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TobyFoxArt — Light Source Tutorial
Published: 2012-08-07 17:11:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 61646; Favourites: 3937; Downloads: 702
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CommissionsPlease do not take this image and claim it as your own, use it as an icon, trace or alter it.
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I don't want to be discouraged from sharing my hard work because of a few individuals with thieving tendencies, don't ruin this for me. Thanks.
EDIT - for something I made quickly to help me sister, which she ignored BTW, this has exploded, I'm so happy and grateful, in the first day I got over 1000 faves, I'd love to thank every one individually but it's way too much for me so sorry, but again thanks you've all put a BIG smile on my face
Don't share without my permission this is for dA only.
If you've found it helpful tell me and please show me, I'd love to see, and if you've any questions just ask and I'll do my best to help as soon as possible.
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This is AMAZING! Thank you so much!
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You're so welcome! If it's of any help I'd love to see what you produce.
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YES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED. THANK YOU
//grabby hands e v e
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I'd love to see whatever it has helped you with once you're done.
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Great tutorial. But how do I go about understanding lightning when it comes to full body? Like wearing clothes and stuff. Especially, when I am drawing imaginary creatures.
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Take photographs, find references, look in the mirror, look at nature, watch how light works and remember. If you start to build a collection of mental references you'll learn how to correctly light anything and everything. The process is a long one though, don't expect to do it in a weekend.
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I've been looking for something like this, thanks for making it!
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Happy to help. You're welcome.
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Happy to help and grateful for the thanks.
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Thank you gor doing this, helped me a lot (:
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Glad to help and thank you for thanking me!
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Which bit are you having trouble with?
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Well, I'm trying to pencil shade a person with asian and a person with white skin. I don't know much on shading on skin tones so any advice is good.
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In lighter skin the contrast between shadows and the midtone is higher and highlights blend more smoothly, the opposite is true for darker skin. The best thing to do is find some good references.
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when you mean by higher you mean the shadows and midtone much more closer to one another while the shdows are darker and the midtones are inbetween?
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I'm sorry, I don't understand your question, I want to help, could you please re-phrase it.
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sorry, I mean before doing shading and highlighting a need base and than shadowing but I was asking was midtone is base and the highlights are closest to the bases color?
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The midtone is the base of the painting then add shadows to show the shape and finish with highlights to define it.
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This is will be suck a great reminder tool for when I work on faces. I know but sometimes I second guess myself.
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Remember to use references as well. They really are the best way to improve.
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I use references out the wazooo. I have bin doing portraits since I was 14. I do black and white traditional.
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Good, it's the best way to learn.
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With portraits I like it so I can make sure I get the face down correctly. Most people like the guide lines I don't. I find them a hinderance I can look at a face and just can feel what it should be. After 8 years you just get a feel. I do grid if I have a hole body and more than a bust so I can get the proportions for the body down and than I will go back in and free hand the face reference marks I made.
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Yeah I've found that I now just can get a feeling for where features go, it makes it easier.
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Do something long enough it becomes second nature.
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What if the light comes from behind?
Nice tutorial, btw, some of those look kinda creepy XD
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Ahhh you've noticed the flaw in it, congratulations.
Just shadowed all over the face with some rim lighting around the hair.
I like the creepy ones personally and thanks!
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Thanks, lol
The one on the bottom left looks pretty awesome (:
And you're welcome^^
Sorry, for late reply btw
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I like the bottom left one.
The late reply is perfectly fine, no harm done.
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Thank you and you're welcome!!
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Oh, thank goodness I found this. Light source is a bitch for me, and I totally needed this.
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You're totally welcome! I'm glad it's helped, I'd love to see anything you make with its help.
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this will help me sooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you sooooo very much!!!!! it is a very pretty drawing too
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I'm sooo very glad, and thank you!
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Thanks so much! I've always struggled with lighting so I find this extremely helpful!
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