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Basic Lighting Tutorial
Published: 2012-07-02 12:06:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 64792; Favourites: 4017; Downloads: 1561
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Long tutorial is long. Again @_@... I have got to stop making such long tutorials. Originally it was even longer before I increased the width of the whole thing. >_>Anyway, my basic Lighting Tutorial! This is for all of you who have trouble with lighting and how to apply it correctly in your works. This is how I got to understand it so don't take me for a pro or anything, though, but hopefully, it'll be somewhat helpful.
All photos in it are Β© me so no ripping, please.
Special thanks go to Brad and Nysha for letting me use some of their works. <3
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Thank you for the tutorial. It's really helping. I do have a question about workflow. I'm currently working on a character of mine and applied the base colors on her. At this point i didn't really know what kind of light i should use on her, but after reading your tutorial and looking carefully at the images it has to be backlight for the character in question in this composition. Now should i do the shadows and highlights on the character first or should i go for a background to 'see' the light i want on her? There is also an issue about reflecting light on water surfaces, because i instantly got the idea of her floating above a lake, but first i need your advice on where i should go after the base color stage.
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Yeah, when I work on my stuff, I usually always do the background first, including the lighting so I could get a better idea how other things in the foreground should look like. Then I apply stuff on characters accordingly and add finishing touches and adjustments on everything once done with both to make them blend in with each other even better.Β
Thanks, glad to hear you find it helpful! xD
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Here it is thanks to your tutorial. I hope you like it:Β OC: Helene Angelique final
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Ohh, nice! Looks really good! Glad my tutorial helped! xD
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LOL, I'm glad? xD
Either way, I hope it helps!
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Thanks for the useful tutorial! It's very helpful
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Glad to hear that, thanks!
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I can't tell you how amazingly useful this is!
wonderful
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Glad you think so, hope it comes in handy! xD
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Wow, this is really helpful. Thank you very muchΒ Β
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You're welcome, glad it can help you~
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it is really hard for me to understand the multiple light sources part
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Well, dunno how else to explain it better, lol. You can try putting an object between the light of the laptop and a lit candle at night and observe how the dual lighting plays on the object.
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Looking at this tutorial is just amazing
I just hope i can use some of these tips( Β΄ γΌ ο½)
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Lol, thanks! Hope it comes in handy!
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great tutorial!
now let's see if I can apply it lol
thank you so much!
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Lol, hope it helps you. Good luck!
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man, I've drawn with a pencil for years and always struggled with color, this really helped me out. Thanks!
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Glad you found it helpful!
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Lighting makes a lot more sense now! Thanks for the tutorial!
May I ask is the reflected back light the same as ambient light?Β
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You're welcome!
And yes...I suppose you could say that the back light in my example could be considered as ambient light. Basically, lighting can come from all directions and differ in colors, intensity, angles etc., my 'back lighting' was there to simply illustrate what happens with the orb when it's hit from the front and how the things behind it also influence it.
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Really helpful, because every kind of lighting is explained clearly
Thank you very much for this good tutorial
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Thanks, glad you found it helpful!
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Thank you a lot for this tutorial ! this will be usefulΒ Β
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thanks man this is really helpful for a noob like me
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Glad it can come in handy!
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This tutorial was great... thank you very much for posting it and helping fellow artists to get better... really appreciate it!
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Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad it was useful!
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I was great, very instructive! Hope to see more from you in the future!
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Some of this I knew but it's flipping great to have it all in one place and so clearly explained - I really liked the photos too. Very helpful!
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Thank you! I'm happy that you liked it and found it useful!
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This is so useful! Thank you for creating it!
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You're welcome, lol. Glad you found it useful. : D
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this tutorial so so detailed and so useful! It explains a lot of things I have been confused about, thanks so much for posting it! you have beautiful lighting
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Lol, thanks! Glad it helped you. :3
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Thanks for the tutorial! I use them here...[link]
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You're welcome, glad it could help you! :3
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Is there a version of this for people who aren't Japanese?
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What do you mean for people who aren't Japanese?
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