I'm very aware that my shadows are way too dark for this piece. I want some help from fresh eyes with ambient light, core shadow, reflected light, etc.
#Want some advice on shadows and overall lighting
blazing tinsel
I wanted to use warm lighting, mostly orange and yellow. But its clear to me that I used way too much ambient occlusion as well. too much contrast!
here's my piece with a plain white background and in grayscale.
north hemlock
I think you Made the Shadows way too dark and way too big. Secondly i would recommend using a lighter Base color so you can actually See the differences, right now i only See the light spots and the dark spots But the Spot between that
north hemlock
You can directly See the differences If you use a stronger yellow
blazing tinsel
thank you ^^
blazing tinsel
this helps a lot, thanks^^
also the overall anatomy (perspective mostly) is wonky and doesnt look right but to be fair, this was the reference photo and it was very hard trying to figure out howthe legs and pants would be positioned.
as you can see. (sorry for the black squiggles, the ref image is from an "adult" magazine.
