make planes not waste - Craig Earl avatar

Highlighting and Shading?

posted 3 months ago by make planes not waste

Anyone know any tutorials on how to highlight and shade well? I am struggling with it. I am a massive fan of both Jimiyo and DerekDeal and the way they highlight and shade.

Any Advice?

7 Comments

  1. lunchboxbrain - Andrew Gregory avatar

    lunchboxbrain said 3 months ago

    Same here.

    *watches post intently*

  2. jimiyo - Jimi Benedict avatar

    jimiyo said 3 months ago

    I have no good advice on this matter, although the turning point for me was when an art director instructed me to put in the zingers.

    By which he meant, once you arrive at a decent stage where most things are rendered, put in the highlights, also accentuate the shadows. Zingers can be made with a round airbrush with white or light color, or a thing line that is close the edge, shadows are the same except in location.

    It’s good to imagine where the light is coming from. Easiest thing to do is to observe real life highlights and shadows. They usually come from the top/above, or above and from the 45 degree angle from the zenith.
    Thanks for the mention. Keep at it.

  3. edgillustrator - edgil avatar

    edgillustrator said 3 months ago

    jimiyo said it in a nutshell

    basically, just visualise where the lighting is coming from, onceoyu find that its easy as cake :]

  4. derekdeal - Derek Deal avatar

    derekdeal said 3 months ago

    whoa thanks for the mention, i guess pick a light source like others said and pay attention to where highlights and shadows would fall in a real scenario. I used to just shade haphazardly without any real regard to lighting, but it really just takes a little extra patience and sometimes research to set your piece off.

    but jimiyo has a way better understanding than i do, i mean, just look at his spectacular balls

  5. Cole - Cole Blotcky avatar

    Cole said 3 months ago

    yea his balls are some of the greatest i have ever seen

  6. jimiyo - Jimi Benedict avatar

    jimiyo said 3 months ago

    smoooooooth as eggs... smoooooth as eggs.

    (LOL. u guys funny)

  7. make planes not waste - Craig Earl avatar

    make planes not waste said 3 months ago

    derekdeal said: whoa thanks for the mention

    your welcome dude, I just want to shade the way you shade, its awesome - in particular I love the highlights and shading on this design you did:

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