Shading Test [by: SkettiApostle]

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I find it somewhat ironic that I tried to get better at drawing several times in my life, but only fluffies got me motivated enough to really attempt it, lol.

Any advice would be very appreciated.

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Same here! Don’t know what it is about these little shits that gets the juices flowing, but ride the wave, I say.

Don’t have much advice, but I appreciate the attention to detail, such as the shading on the little tufts of fluff :+1:

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So cute.
Good job :paintbrush: :art: :framed_picture: :+1:
Very wel that you have created darkker areas (on the left side). They give more volume to the drawning.
Try making ligter areas (right). They should further improves the volume.

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As someones who’s experience with shading is litterally just doing edge highlights id say it looks amazing. The shading really gives a lot of volume to the fluffy especially the legs.

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Thanks for the input, will try to to so in the future :smiley:

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Thanks, I guess I just have to do some experiment until I know when something “looks right”.

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It would be a lot easier if we had real fluffies or figures of them we could just put in a dark room with a lamp.

Alternatively to see if it “looks right” you could use some 3d software to simulate shadows. Perhaps someone like Mexi would lend you their models or render a few frames for reference?

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It’s pretty good imo

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Hm, good suggestion, didn’t even think of Mexi in this regard.
May inquire at some point.

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Oooohh. I like :heart_eyes:

Great job!

Not advice, as it may not look good with everyone’s style, but something I like to do is use the Spray Paint and Crayon tools on low opacity (alternate black and white) to give some “texture” if the picture feels flat.

Having a large chunk of space be monochrome doesn’t look right with my style. Just a few pixels here and there of different shades makes a difference.

Again, this doesn’t work for everyone. My style is messy with a lot of excess and unneeded strokes just to add different tints.

Experiment with all your tools, you’ll probably find a creative out-of-the-box way to use one or more of them.

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Its good it add the depth :+1:

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Thank you for the input, really appreciate it. I indeed need to play around with the available brushes since I currently only use basically with opacity :see_no_evil:

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