need advice

[storm eagle]

I’m a beginner kinda is there someone who can give an advice w the shading?am I doing it correctly

[finite swallow]

Hey those are pretty good. Do you have the reference you're using if you are using one? There seem to a a lack of highlights so I just wanted to see the reference in case

[storm eagle]

yeahhh!!!I do I can send in DMs

and wdym by highlights

[sacred star]

areas of light that reflect straight towards you

like, a shiny piece of metal

cuz the light from the source bounces off the metal, straight towards your eyes, like a mirror

[storm eagle]

ohhhh!!!i see you got any advice for that?I mean idk where to highlight them I tried following the og picture but they really could use some now that I think abt it!

[sacred star]

it's a lot harder w smth like a flower, but if u look at a mirror and shine a light onto it, u should see where the highlight starts and ends

typically, the smoother the surface, the shinier it is, so u don't have to worry ab doing smth like this

on a flower

[storm eagle]

WOWWW is that a thing OMF??that’s so smart

[storm eagle]

hmmmm I see tbh I took a picture of them outside of my art school lol

could I send u the original picture

[sacred star]

yh

[storm eagle]

ohhh and the white ones r the highlights wow

does it work on a flower🤔

[sacred star]

yh

only if you see a highlight tho

cuz if it's a gloomy day you're not going to see any highlights

a bright summer's day would have a lot of light tho, so yh

this doesn't need any highlight cuz no smooth surface

👍

[storm eagle]

ohhhh I see u are right thankfully on the pic does have abit of sunlight I think

[storm eagle]

wow incredible drawing wanted to point it out before

[sacred star]

not really

[storm eagle]

the white parts arwnt highlighted?

[sacred star]

there's like a small bit of shading, if u can see

actually, if u look at the eye, ig that's white

i didn't see that

[storm eagle]

OHHH yes that dot

it’s totally white