Need help with lighting

[obsidian frigate]

So I’ve been trying to do this right for a few hours, but I don’t understand how to incorporate 2-3 lighting sources at the same time…

I need to somehow make the star and halo glow, while at the same time not making the environment too dark
Please give me some directions!

[supple peak]

put a blurry white circle in some places

and adjust if ya need

also good art

[obsidian frigate]

ty, I’m not sure how the shadows will go tho

[supple peak]

blurry black/grey circles

also adjust opacity

[spare arrow]

Can i edit the image?

Im bad at explaining

[oak cosmos]

light goes in black lines i think

shaddows go elsewhere i am bad at shadows

[supple peak]

put some blurry transparent white circles

or others for colored light

"colored light"

lol

[oak cosmos]

not everyone uses that method bro

[supple peak]

everyone does

even you

[oak cosmos]

I DONT

[supple peak]

you do

you just did it

[oak cosmos]

i dont??????

[supple peak]

yes

you do

[oak cosmos]

no i just dont shade or light

[obsidian frigate]

Ye ofc! sorry phone died

[obsidian frigate]

Well I meant the uh direction of the shadows, I know how to color them :>

[obsidian frigate]

Tyty, I’ll try to do the opposite side of the black lines for shadows maybe?

[oak cosmos]

yeah that may work!

[supple peak]

wow

you used a circle for the star

i knew everyone uses that mthod

[spare arrow]

since the background is bright, the character value should be darker. I then use softlight & glow for the halo and stars. its an example you can tweak however you want

yeh its the easiest way to get glow effect

airbrush, big size brush and then circle shape not too dense

and then change the blending mode to add glow. Which is a different name for every software

it also depend on the scene though im not sure what kind of vibe youre going for. so sorry if i ruin it

[obsidian frigate]

THANK YOU SO MUCHH for the detailed explanation!