shading advice..?

[demonworshiper666]

i have really thought of it and i like the whole idea of making sigs and avas but i need help with my shading ... big time any advise would help .. also its not that i cant shade its just im not to gr8 at doing it on the pc thnx in advance

[Slayer_Adam7]

Always find your light source. Once you find your light source, you make everything near it lighter and gradually get darker. Also, make sure that it doesnt look like big different colour rectangle blocks. Try to make really small ones and gradually change shade. Hope this helps

[demonworshiper666]

o ye this probly is important forgot to mention i use MS paint i kinda dont have adobe and not willing to buy it Z(soooo xpensive) also my trial ran out lol

[eckered]

all good pixlers use paint... or graphicsgale (free offa some site)

[imhomer]

Don't use colors that are too different. Smoothly change colors a little bit will make your shading better. Also, start by coloring the highlights (brightest areas) of the object you're going to shade. Continues surrounding the highlights with darker colors to get the desired effect.

 

 

 

Also, dithering is your friend in blending colors but don't overuse it. IT's a blend, not a way to create a whole new shade. More than 1 layer of dithering usually becomes noticable ot the eye.

[demonworshiper666]

Don't use colors that are too different. Smoothly change colors a little bit will make your shading better. Also, start by coloring the highlights (brightest areas) of the object you're going to shade. Continues surrounding the highlights with darker colors to get the desired effect.

 

 

 

Also, dithering is your friend in blending colors but don't overuse it. IT's a blend, not a way to create a whole new shade. More than 1 layer of dithering usually becomes noticable ot the eye.

 

i know probly a nooby question but wuts dithering?

[imhomer]

Don't use colors that are too different. Smoothly change colors a little bit will make your shading better. Also, start by coloring the highlights (brightest areas) of the object you're going to shade. Continues surrounding the highlights with darker colors to get the desired effect.

 

 

 

Also, dithering is your friend in blending colors but don't overuse it. IT's a blend, not a way to create a whole new shade. More than 1 layer of dithering usually becomes noticable ot the eye.

 

i know probly a nooby question but wuts dithering?

 

 

 

1. Look at a tutorial because it can explain it much better than I can.

 

 

 

 

2. Here's something I've been working on (StarCraft \) that uses a lot of dithering. If you zoom in on the red portions of the marine you see the zig-zag pattern of two colors like this:

 

...@...@...@...@

 

@...@...@...@...@

 

 

 

That's dithering.