The Painter from France Shading Process - WIP 4
- GenreChowderStudios
- Jul 17, 2017
- 1 min read
A quick look at how I did the shading on this dress. This same process applies to other more complicated pieces, like the one with the Red Wizard. The two greys "on-camera" were what I used for shading.
Despite the fact that I wanted to use more varied lighting and test how tangible I could make the dress folds, I do quite like the first stage of the shading. I don't know why. There's just something simple about it. The second one isn't bad, either. Just not what I was looking for. The final one was more tangible, but it also has a weird, just this side unsettling feel to it.
One of the beautiful things about shading is how it can interact with patterns. Specifically, flat patterns. Granted, I did warp the flower print a bit so it's not flat flat. Some sort of bend according to the plane in question. But the pattern does not follow the dips and whatever of the fabric. With the shadow, however, it creates the illusion of areas being pushed back, which in turn brings the un-shaded forward. The eye is a wonderful thing. Well, it's less about the eye and more about the eye's gullibility in seeing three-dimensional depth in a two-dimensional and very, very flat image. But it's a wonderful thing.
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