[BakaSan]

I decided to color a drawing I did a while ago. Could I get some help on the lighting? I blocked in the basic lighting. does this look right and consistant? The stomach and neck dont look right to me. any sugestions?

I apreciate any help
[edit]For some reason its not working when I use fp.geocities.com, so heres the link http://www.geocities.com/duncanbeck/imj/lightinghelp.jpg
[edit]DAMN GEOCITIES! try this http://www.geocities.com/duncanbeck/imj
Then click on lightinghelp.jpg
grrrr

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BakaSan
Duncan Land

[This message has been edited by BakaSan (edited March 13, 2001).]

[Totally]

a few quick proprotional things. Here is how you should set up your proportions (divided into 8 heads):



this is how your current proportions look on that scale:


That's the basics for the proportions. There are also some other issues that you need to work with, such as dimensions (angles and such), but I don't have the time to get into that at this moment.

Core elements of light/shadow:

Highlight
Light
Half-tones
Core Shadow
Reflected Light
Cast Shadow

Those are the different tones that you need to deal with. If you could add in the half-tone between the light and the shadow, it would add more depth probably.

Here's how you know if something should be in light or shadow: Figure out where your light source is. Once you have that, think about the light like this: Where it skims the surface of the object, it goes into half-tones and core shadow. I understand that you have no 3 dimensional reference for this, but visualize it.

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