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Offline sharprm

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Re: Character portraits

Reply #10 on: September 16, 2008, 02:40:09 am
I like the new old guy. The pirate was better down, like he was a cabin boy.

The last four i get where the lightsources are and those are great. But the first two I'm still not sure about. Like the old guy has a white line on his throat. Also, the edge of the chain on the other side seems to bright - how far is it sticking out. The pirate can't have a body in shadow (see dark color) and still have a really bright color bone (and why isn't his right one bright too). So this could be me not getting where the light source is, or maybe you need to recheck it yourself. If you think its fine can you post a quick diagram.
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Re: Character portraits

Reply #11 on: September 17, 2008, 02:04:36 am
with this one, the light seems to be playing by different rules with different parts of his face.

I suggest that you need more dithering, which ranks pretty highly on the list of thing I never though I'd catch myself saying.