Alrightie, so I've been trying to figure out shading on my own, without YouTubing it or Googling it.. I'm not sure how well its been going.. Here's just a wolf thing I tried to do some shading on.
Now keep in mind I have no prior knowledge on shading, I merely did what I thought shading was, impressions from shaded things I've seen.
I used the Paint program, I'm on a Windows computer though. I'm not good at drawing on the computer, better with my own hand, not using a mouse or a laptop.
I just started drawing him/her/it, so its not going to be amazing.. Please, I could really use some shading tips. Comment below if you're familiar with shading ^_^ Here it is..
hahah.. You're probably laughing at how bad the shading is. Seriously, I've never done shading before, this is basically practice..
The background is awful, because I'm lazy, and I really didn't want to spend too much time on this.
Well comment your thoughts!
Shading tips are welcome!
So is critique, as long as you're reasonable (:
Thats really good! I don't shade my drawings much...Only my realistic ones.
ReplyDeleteIf you draw realistically, say a cat for example, & 1 of its back legs was outstretched, you would shade the inside of it. You would shade the inside of the farside legs. If its head is facing to the right of the sheet, your shading the inside of the LEFT legs. You might also shade under its neck if it is meant to be midday (sunhigh) or midnight (moonhigh) and under its belly. You have a good understanding of shading, but maybe if you had brought the shadowed side further in towards the face, it might give it a better idea. You can try & edit it and save it under a dif name (example: wolfyshading2.bmp) and see if it looks better. Dont bring it in TOO much or it could look a bit bad.
-DawnFox
Oh yah! I see a flaw now. On the right side of the wolf, you did shadow AND light. It would probably look a bit better if it was ONLY shadow on that side.
ReplyDeleteAlso on his chest-fur, on the triangular shapes, you did light on the TOP towards the head, but as it goes lower, you started to draw the light on the downside of the triangular shapes.Whereas, you should have probably put SHADOW there, since it was on the underside of the wolf.
Dya get me?
One half light: One half Shadow.
ReplyDeleteAlso on the tufts of hair, keep the light in to the edge, no space between the outline & light.
Yeah, I getcha (: Thanks for the advice, I'm new to shading.. Yeah I messed up on the shading on the chest fur.. This was literally my first attempt. I youtubed and googled it, so I'll be practicing more and hopefully I'll have a better understanding ^_^ On the chest my colors got confused, I use Paint on Windows, and you have to enter the color number to get the color again, and I lost track of my colors, and left it because it would have looked worse had I tried to fix it.. But thanks a bunch for the feedback! :)
Deleteyah. But seriously, start using GIMP2!
DeleteIt is free, & it is really good! You can get some really cool tools like; gradient, sparks, sparkles, etc!
There is another programme you can use for ANIMATION!
IT'S EPIC! But it's $30...we got it though. It was worth it. :)
But yah, you kind of did mess up the chest fur. Wait, isn't there an ink-dropper?
Couldn't you use that instead of remembering the colour codes? :)
Your welcome for the feedback.
I understand what it's like to get none /./
Most of my blogs get none.
Like, Snowyclaw has more comments than me on ONE POST, than I have throughout the whole blog!!! Like, WTH! (wat the heck).
so....nuthin much more 2 say :3
Im makin an AMV!
Also, do You WaNT tO jOIn a CLan?
Visit Stormclan-diary of Redstar & more! to join.
Also, it's based in AJ, but theres a blog too :)
You might know a person called Ducier. Well, she changed to Nara & is Redstar, leader of Stormclan.
Im the meddy kitty :3
Gimp2's free, ya say?? :3 I might have to check it out. I'm not sure about teh ink-dropper.. The program I use is pretty basic. And Ikr? Maybe because we're less known.. I dunno >_< Its hard to get and keep viewers & commenters on a blog ;l And YEEESSS I wanna join a clan! There's a ton of stupid clans around AJ and its hard to find a good one >_< I'll check it out! :) & yes i know/heard/met/aware of Ducier :3
DeleteYep.Tis free :)
DeleteIts good u wanna join :D
comment ur username, clan name, & rank & colour.
Example of me:
User: coolio10234
Clan name: Ivyleaf
Colour/breed: Tabby point birman
Rank: Medicine cat
:3 done. thats it. u can talk obviously but that is wat u say on the STORMCLAN page. say that nd that ur a good friend of mine :3
its true.
:D
i uploaded a vid 2day! on YT!
its called: FIRESTARS WAFFLE SONG!
(its in capslock nd all...)
plz look it up! My YT name is WhiteDawnW0lf. the O in 'wolf' is actually a zero. :3 my animation is pretty cute :3
Cool, I'll try to comment soon(: And ill definitely check out your video ^_^ When I'm not playing Tunnel Town and Sims :3
DeleteThank chu! :3
Deletei saw ur comment. I used 'Photo Story 3' for my music vid. :3
its free on microsoft.com thingy-mab-ob.
X3
My dad knows more. I was body-boarding today :)
me,my sis & our friends were having races on who could get to shore first, & having doggy-paddle races (<- just me & my friend sarah :3 )
it was nice. wen u open ur eyes under water in the sea, everything is blurry...
kinda cool! AND it doesnt sting, like chlorine water does! its salty, like the water in ur eyes alreddy. maybe a bit saltier tho :3
It's been a day and no reply... :3
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I dnt like waitin that much, but thats OK.
