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Anonymous Tue Jan 16 17:29:27 2018 No.3278451 [Reply] [Original]

Any good ways to learn shading? Any tips?
What are good shading exercises?
What are good ways to learn how to shade figures?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 16 22:05:32 2018 No.3278732 >>3278451 Bump

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 16 22:23:24 2018 No.3278757 >>3278451 Can someone at least recommend a good book on shading or lighting?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 17 00:01:06 2018 No.3278849 probably that how to render book in the sharethreads but shading just kinda gets easier with practice

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 17 00:07:22 2018 No.3278855 File: 308 KB, 3227x788, process steps1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3278451 I think it just gets easier with time and practice. I fall into a lot of meme techniques myself, like overhighlighting.

Anonymous Wed Jan 17 00:33:07 2018 No.3278887

>>3278451
The bottom line is that you need to understand form, light, and be able to see things as the 3d objects they are. That only comes with time, practice, experience, and observation.

To practice, do value studies. Pick 3 shades of gray (almost black, medium, and light, but no whites except for really strong highlights), cover your subject with the middle one, then squint at the reference (to remove the details) and start adding in the shadows. Once you're done with that add the highlights.

I'd suggest doing A BUNCH of these, without doing much rendering (i.e no blending, or very basic blending). Do them quickly, be messy, just focus on understanding how the light affects those shaoes and don't worry about the small details.

Then you can start getting more refined with it, by blending the colors more and adding little details.

It takes time, but as with everything related to art the more you do it the better you'll become at it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 17 10:18:42 2018 No.3279326 >>3278887 >>3278855 >>3278849 Thanks guys, are lead 4 pencils good for shading?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 17 13:13:47 2018 No.3279481 >>3278757 "Color and Light" by James Gurney

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 17 21:02:05 2018 No.3280037 File: 268 KB, 2058x500, valuesshmalues.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3278451

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 17 21:03:55 2018 No.3280039 https://youtu.be/V3WmrWUEIJo https://youtu.be/-dqGkHWC5IU

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 17 21:05:17 2018 No.3280042 >>3280037 Holy shit thank you so fucvking much this is amazing.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 18 00:20:03 2018 No.3280264 >>3279481 Thanks, I just wish there were easier ways to download it

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