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[Shook]

That's a pretty darn good cylinder, Shook.

I personally suck at shading, which is why you never see it in any game I've illustrated, so I'm very envious of people who can shade well.

aw shoot heck thanks mate <3

Regarding shading...

Spoiler: moderate rambling (click to show/hide)

Shadin' ain't no easy thing.

Sums it up pretty well. The only reason i'm not utterly terrible at it is because it was the one thing i was beaten over the head with the most during my early spriting days (i used PILLOW SHADING), and then i got super tired of hearing people whine about it so i decided to google how2shadethings and then it kinda went from there. I've since acquired a handy method for determining the rough location of the shadows, and for the most part, you don't NEED to be super accurate location. In as few words as i can make it, it USUALLY involves making a cross section through the center of the 3D shape of the object you're drawing WHICH IS perpendicular to the incoming light (and, for the purpose of single objects, extends infinitely to all sides), and everything on the other side of this cross section is in shadow. This is mostly for rounded objects though, for more angular/complex objects, you have to imagine the (sun)light as a plane of light being projected towards the object, lighting up everything that it hits. This can obviously be made easier by liberal application of construction sketches.

As for specular reflections, i mostly wing those, but there's a neat way to do it for spheres and cylinders: Halfway in between the angle of the incoming light and the surface angle of the cross section, extend a line to the surface of the object. This is where the specular reflection will be centered. Beyond that though, practicing loads will help you get a feel for it. :v (also terrible non-pixel example that shows only the bear necessities without even being a bear)

i doubt this is useful to anybody but hey

[Parsely]

i doubt this is useful to anybody but hey

pooples are learnding. i is lernding

[GiglameshDespair]

i r lern.

[Worldmaster27]

I think you guys need help with your grammar and spelling. I linked something that I think you'll be able to understand.

[Orange Wizard]

There's a page there entitled "have got". They used as an example "I have got a doll". Eugh. The "got" is redundant.
I don't trust that site at all.

[inEQUALITY]

There's a page there entitled "have got". They used as an example "I have got a doll". Eugh. The "got" is redundant.
I don't trust that site at all.

Have got is apparently common in spoken english in the UK. There's quite the confusing and convoluted discussion about it here: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/120721/have-vs-have-got-in-american-and-british-english

[Worldmaster27]

I even noticed a few spelling errors, as well as missing capitalization everywhere.

It's why I used it.

[Bloax]

I don't do pixel art, for it is a silly restriction.


i will therefore leave you off with a boulder

[Bloax]

DOUBLEPOSTING IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL (and so is capslock)

Shadin' ain't no easy thing.

Shading is pretty easy, good shading is hard until you know how to do it for the material/shape in question.
Personally I got the lightbulb for shading after I messed around with 3D sculpting, as ever since then I've been able to make up objects inside my head and imagine how the hell it would under a light source.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Just curious, is anybody working on that avatar or did it get dropped?

[Parsely]

Two days left on the contest everyone.

[GiglameshDespair]

Landed Skyranger, sans shading, from the new xcom.

Not really sure how I can shade it, though.

It's to be used in my XCOM fire emblem, so there isn't really a particular lightsource.

[GiglameshDespair]

Doublepost:

[Tiruin]

Just curious, is anybody working on that avatar or did it get dropped?

I'm on it--though its free for anyone else for variation of choice
Just that it, Kal's request, and my banner submission is held up due to midterms + net going

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Just curious, is anybody working on that avatar or did it get dropped?

I'm on it--though its free for anyone else for variation of choice
Just that it, Kal's request, and my banner submission is held up due to midterms + net going

Thanks
And sorry about that second part :/