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TobyFoxArt — Light Source Tutorial
Published: 2012-08-07 17:11:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 60594; Favourites: 3947; Downloads: 702
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CommissionsPlease do not take this image and claim it as your own, use it as an icon, trace or alter it.
If you do share it somewhere at least put a link back to this page.
I don't want to be discouraged from sharing my hard work because of a few individuals with thieving tendencies, don't ruin this for me. Thanks.
EDIT - for something I made quickly to help me sister, which she ignored BTW, this has exploded, I'm so happy and grateful, in the first day I got over 1000 faves, I'd love to thank every one individually but it's way too much for me so sorry, but again thanks you've all put a BIG smile on my face
Don't share without my permission this is for dA only.
If you've found it helpful tell me and please show me, I'd love to see, and if you've any questions just ask and I'll do my best to help as soon as possible.
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Thank you so much once again. I have so much trouble understanding light sources, this helps.
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! I always had trouble with lighting/shading of faces and this helped a lot!!
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Happy to have helped! I'd love to see anything you do which this has helped with!
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Here's the finished piece ! (took forever till I was satisfied with it ^^)
Thanks again!
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You're most welcome! Glad to help.
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I used this as a reference here. This really is a very helpful tutorial. Thank you for making it.
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That's a nice start! I really like your use of colour, the purple in the shadows looks great and it's really good that you included bounce light. I've got a few suggestions that might help, firstly look at reference, maybe even take photographs of yourself in the poses you're going to paint, secondly consider making the torch light brighter and a different colour (yellow would look good with the purple shadows and be accurate too), also try making the rest of the piece a lot darker than where the torch light hits. Look at how torch light works in this photo. Good luck!
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Thank you! I'll keep this stuff in mind for the next picture.
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I'm pleased 
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thank you for the tips! i always havw problem on shadings ^^
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Happy to help. Shading can be hard, the best advice is to study life and to try and understand things in 3D.
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Thank you for the straightforward tutorial. I hope i apply it correctly to my work.
Do take care!!
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Good luck with it! I'm happy to answer any questions otherwise.
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thank you! You did a good job explaining it 
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I'm so glad! Please feel free to link me to anything you've created, I'd love to see.
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Thanks for uploading this ! I've always had problems to figure out how to shade my characters' face properly, and now, I'm going to use your tutorial.
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You are so welcome! Any help I can offer is gladly given. Feel free to show me the results.
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Clear and easy to follow! Very nicely done! (:
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Thank you. I hope it helps you to improve as an artist!
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You're most welcome!
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WOW! This helped me so much
I usually don't like using drawn references (I prefer real pictures), but this was just so accurate and easy to understand
Thanks
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I'm so glad.
I prefer photo refs if I'm going to use any at all. If it's helped you that much, I'd love to see whatever you produce with its help!
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When and if I'll finish I'll post the link here
BTW, if you're ever bored, could you make something similar for a face in profile? Like, from the side?
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