[ArMaDoN]

Hey people.
Guess you get this question alot. Tell me what shading is used when you shade for photo realism or just plain shading. i use the dogde and burn tool is there any other way except for choosing colours and then blending and then smudging? tell me exactly how you guys shade? pls

Thx alot


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[Affected]

I use the airbrush. not much else. Hard brushes, that way it doesn't get blurry.

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[BooMSticK]

paintbrush all the way. Set at variable oppacity. For everything from b/w to photorealism...

,B

[ArMaDoN]

Thx alot for you reply's anyone else that can put more detail into the subject pls people ... and another thing ... do all you guys draw directly on tablet or scan?
what do you use to get your pictures so sharp ... mine seems a little bit soft

[MonkeyBoy]

Photoshop has some great features that not only encourage the development of wonderfull techniques, but maxumise traditional methodes.

I start with a messey sketch, then refine the image. Once I have the composition down, I refine everything into a "cartoon" (linear) form. At this point I start moddeling/rendering the underpainting, and this is where shading starts to come in.

Often (but not allways) I create a new layer and fill the corrisponding "cartoon" part with a nuetrall value or a semi-transparent "paint" (ushualy black). I then use the eraser to adjust values, modeling what was a monotone into a partial range of tones, then touch up with the blur tool and then the dodge and burn, with occasional additions of fresh paint. I call this the shadow mask... beneath which I place the actual colour layer (of which there may be several, as needed).

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MonekyBoy

(my muse is back)

[Affected]

I can't view the images, fortunecity sucks.

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