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amichaels
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So here I am working on coloring this sketch, but I am having trouble finding a method to paint metal that looks good. Any suggestions on technique? Overpaints welcome. Thanks in advance.
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aphelionart
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 4:34 pm |
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hm i tried a paintover just for fun... you probably want shiny clean metal to go with her look? so... it should reflect surrounding values/colors (with a little less intensity), and the values contrast sharply considering there's not much surface texture to spread the light around the surface... that's just what i was thinking about...
-matt
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stacy
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:42 am |
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I think it's a "her".
The figure is done in a (very nice) stylized manner, and the technique for the metal areas should not be over rendered or too realistic.
Aphelionart's very fine work should be more muted in keeping with the figure's style. |
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amichaels
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:59 am |
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| I really like how the overpaint came out. I am not sure what techniques you used to come up with that result though. Any tips? |
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aphelionart
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:34 pm |
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yea, i agree stacy.. too realistic, but i hope it helps explain the physics 
basically, i lassoed the metal parts, then with a brush i alt+clicked surrounding objects (her hair, glove, other values from the metal), and focused on building reflections, then on lighting ... um, imagine each "plane" (even spheres can be broken into planes) of metal as a mirror.. reflecting the light source and nearby objects... u gotta imagine all the forms in a 3d space and try to figure out what you would see reflected depending on the angles of the planes. you can probably do a better job than i did because you know where the light source was for the rest of the figure. also, perhaps i made the metal too reflective (instead of just alt+clicking, maybe try tweaking the reflected materials first a bit so they're not so saturated and conform a little more value-wise to the metallic forms).
also, there's spooge's page on reflective material in the discussion forum:
http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=35853
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amichaels
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:07 am |
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| Thanks for the help. |
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aphelionart
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:08 pm |
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| np.. post an update! |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:36 pm |
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yeah nice shines, can really bring out metal
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