is thsi good shading (beginner digital artist i usually draw traditional)
#is this good shading
rough solar
void stream
yes, great shading, but usually where the shadow starts there is a darker line, I forgot the name
winter egret
yes, great shading, but usually where the shadow starts there is a darker line, ...
Actually, this isn't true. It's a convention that people use sometimes, but it has no physical basis.
@rough solar yes, this is good shading! But fwiw the "warm light / cool shadows" thing is sort of a myth. It has no physical basis. The closest thing is outdoors on a sunny day, most of the shadows will have a blue tint to them. But that's because they're being lit by a secondary light source, not because of anything about warm/cool. In general, the shadows will be the same hue, but with lower chroma (aka less colorful or more grayish). However, you can vary the hue for interest if you want. We are artists after all!
zinc lodge
yeah i completely agree with tim. take some time to experiment with a variety of shading colors and see what feels right to you. some ppl like to shading with a cool tone only, some likes warm tones only, some loves using complementary colors.
but i would still keep in the environment in mind as they affect how shadows are seen too