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light/dark practice
dixielandcutie
(Jan 21, 2004)
*stamps foot* ok. im trying to fix this ongoing shading problem i seem to have. but dangit *stamps foot again* its not working. this is what i have so far...can anyone point out something i am doing wrong...right? *help*
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 21, 2004)
HAHA. No foot stomping. I just put comments on your other pics, go read those and then come back to this one. Now, you have already made some progress. You have a light source (an obvious one) and you made some highlights hitting her hair. Youve got the idea. Except since it's coming from behind her we cant do much with that. If we pretend its coming more from the left, you can add some highlights to the left side of the picture (her right side) try highlighting that side of her face, arm and her dress, graduating the color value to lighter the closer it is to the light source. Just keep working at it! : )
staci (Jan 22, 2004)
i agree with archer..good idea..light source..improvement...etc. pehaps you should start off with some inanimate objects. or just faces...and make your canvas bigger so you arent trying to squeeeeeeze all this detail in.
Childlike_Vampire (Jan 22, 2004)
This seems really obvious, but the most "smack your forehead duh" kind of good advice that helped me with shading was to "make your darks darker and your lights lighter". The higher the contrast between the light and the dark, the more 3d a picture looks. ^^
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 22, 2004)
Yes, Dixie! Both of the above great advice! Read and heed... :) |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 21, 2004)
doncha miss those days? hehe. okay...go ahead...tear it apart...id love any suggestions
ambiguous.alkadette.amnesiac. (Jan 21, 2004)
shading!
dixielandcutie (Jan 21, 2004)
haha. scarey? oh my. any suggestions on how to shade? i dont really know how...HAHA. okay, if she wasnt scary before...she is now. i tried some shading, and now she just looks bruised, lol. umm...guess its >>back to the drawing board<< *hehe* im gonna practice some light/dark stuff *sigh*
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 21, 2004)
Okay, Dix, it's not _that_ scary. :) lol. It's really great for a beginning. With every piece you do, you'll learn and evolve. On this one, I think your choice of colors is really good, even in the skin tones. For the shading on a face, try to remember to highlight the plains and darken the receding places for shadows. Blend it with the rest of the face. And for shading in your backgrounds and with objects, to get perspective remember that colors are less vibrant the farther away they are, and things are less defined in general. Now practice some more! And if u have a tablet, USE IT! You've got talent! Love ya Dixie. :) |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 20, 2004)
not done yet. need a break.
staci (Jan 21, 2004)
ok i have a suggestion. you spent 33 minutes on this..now..you could take maybe another 33 minutes and add some shading and depth by looking at real subject..studying folds in fabric..see how light reflects color and makes shadows and highlights. play with the tools..as you have seen almost anything is possible to reproduce with these applets. i personally think you could do better if you took a bit more time.
dixielandcutie (Jan 21, 2004)
hey icats. thanks for the suggestion. i agree, it could be a lot better. my main problem is i dont know how...time isnt an issue, ill work on it as long as i need to. i will take your advice tho...thanks. (and i keep getting comments about shading...*clueless*...what is that?)um, ok...i tried to do what you said, but i dont think im doing it right. no it just looks like theres stain everywhere....*help?*
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 21, 2004)
Bless your heart, Dixie! :) Wish you lived next door to me and we'd get a paint brush and get messy lol. Okay, first of all, the image you drew is adorable, and the idea very creative. As for shading, there will be more than one color in a shadow of something (such as the folds of the fabric) would go from dark blue in the deepest fold, graduating blue tones upward until the lightest blue is on the outermost part of the fabric. Do that and blend. Work on thinking about which direction your light source is coming from, and keep it consistent in your pic. Everything casts a shadow somewhere if there is light. That'll give you a couple of things to think about. Hope it helps. Dont give up!!! |
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dixielandcutie
(Jan 19, 2004)
new to drawing...on computer and general. just trying to get the hang of this this. any suggestions welcome! thanks.
RabidMalikFanGirl (Jan 19, 2004)
Welcome to 2draw :) As for suggestions, the highlights on the hair are nice but shading the pic in general would be a good idea. The wings should be a bit more defined, and it could use a background possibly ^^ (Okay, I suck at bgs, I know ;.;) is that better? not really sure how to do the shading...
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 19, 2004)
Dixie this is adorable! Love her facial expression and the way it looks like she's sitting in the clouds. Isn't this site FUN!!!? Glad you came... draw some more now!
pix (Jan 20, 2004)
lovely drawing Dix, too bad it is soooo small... but it rocks |
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