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Only problem is it recommends that you "make one darker color and use it to add shadows where needed" and then adds like 6 new colors to itself.
by bpicolo 14y ago
Only problem is it recommends that you "make one darker color and use it to add shadows where needed" and then adds like 6 new colors to itself.
- prawks 14y agoFor each of the base colours from the previous step, make one darker color and use it to add shadows where needed. For each of the colors. Granted, I agree that the rule wasn't followed in the example.
- Dove 14y agoIt's a recursive process. He made a darker shade of the main green for big shadows; the entire lower body is painted that color. He then made shadows for that green. He also did highlights by the same recursive process. The hues aren't consistent because shadows are usually bluer, and highights are usually oranger or yellower or whiter -- you have to play with it, but I think that's a reasonable rule of thumb. He's also using highlights and shadows to suggest new outlines or replace outlines he's drawn. And you're right, explaining all that would have been fair. I think it's a big much to expect "how to make a 16x16 sprite" tutorial to include "how to paint/draw", though.
- JDGM 14y agoThat one leaped out at me too. I don't believe the author is cheating though, he just hasn't fully explained what he did in the step. From what I can deduce, and my own experience, he more accurately means: "one [slightly] darker color [and one slightly lighter color]", "add shadows [and highlights] where needed", and "repeat with progressively darker and lighter colours at deeper shadows and higher highlights until you are happy".