Hey @Kyllorac! Thanks for your suggestions. You're right, the leaf in that image does look diseased, but honestly, it was supposed to, and I didn't want to spend tons of time on it. But you're also right in that I shouldn't just use dodge and burn to shade, but they're so eaaasssy and faassst. Usually I make them work better than in the leaf image. My style isn't to make super-realistic things, but to mix lines and colors and textures to a way that please me. Most of my digital work is very cartoony, with super bright colors, and lots of shine, like a metal or a very sweaty animal. for example: or or
But as you can see, I don't pay much heed to actually drawing it realistically. This is mostly because I just don't have the time to do Mona Lisa-type art, and the way I do it pleases me.
There's an option on the dodge/burn tool that's something like "keep hues" or something, so I'm not using straight black (I'd like to think anyway).
I also haven't taken any real art classes, so I'm pretty much reinventing how to shade correctly. XD
and yeah, I'm basing it on how I *Think* the light should reflect off of things, but y'know, I've never actually seen a dinosaur. ^^
But thanks for your comment, I'll definitely try to take what you said into account.
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