01-10-2012, 10:25 PM
(01-08-2012, 03:27 PM)SHADEDBZ Wrote: I made a new one.Probably a bit late but I'll say it anyway.
Mind explaining the light a bit more?
Better, but it seems to have a few too many colors. It can definitely be reduced to 3-5 (on the character), and there are more as it is now.
Also, it blends into the background a little too well. Have you heard of hue-shifting? It would actually be pretty neat to add some red shadows or highlights to pull it out more (or hue-shift a little on the bg, it's your call).
It's just with all of the greys, it's kind of hard to clearly see everything as best as it should be seen.
Quote:"Hue-shifting refers to having a transition of hues in a color ramp. A color ramp without hue-shifting is known as a straight ramp. In straight ramps, only the luminescence changes, while in hue-shifted ramps both hue and luminescence will (usually) change.Found from here: http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_po...?TID=11299
The first color ramp is a straight green ramp. The second image is a green ramp with hue-shifting applied. When using hue shifting, bend your highlights toward a certain color (yellow, in the example above), and move the darker colors toward a second color (I chose blue in the above example). Hue-shifting is used because straight ramps are usually boring and don't reflect the variety of hues we see in reality, and hue shifting can add subtle color contrast within a ramp."
This forum post here is actually really helpful; it wouldn't hurt to look around it a little




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