Ah I see what you mean.
So would I go about doing that by making the brown slightly transparent (colourify to alpha im guessing?) then putting a rock texture on the layer below?
With painting over, is that just to highlight the darker bits or to completely replace the rocky texture?
EDIT: Ninja'd by Bendy
Originally Posted by
BenDover
loving it sofar
try not to keep such clean lines around the edges and eyes, dirty them up a bit (dirty them up, not smudge) will also help with the choppiness that bostaff mentioned
Hmmmm, I can definitely see what you mean, although unsure how I would go about it.
Airbrushing would be my first guess?
Originally Posted by BenDover
i wouldnt have used whiter shades to create the light, those lava eyes are just begging to have some orange/red highlights around the face
yeah, I started to notice that once I'd started... :c
Once it's all done in terms of knowing where all my light is, I'll add in the colours, most definitely
Originally Posted by BenDover
the smudging on the highlights is a bit blatant, would attack the edges of the highlights with a soft eraser just to make the change a little more gradual
perhaps lower the opacity on them a little, can [pop those orange highlights i mentioned behind the whitish highlights], the colours will pop nicely with that lower opacity.
Can see where you're coming from there - I'd put that down to the fact I've got no idea what I'm doing.
I'll see what I can do with the eraser on some of the other fragments :P
Not 100% sure what you meant by the bracketed bit
Originally Posted by BenDover
i like the idea for the teeth, would have liked to see that become a focal point rather than having it blend in with the rest of the head. try changing up to a slightly lighter colour palette for that area specifically, helps to create a little more depth/helps differentiate between whats in front and whats behind.
I really wanted to have a protruding mouth but as I continued it just seemed to blend in...
I'll try giving it a once over, making it lighter. o7
Originally Posted by BenDover
the design for the rest of the texture looks like it will get crap boring as you work on the rest of it, try spice it up with some inset pieces and a noticable ridge going over the side of the head
That was my exact thinking, but then I had some ideas about how to spice it up.
I was thinking more along the lines of having it, for lack of a better term, like a Volcano Demon.
With joints, I'll be able to kinda fade out the rock fragments and have the arms as lava or fire with rock fists.
It's hard to explain, I can try and do a sketch of it tomorrow perhaps.
Originally Posted by BenDover
i do suggest limiting the highlights on the lower sections of the head, and maximising it on the top sections, keep the lighting somewhat realistic, rather than attacking each tile with the same approach.
not sure if thats what you'd planned for it, seeing as just the face has been completed
Yeah, that was the plan :P
Cheers for the fast response and tips guys, I really appreciate it
Last edited by Erth; Mar 19, 2013 at 11:25 PM.
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