great thing about hair is that it is thousands of little tubes all casting light rather than a single surface reflecting light. In most anime though they treat it like a single surface though. Edited by Pixel_Outlaw - 04 February 2008 at 7:01pm

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Kurisutin Seaman Joined: 03 February 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 05 February 2008 at 1:15pm
	The light source is from the front. In pixel art i have problems shading skin if its not from the front. eEspecially on a skin surface so big.
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Delfos Midshipman Joined: 13 October 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 76	Posted: 05 February 2008 at 2:14pm
	If it is on the front, remember that the clothes do shadow too. And the hair. And his neck shouldn't be in shadows.
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Kurisutin Seaman Joined: 03 February 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 05 February 2008 at 2:16pm
	Yea, Im gonna fix his neck, and the clothes aren't even done. I just need help on the hair. Everything that i have done just doesn't look right for the hair.
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Inventrix Midshipman Joined: 01 January 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 77	Posted: 05 February 2008 at 4:41pm
	Well the biggest question I would have for you about shading the hair is what sort of style do you want to shade it in? Then, go and find references that have hair like you want it to look, and study them and try to recreate the style.
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Metaru Commander Joined: 28 December 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3305	Posted: 05 February 2008 at 7:50pm
	lets put the shading aside for now and lets focus on the anatomy, wich is basically one of the main flaws here, specially on the face and the pose of that shoulder. if you look carefullly, the pose of the face is sligthy tilted towards the background. that causes that shoulders look bigger than supposed and therefore, unnatural. this is also caused by the complexion of his face, wich denotes a not so athletic bodymass(and the general knowledge of the original character). at some point, is like the head/face is pasted above a front view of a body(wich is just to give an idea of how the body and head doesn't connect very well). i would suggest that, if not following an already existing image of the character, use some photo references to guide yourself.
	I ate leel's babies
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