Posts Tagged ‘Light Sources’

Hi Guys

This week we’ll be looking at how to make your character look mysterious.

The easiest way to do it is to hide features.

In this week’s picture we see how a normal character looks far more mysterious once we add a big coat and heavy clothing.

On the left we have the normal characters. Perhaps a farmer or villager.

On the right, we have the same character. This time we added shading and clothing to hide his features.

Play with your characters and add few hard light shadows. Just remember your light sources! Using light is very subtle thing. It pays to learn how to use it. And it makes all the difference with inking and colouring.

Have a look at the shadows on my pics and see if you can tell where the light is coming from?

Top right pic – light is coming from the top left downwards.

Bottom right pic – light is coming from top right downwards.

Experiment, have fun and show us what you come up with!

Hi peeps

This week I wanna discuss the two types of shading you find most commonly in comics.

Although my examples are very rough, most veteran comic readers will understand right away. Have a look at this week’s pic.

The two types of common shading

The first pic is traditional inking shading. It is the more common style of shading used by artists these days. Even more so for the darker comics. Notice how it uses a combination of the much darker patches and the lighter cell shading method.

The pic on the right is the newer and increasingly popular cell shading method originally found in Anime.

Both have their uses, and it does come down to which style you prefer.

The traditional inking shading is more difficult though and also still relies a bit on the colour shading to support it.

Just remember your light sources, because this will determine how you shade.