Sorry! I was really lazy yesterday and didn't feel like doing much... Lol my sister got me addicted to minecraft so we stayed up until almost 5 am in the morning playing it >_< So I spent most of my day playing Minecraft.. I'm seriously obsessed. What's body-boarding..? Sounds fun :3 SARAH. Thats MYYY namee! :) Except I don't have an 'H' In mine :P You were at the seeaa?? Lucky :( I only live by lakes/rivers/ponds. I haven't been to the ocean yet either ;( I suck at opening and seeing underwater.. It stings with my contacts in, too .-. Was it suupper duupper uber goober salty? ^_^ Lol, I don't like waiting either. I'm really impatient >_<
DeleteOh and do you haves Tunnel Town? My gamecenter is Saramo1999 :3
Minecraft looks boring but ppl say its fun.
DeleteNever played it...yet.
WOW! You don't know what body boarding is? (Sorry if this sounds mean)
You have a board. Maybe half the size of a surf board & its wider. You run out into the water & lie down on it with ur hands up near the corners. Sometimes a wave will catch you & its reely fun. Sometimes u just bob about, so u have to strt kicking & using ur arms to move around. I have a pink TWF brand :) its pretty...nd scratched along the bottom /./
Yes, the sea is very salty! Its horrible when u get it in ur mouth! Try diluting desert spoons of salt into a pint glass of water & stir! then taste it. :P Yick.
I had a feeling ur name was Sara! Cool. Now I kno 2 Sarahs. lol.
Since i kno ur name, u migh as well kno mine x3
mine is isobel. ppl often get it wrong & write isabella or isabelle or isabel. ALWAYS MISPELT WITH AN 'A' X.X
You can call me izzy or izz. idm either.
Wow! 5am is early, or should i say late?
I was up til 1am yesterday night & i woke up (for no reason at all) at 6am!
It looks like it coould b da same agen 2nigh.
Its 12:43 wer i am right now...
i can never get 2 sleep! it sucks! so instead, i go blogging :D
And YT-ing! :3
Meep, ima gonna try sleepin nowz :)
Oh so body boarding is kinda like boogie boarding..? Isn't boogie boarding when you're on a board but you stand on it and have a paddle or something..? Lol I'm confused >_< & Nice to meet you Isobel!! (; Ima call you Izz ^_^ Have you seen Aqua Marine? (a movie about a mermaid that comes on land etc) Well the lady pours salt in her water and drinks it O_o ew. Lol. And I know like 5 Saras! Haha (: And I usually go to sleep around 1-2 in the morning, it depends. I stay up late and sleep in late in the summer :3 so yeah 5 am was pretty late for me :) I have Minecraft Lite on my iPod, and it's really addicting :/ Lol I'm trying to lower my time on minecraft.. It's not working xD
DeleteDo you have a tunnel town?! :P
I think body boarding & boogie boarding r the same thing. IDK.
DeleteYUCK! NEVER SEEN DAT FILM BUT YUCK!
Oh. I would stay up to around 1am normally. Sometimes I even think i am a bit of an ansomniac. (some1 who cnt sleep).
It is still late though. Before I would fall asleep at around 10! & now 12am-2am!
/./
and then i get hungry...
Do you swim in the lakes and stuff? it would be nice...
what sort of enviroment do you live in? is it like a town or wha?
im in da country :3
do u play halo? or black ops? i play halo more than black ops...not really aloud play black ops. i play assassins creed too! & sabatour...they r all my brothers, & i hardly play the XBOX.
How do u get Tunnel Town? I can't find it on google play! D:(
Lol I'm not sure on the boogie boarding/body boarding thing :3 and I know right? Disgusting .-. And you mean insomniac?(: Lolll whenever I go to sleep, I stay asleep. Even if it's storming, thunder, loud TVs, loud family, I'll sleep through it. I never wake up in the middle of the night, if I'm asleep, I'll stay asleep, and I fall asleep really easily :P You'd probably have to jump on me to wake me up. It takes my mom 10-15 minutes to wake me up on school mornings... xD But maybe that's because I stay up so late :/ Yeah I swim in lakes, rivers, local pools, etc :3 lakes are nice, but the water isn't very clear. I live in the city, in a house (: i don't play halo or blackops unless I'm at my cousins, he has all dem games :P I have played assassins creed before though ^_^ Oh and you get Tunnel Town through the App Store. But you have to have it on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch :/
Deleteyeh. dem games r awesome tho.
DeleteOhhhhh..ionly hav a 'Smart' phone DX
-says 'smart' sarcastiacly-
I probably do mea-
OMG! A STORM! SO THATS WAT THAT FLASH WAS!
Lolll ^^ Yea it sucks since a lot of people can't get it :/ I like storms :3 Thunder, lightning, rain, the whole shebang xD
DeleteOhh I still need to sign up for the clan.. :p
I should probably post something new soon ^_^
yeah. Hey, wood u like 2 b a queen? the 2 kits we hav sleep with the elder. they will b apprentices real soon, meaning u will go bak 2 being a warrior soon if u do volunteer 2 b a queen too. :)
Deleteu dnt hav 2 tho. i find Blackmoon annoying... DX
Shes ALWAYS fainting wen im on...
DONT TELL HER I SED THAT!!! (:O
but u wood understand if u met her on AJ..
-rolls eyes-
the spaces free r: apprentice warrior queen elder.
thats all. :)
plz join
Alright I'll try to join soon. Who should I buddy? & their users? Sorry I haven't replied in awhile, I've been busy >:( do you have kik? Maybe that'd be easier.
Deletebuddy me, ducier, cassiusclay2. ther r some more, bu u wil hav 2 visit da blog 4 more.
Deleteokie? :)
yup! Ohh, whats your username? ^_^ I dunno if I am going to join though, I just got into a pirate roleplay.. :3 Sorry I haven't responded in a while!
Deletemy user is coolio10234
Deleteok. thats understandable.
sounds cool!
i almost left the blog again cuz of it! lol
u dnt hav 2 join, if u dnt want 2.