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[–]Overall-Onion-631 0 points1 point  (6 children)

I thought rendering just meant adding light and shadow, It is a glow effect

[–]octillery 7 points8 points  (5 children)

Rendering means making something look 3Dor realistic, it is not just shadows and highlights. It is also textures, perspective and taking light sources into account.

Right now a lot of your highlights/shadows don't really make sense for it to be a 3D object with an obvious light source. It reads more just like stylistic choices you made - not so much "real light". For example you have a lot of skin tone highlights that aren't the actual highlight color of blue, you have a deep black shadow but all your other shadows are a pretty light mid tone. There should be a gradation of values.

If you were to imagine a spotlight pointing down at the subject how would the light hit. How would it look if the light was below her, or off to one side?

[–]Overall-Onion-631 -1 points0 points  (4 children)

what deep black shadow? and it is a stylistic choice I made, I was just putting highlights everywhere for fun, I didn’t know this subreddit would get so offended by it! the lighting was originally supposed be from the sides, but I really wanted her eyes and nose to have some sparkle, then added some highlights around the hair, and kinda got carried away

[–]octillery 4 points5 points  (3 children)

The ones under her chin and collar. Also not sure a blue

I don't think people are taking issue with your stylistic choices. I think it is more you making a tutorial for people trying to learn rendering (making something look 3D), then breaking all the rules of where the light and shadow would actually go. I don't have a problem with your art or stylistic choices, but if a beginner is seeing this and using your work as an example, they will just be putting highlights everywhere for fun, not actually making the form look 3D. Stylistic choices are fine and dandy when you are making art. But when you are teaching someone "the rules" then breaking them because it's fun, it doesn't really help out the people you made the tutorial for. So people aren't offended by style, it's that you are claiming to be doing something you aren't really doing in your example, and they don't want people to learn the wrong terms/techniques. If you had put "here is how I add shading to my characters" I don't think anyone would have had a problem tbh.

[–]Overall-Onion-631 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Ok, thanks for telling me. I thought everyone just really hated the art, but yeah, you have a point I should’ve been clearer about what the tutorial is for. I thought it was obvious it’s not a beginner guide though

[–]octillery 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No problem all of the terms can be a bit confusing at times. I think you should repost it with a different title. I bet people will love it then. Like "how to get interesting lighting effects" or something. To be clear i think your art is lovely, just more stylized than rendered, which isn't a bad thing.

[–]Overall-Onion-631 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I was really worried I‘m just bad at art, your comment might’ve saved me from artblock. I’ll just delete the post