Sijun Forums :: View topic - StarWars inspired Heavy Labour droid Drawing

Tinusch · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2001 4:38 pm

I really like this. I love your style, but I think those thin white hightlights all over the top are killing the depth. It makes the whole thing look like it's embossed on a sheet of paper. My suggestion would be to ease up on the highlights, only put them where they need to be, and vary the weight and intensity of them. I think that will really help the depth.

kimzoll · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2001 10:28 pm

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Originally posted by Tinusch:
I really like this. I love your style, but I think those thin white hightlights all over the top are killing the depth. It makes the whole thing look like it's embossed on a sheet of paper. My suggestion would be to ease up on the highlights, only put them where they need to be, and vary the weight and intensity of them. I think that will really help the depth.

Thanks! Could you please specify what you mean... this highlight business are all new to me, do you mean..like...the highlights on parts closest to the viewer more white...for example.....LMK
Sincerely,
Kim Zoll

[ December 23, 2001: Message edited by: kimzoll ]

Art Addiction · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2001 11:29 pm

Kim -- Not necessarily the parts that are closest to the viewer. You have to consider the direction of your light source (the source of all light on an object). For example, if your light source is coming from the upper left you would place light only on surfaces that would be affected by that source. The highest-raised surfaces would have the strongest source of light (almost pure-white but not always) and the next lowest surfaces would have a more muted source of light until they're obscured by shadow. The areas farthest away from the source of light (or being blocked by an object) would be completely or at least partially obscured by a shadow.

Keep in mind, however, that these gradations between light and dark are very gradual in nature. A sharp variation between light and dark on any old object would not be very realistic (unless the case requires that the light source be very strong or an object has such sharp edges as to prevent gradations between light and dark; e.g. a box).

Hope that helped.

kimzoll · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 12:37 am

I have posted this before, but this one is with the highlights.
Here is a H.L.Pre.12 Late C4 Droid.
The Lift arms has a Electro Magnetic function to lift heavy objects.

kimzoll · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 5:29 am

Thank you very much!
I will keep this in mind.
have a nice Christmas.
Kim