by きりん
50 rupee
finally finished up my Aperture test subject cosplay!
now just gotta decide on if i should make some long fall boots to go with it
I’ve still got a lot to learn on this myself, but this is the basic gist of how I do it! It’s not much of a tutorial or anything, but just a rough idea of how I do it myself.
Whenever you’re trying to shade anything somewhat realisitically, you’ve got to think of it in a 3D space. Everything has volume, everything overlaps and has form and volume etc. It can be hard to wrap your head around, but thats what practice is for! As for light sources, I usually decide them right when I start the shading process. Different types of shading can create different moods: The first one’s fairly normal, but it gives off a much different feel than the last one, which is almost ominous. Different color lighting can affect mood, too; I used an orangish color shadow, while using a blueish tint on that last one would add to that ominous feeling even more.
My shading used to be a lot more blurred and gross so I’m trying to work more with a mixure of both hard and soft shadows, which is closer to real life. Experiment though! With different color shadows, different directions, multiple light sources, etc. Like, I just mashed all these together and got this: 
So who knows! Don’t be afraid to experiment with it!
peter this reminds me of you for some reason and im not saying that just because im trying to annoy you with furry porn of sounding im saying it because of the kawaii furry in the picture
wowowow canaan quit going all doe eyed over caribou bf HA HA HA HA