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GenjiLim In reply to jorun1981 [2013-02-11 18:39:30 +0000 UTC]

Glad you found my tutorial helpful!

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GenjiLim In reply to Mononoke-Phaux [2012-12-22 23:23:33 +0000 UTC]

Hey, sorry for the late reply. I hope this was helpful. Let me know if you'd like help with anything specific. I'll do what I can to help!

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GenjiLim In reply to YelZamor [2012-07-29 03:03:57 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. I'm glad this was helpful!

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GenjiLim In reply to Chrishankhah [2012-06-01 06:41:59 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. You're already such an excellent artist! But I'm glad my tutorial helped ^__^

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Chrishankhah In reply to GenjiLim [2012-06-01 07:42:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Even still, I have so much growing to do, especially when it comes to metal (something I run into often with my fantasy art!) Swords especially seem to give me a hard time. I'll make it to a point that looks like your step 6, maybe 7, (and even then not so spot on on my tones and light source,) but this really shows me how to finish it off. You show this beautiful, almost 3-dimensional effect that I've been striving for. So I'll definitely have this up the next time I tackle it!

Looking over your gallery, your art is amazing. Definitely worth a watch!

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GenjiLim In reply to Chrishankhah [2012-06-01 16:20:08 +0000 UTC]

I highly recommend Feng Zhu's tutorials , if you haven't been watching them already. Throughout his tutorials, he'll talk about considering perspective and lighting when drawing objects, and he often draws reflective surfaces. One thing I failed to mention in this tutorial was that it is important to pay attention to colors bouncing off other surfaces when doing metal, and that darkening the metal object can give it more of a chrome like appearance. I should actually redo this one, now that I think about it -- I'm not giving people the whole story xD

Thanks for the watch! I'm happy you like my work : )

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Chrishankhah In reply to GenjiLim [2012-06-04 08:30:16 +0000 UTC]

I will be bookmarking this, thank you so much!

I know what you mean about colors bouncing off -- I've only just begun *getting* this. I think it's one of the more difficult parts, because I never fully understand how and when something should be reflective, but I know that the more I grasp this, the much more integrated these elements will appear in my work.

Anyway, I'm glad it's also helped you to think more on this tutorial! Thank you again!!

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GenjiLim In reply to reithy [2011-12-07 01:20:58 +0000 UTC]

Great! Glad it was helpful to you. I'm willing to help out with specific questions if you have any. Feel free to ask. You just have to be patient with any late replies, in the event I don't visit dA for a while

Good luck with your knight and other art projects in the meantime!

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reithy In reply to GenjiLim [2011-12-07 02:03:21 +0000 UTC]

D`awh! Thank you so much!

I do have one question, actually...
You see, my knight has silver, dark gray and mint armor ( well rather, mint accents to it )
Would you by any chance know what colors should i use for highlighting those colors?

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GenjiLim In reply to reithy [2011-12-08 22:10:11 +0000 UTC]

Sure. Usually the brightest part of the highlight is close to white, and gradually shifts color depending on the color of the light source and the color of the material it is landing upon.

I drew up a quick example here: [link]

There's a bit more to color theory than just putting the light source's color on top of your object's colors, but since it takes a bit of reading and practice to fully understand which colors to use I hope this works for you for now.

I recommend checking out this tutorial when you have the time [link]

Good luck, and let me know if you have any other questions

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reithy In reply to GenjiLim [2011-12-09 03:56:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! [n un]
i kind of rushed my armor and stuff, because I was in a hurry.
But this helped a lot! Thank you again!

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GenjiLim In reply to reithy [2011-12-09 23:24:38 +0000 UTC]

Great! Glad to help!

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GenjiLim In reply to Chanrom [2011-08-27 18:38:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

This took me about an hour to do. However, if this were part of a bigger piece, I wouldn't spend an hour to cover just one section of armor like this. Since the detailing process encompasses the entire image (line art -> color blocking -> shading/values -> textures -> effects), I'll be working on everything instead of just focusing on a piece of shoulder armor, as I do in this demo. It'll take longer but not like 1 hour per small section.

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GenjiLim In reply to dinmoney [2011-07-30 23:38:42 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. I usually use it as a final touch-up. It's good for noob artists like me who can't get colors right the firs time

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