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On Shading

by NicolaiBunny Traditional Artist

15 years ago

got bored when helping a friend out with simple shading

pokeball-looking light sources what

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NicolaiBunny ~nicolaibunny

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

theyre more like wiggly clay, i think! XD thanks

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NicolaiBunny ~nicolaibunny

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

heheh XD I am glad it is good then!

Byte Fantail ~sillydraco

The Silly One

15 years ago

thanks for the ref ^^

NicolaiBunny ~nicolaibunny

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

no prob! was fun

Henrieke ~henrieke

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

Yes, I can imagine not everybody has learned yet how to cast shadows, but when I see the wrong 'flat' shading like you demonstrated here everywhere on professional commercial drawings, I get SOOOO ANGRYYYYYYYY AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

NicolaiBunny ~nicolaibunny

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

haha XD yeah once you learn it, it gets tough to look at it when its not how you learned it!

http://www.deviantart.com/download/.....rl-d30ft42.png I made this crappy one on DA just before this one, to show how the "flat" shading looks to me when I see it.

Henrieke ~henrieke

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

Yeah, looks like one of those sugar candy hearts. But seeing that stuff on Disney DVD covers... eugh

NicolaiBunny ~nicolaibunny

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

ugh, those are the worst! Whenever I think a cartoon movie box art looks dumb, i wont judge it until I look at the screenshots on the back. 99% of the time the box art is just horrible and the real cartoon looks actually good. Who do they get to do the art on those??

Lop-Kun ~lop-kun

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

This is more useful than you can ever imagine...I have trouble visualizing shadows most of the time. This is -exactly- what I have been looking for.

Lop-Kun ~lop-kun

Traditional Artist

15 years ago

More specifically with clothing though..the ripples in clothing can be a bit difficult for me..

kutakuinkinnoin ~kutakuinkinnoin

15 years ago

I need to pay attention to the light source more often derp derp XD;

c0sm0 ~c0sm0

Anthro Artist

15 years ago

The shading on the lower part of the body is something I can't get right. I'm such a derp! DX

BeeBoi ~beeboi

Digital Artist

15 years ago

Just to put this out there, there's a fantastic book that teaches all kinds of stuff like this called "Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters" by Robert Beverly Hale.

Thanks for putting this out there!

Bosky ~bosky

Anthro Artist

15 years ago

This is awesome! :D I totally don't understand shading, but maybe if I work with this I can get a lil better! :)

Espresso ~espresso

Digital Artist

15 years ago

Immensely useful. I feel like I shouldn't still be making these kinds of mistakes, but I do.

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