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I finally drew Jill!
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Reminds me of Arcane series.
ID: hxtimkaID: hxsi9ocWas going to say the same!
ID: hxsqc4ybeat me to it
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Woah great job, That's incredible. Odd question but do you have any tips on shading. That's the main thing I struggle with when drawing.
ID: hxt54coNot OP, but I'll reply.
Figure out the lighting points first. Put them in a corner, and then put a "Spotlight" over where it would come from with sketch lines. Where that spotlight hits closest, is the brightest. Use sketch lines to figure out where you want your lights to go before you start hitting it.
Stuff that sticks out more, will get light. While stuff under it will get less light. Opposite if the light is coming from below.
You'll get a feel for it the more you play around with it.Shading you figure out where the dents and crevices will be. Don't go too heavy unless it's a really dark environment, as there's usually lights that bounce off of skin or walls. Stuff like the cheeks (If they are thinne
), the sides of the nose, under the brow, below the neck where your chin is. Stuff like those areas would be shaded.
Harsher shading means darke light, or one singular source of light from one position.
Overall, this isn't something someone can teach you easily. Look up references, figure out where your light placement is, and practice.
If it comes down to it, as long as you don't go posting it anywhere or claiming things as your art, you can even copy lines and practice on how people colo by doing it on your own terms.
The best way to improve is by practice, and references. You're going to suck, that's normal. But look at it from a different perspective, even if it means asking other people why your art doesn't look that great. You're your own worst critic.
Good luck, and I hope to see you succeed.ID: hxtl5h3Thank you! Some tips that are very general and cover art fundamentals:
A) Learn about Values and Value Grouping! These are absolutely fundamental. If you are able to separate a drawing into a midtone, highlight and shadow group, you're good to go!
B) Look at videos on the topic of shadows by artists like Sinix, Proko or Marco Bucci! There's plenty of videos like this on youtube and the artists usually explain their thought process
C) look at step by step tutorials of artists you enjoy, see how they tackle shading!
D) collect some well-lit references with cool and interesting light on pinterest and do very simple greyscale studies of them. Use a simple brush, don't blend and just focus on getting the shadow shapes and the values right. Try to limit yourself to 3 values!
D.1) If you look at your reference image, squint at it until you see no detail to see the value groups. If you squint at something and it is still readable, that means the values work! Also try to analyze why the artist/photographer chose to light a scene the way they did and learn to recognize common light setups and what they are used for! (example: backlighting -> Primary Light source comes from behind the character, creating a nice, readable silhouette against the background. Rimlight -> separates foreground element from background, makes forms more readable. I have both of these in my Jill painting. Another common one: Strong keylight from one side --> showcases form. There's way more but these are super common and should serve as an example for things you can look at and analyze)
A good guide for painting and analyzing your reference:
1) Define your shapes, where are they, how do they relate to each other?
2) Light Direction: where is your keylight coming from?
3) Define Light and shadow: which areas are lit, which are unlit?
4) Where in the image is your lightest light?
5) Where is your darkest dark?
If you look at a reference and you can answer all of these questions, that gives you a very good roadmap for your own painting and you can replicate what you see.
The sooner you learn how to understand and see light, the easier it will be for you!
Good things to google would be terms like "Lighting fundamentals, understanding light and shadows, value painting" etc.
I hope it's not too overwhelming but yes, these are the most important things to understand in my opinion because they apply to any style of drawing or painting
ID: hxtmftvsmoll addition: if you are going for a cartoony style and you use lineart, you don't need to do a lot because the lineart already does a lot of heavy lifting for you by separating forms, showing form etc. You can also add cast shadows (dark shadows cast by one form onto the other, a common example is on the neck, under the chin, look at comicbook artwork as an example for this) with lineart and just do shading with one colo
to make the forms look more three-dimensional. There is no need to be super painterly or elaborate when you shade and no need to blend anything. -
Good job!
I like it.
ID: hxtgcquThank you!
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Looks so cinematic
ID: hxtgb57hehe thank you, that's what I was going for!
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This is amazing!!! Do you have a ig or something I can follow you on!?
ID: hxu3csdyes I do have IG but I use my real name on there and I'd rather not post that on reddit, I can dm you tho- Apart from that, I'm monobani on any other website!
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Absolutely amazing.
ID: hxu3uu1Thank you!!
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Looks SO good!
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welp! looks like a have a new pfp
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She's a zombie already!
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Thank you. I'm gonna try out your tips later
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haha I can see that! But yeah, it's just the style I've had for years