Just started digital art from traditional, really stuck on how to shade 🫠
#Shadow / Lighting Help?
green valve
tawdry galleon
Ok, let's start with shading a ball on the ground, and the box on the side (same light direction). These will be our reference points and think pieces (You're doing the work, others can guide you and give you hints but you gotta figure out the solution)
green valve
Oh the cast shadows and form shadows exercise?
tawdry galleon
Yeah. Some artists do shade a ball first before shading whatever is on the scene because if a certain angle of the sphere is of a color and value, then the same angle on the charcter/thing/etc will likely be similar
So we are going to start simple with the sphere and box and then work our way towards more complex things
green valve
Apologies for the low quality of it all
Im still not used to the whole brushes and colours and such
It’s all a bit overwhelming to be honest 😅
Ik it looks very choppy and stuff
I just really don’t know how to not do that 🤷🏼♀️
Can’t really phrase it better
Apologies
tawdry galleon
Ik it looks very choppy and stuff
I just really don’t know how to not do that 🤷...
That's perfectly fine if you want a choppy shading style. Ok now for the box
celest moat
Apologies for the low quality of it all
if you want smoother shading, use a semi transparent brush
and layer the colours on top of each other until its smooth
this also kind of adds a beautiful texture
i like to use the basic-4 flow opacity
i forgot to say
when doing a full piece though, i like to block out my shadows and highlights with basic-6 details
these are all krita brushes btw
tawdry galleon
these are all krita brushes btw
Krita is the GOAT
green valve
Krita is the GOAT
It’s awesome
So overwhelming
But awesome
-# and free
green valve
That's perfectly fine if you want a choppy shading style. Ok now for the box
Btw
Tried to do the box
Everything just started to look like tie-dye
Like
Idk what it is
My brain is just not comprehending this
tawdry galleon
Is there a tissue box around you you can shine a light on yourself
green valve
Nope
But I pulled up reference on my phone
I can clearly see the highlight, the transitional areas, the cast shadow
Etc
Done this practice a billion times on paper and pencil
And idk how to do it digitally for some reason
celest moat
I can clearly see the highlight, the transitional areas, the cast shadow
Etc
Don...
are you using the blur or smudge tool?
celest moat
dont use the airbrush
it makes it look to pillowy and doesnt really transition well between colours
as u saw
green valve
Yup
celest moat
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green valve
Looks cool for tie-dye though
tawdry galleon
If you want, you can open up the brush editor window, play with the settings and cuztomize your own brushes
green valve
I don’t know enough about that to really be messing around there I’m gonna be honest
celest moat
My dog (multi purpose), Cat (lineart) and hair (swirly thing) is custom
can i see your lineart
i am super curious 😭
tawdry galleon
I'm still tweaking this brush and I change it bit each drwing but it's just to have a little ruggedness to it
tawdry galleon
celest moat
i made this in 2 mins with only this brush
i will vouch for this brush till the end of time
green valve
Which brush sorry?
celest moat
its the best brush in krita for shading especially
tawdry galleon
Basically when you do shading it's balanace of soft shadows, harder shdows, and then the cst shadow (often the hardest edge, but not always)
green valve
Just rq
Is there a shortcut to pull up the colour wheel on krita?
tawdry galleon
two fingers tap for me on laptop
otherwise you'd have to look into settings/preerences
if you want a custom
celest moat
Just rq
Is there a shortcut to pull up the colour wheel on krita?
if you go to the top on settings
and click dockers
you can add it to your screen
green valve
Wait wait wait
Can you animate on krita?
celest moat
yes you can
green valve
That’s awesome
celest moat
yess krita is the best
green valve
Actually 🔥🔥
