How the heck do I shade so well? Hmm... Accidentally?
Messed up thing is, I can't do shading and coloring in traditional mediums too well. My crayon never stays inside the lines - BAD CRAYON! Stay inside the lines! That's your home, and your allotted territory! Do NOT cross the street, do NOT cross the streams and do NOT cross the damn lines!!! >:U
I really don't think I shade that good, though I prefer my more cartoony stuff better (the female in http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g147/s...olored.png is something I would say I shaded well). If anything, it's probably because I never 'learned to sprite' via consensus.
A lot of, seriously look at 'em and compare, pixel guides and 'tutorials' will tell you things that straight up traditional drawing or painting tutorials would never tell you, and they contradict each other. I just treat it the same as if I was drawing with a pen - save for the small stuff, then I sort of have to use things like the avoidance of pillow shading, and outlines (shudder). If you couldn't tell, I don't like outlines unless it's cartoony XD
Messed up thing is, I can't do shading and coloring in traditional mediums too well. My crayon never stays inside the lines - BAD CRAYON! Stay inside the lines! That's your home, and your allotted territory! Do NOT cross the street, do NOT cross the streams and do NOT cross the damn lines!!! >:U
I really don't think I shade that good, though I prefer my more cartoony stuff better (the female in http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g147/s...olored.png is something I would say I shaded well). If anything, it's probably because I never 'learned to sprite' via consensus.
A lot of, seriously look at 'em and compare, pixel guides and 'tutorials' will tell you things that straight up traditional drawing or painting tutorials would never tell you, and they contradict each other. I just treat it the same as if I was drawing with a pen - save for the small stuff, then I sort of have to use things like the avoidance of pillow shading, and outlines (shudder). If you couldn't tell, I don't like outlines unless it's cartoony XD
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