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psychofox0 (Dec 19, 2006)
drawn in 1 hour 6 min

Sweetcell (Dec 19, 2006)

Getting better. Best way to do shading and highlights is figure where the light source is. Where the light hits will be highlighted and where it doesn't (mianly the underside of the leg [inner leg] middle of the foot so on and so on) You almost have it you just have to really picture the light hitting him. Look at objects around you, on your clothes and see how the shadows form. Someone may come along and explain it better. Don't forget to highlight his sword to make it look shiney, sharp and dangerous.

psychofox0 (Dec 19, 2006)

ok, got it. I will study shadeology... the study of shading... I will investigate things around me and stuff... Alright, thank you and I will.... try my
best.

Rukia (Dec 19, 2006)

A little advice..
You can try to blend the colors together, especially on his trousers so that the drak shaidng doesn't stand out as much.
I usually do this by putting the watercolor tool on low opacity and blend, blend, blend until the the colors sort of blur/come together.
It takes some patience, time and practice, but I think you should do fine.
Hope that helped.

psychofox0 (Dec 19, 2006)

Ok, got it... I'll try that too... thanks Rukia.

Skai (Dec 20, 2006)

Alright, a little on the shading part :3 I've found it helpful to keep a little folder of reference pictures. For example, if I find something with really nice cloth folds (I'm bad at those.) I stick 'em in there in case I need help drawing clothes. You could do the same thing for a lot of the techniques you want to learn. Of course, it helps to have so many people helping you too. <3 Awesome sword, by the way.

psychofox0 (Dec 20, 2006)

thank you skia... so your saying to keep like a folder of pictures of different objects.... and study the way they are shaded.... interesting....
it sounds like a good Idea... thank you I'll try that too...