[WIP] trees and more in 3/4
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Topic: [WIP] trees and more in 3/4
Posted By: wiseman
Subject: [WIP] trees and more in 3/4
Date Posted: 19 July 2010 at 9:38pm
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Heya guys!
I'm trying to knock the socks off this one guy who I want a position with. So, along with what he wants me to do, I'm also going to give him a little extra. Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated. Here's a tree (yup, another one). The leaves just don't pop out like they ought... 
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Posted By: W M
Date Posted: 19 July 2010 at 10:21pm
 I did an edit of your palette -- shifting the shades more towards blue/purple and the highlights more towards yellow mimics real lighting conditions in direct sunlight and makes your tree more dynamic. EDIT: the second-to-darkest shade for your foliage needs to be shifted towards blue a little more and darkened just a tad in order for that darkest shade to look its best. I seemed to have missed doing that in my edit... |
Posted By: wiseman
Date Posted: 20 July 2010 at 4:48pm
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Thanks a lot for the palette edit! It helped a lot. After a changing the palette, I experimented with creating individual leaves. I found that using 3 shades for each area. In any case, the leaves are popping out a lot more, now! ------------- --- ><> --- |
Posted By: mashimi
Date Posted: 20 July 2010 at 11:18pm
| i like it. the yellow color and the darkest/2nd darkest are really good |
Posted By: wiseman
Date Posted: 26 July 2010 at 11:37pm
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http://www.box.net/shared/nz234tjqy4 - http://www.box.net/shared/nz234tjqy4
Here's the latest, and this is how it will stay, unless I feel like adding a background :]
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Posted By: StepDragon
Date Posted: 27 July 2010 at 9:24am
| i think you need a DARKER darkest color, the darkest green you have is just too flat. |
Posted By: wiseman
Date Posted: 27 July 2010 at 10:45am
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Agreed. I will poste :D an edit shortly. ------------- --- ><> --- |
Posted By: XxRukiriXx
Date Posted: 27 July 2010 at 3:23pm
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I like it the way it is, looks cool. |
Posted By: wiseman
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 12:38am
Here's the most recent update of the tree. I made the darkest shade bluer, and slightly darker. I think the flatness is due to lack of detail. (I also started fooling around with it after the color change):
 Also, I would like help with this character base. I haven't done much, but I want it to be good right from the get-go. Thanks :]
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Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 3:01am
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You need an extra shade, or you need to redistribute your lighting. What makes the dark part of the tree stand out is that it only has 2 or even one colors to define the leaves, while the lighter parts have 3 colors.
Personally I'd try making the second darkest darker, use it to make more leaves in the darkest part, and add a few more highlights with the second darkest color. ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |