Not entirely sure how to shade flat objects
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Topic: Not entirely sure how to shade flat objects
Posted By: grinningCat
Subject: Not entirely sure how to shade flat objects
Date Posted: 19 July 2012 at 7:48am
More specifically, the halo behind this bird.
It's supposed to be a plain, black disc, but somehow looks like an unfinished afro if I leave it with a flat color. |
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Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 19 July 2012 at 9:33am
| flat color+ cast shadow from the head? add a highlight hugging the edge closest to us so we can see that it's a thin flat disc. |
Posted By: grinningCat
Date Posted: 19 July 2012 at 6:10pm
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Originally posted by cure The edge closest to us would be in shadow, though. The light source is coming in from the left
flat color+ cast shadow from the head? add a highlight hugging the edge closest to us so we can see that it's a thin flat disc. |