Shading teh monster
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Topic: Shading teh monster
Posted By: Shiroijin
Subject: Shading teh monster
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 12:20am
So I started working on this for the genre bending challenge, but it doesn't seem to be working out. The monster on the left looks kinda weird and I can't figure out how to shade it. Not sure what would make it look better and match the creature on the right... any help would be appreciated! |
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Posted By: Pumpkinbot
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 7:56am
| Laying up on the dithering might help |
Posted By: Minstrel
Date Posted: 20 November 2009 at 6:06pm
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First, look at the monster on the right. You have big areas of single colours, most notably the belly, followed by smaller areas of shadow, also of a single colour or of only 2 colour dithering. This works very good: it gives a good idea of how the light works and adds depth. Now, the monster on the left is very different: you start straightaway with the dithering. This is why the green monster looks 'noisier' than the purple one. You should probably do as you did with the purple monster: choose areas that will be in a uniform shade of green and start dithering and darkening frther away from the center of picture. Hope that helped. |