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EDIT 2: I've noticed that my tutorial has been reposted on tumblr without my permission. I know I don't write explicit stuff on my policy on reposting, so let me say it here: ask me first. I don't mind that it's happened already, but if I find something again I won't be very happy. Thank you.
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I was critiquing someone when I noticed they had this issue, so I decided to draw up this tutorial. I thought it'd be faster to just link them an existing tutorial, and god I was right—

I tend to take art tips I learn by heart, so I tend to do them automatically. So actually putting my thought process down is... really weird. For that reason I'm not too confident in my tutorial-making abilities, PLUS i'm a 14 year old practically parading around as some Art Genius or something hyehyahyaaaaah

EDIT: Someone has brought to my attention that I haven't actually defined what pillow shading is. With that, I'm going to add a little definition;
Pillow shading is when the shading crowds around the outline and the outlines only, making the area of color appear softened (sort of like a pillow). I've added a little clearer distinction of pillow shading and rendering right over here .

Sometimes the effect of pillow shading happens depending on where the light source is, but always leaning on it is a bad habit.

Anyways. Something I felt like I couldn't fit into there was that reflecting light from a different surface is a thing. When light hits something, it bounces off, so that's why you can see its color! But it bounces off on other objects too: as compact a ray of light may seem, it's always attempting to expand and get its grubby light mitts on everything. For example, when some jerk decides to open your door while you're sleeping and decides to let the light in, he might get some of the kitchen light directly onto your face, but it also spreads out somewhat and curls around the door (albeit, not as much light). It's 4th grade science!

But that's not the point I wanted to get to. Shine a light on a smooth thing while it's sitting on a flat surface: a ball for instance. The brightest light that the ball reflects will probably be directly on it, but the darker parts! Light is curving around that ball, and it's touching the flat surface it's on. The flat surface has gotta reflect its wee bit of light too, so there's a wee bit of reflection on the bottom of the ball!

"MANGO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO." Yes you do.
Yes you do.

Bottom line is that the Whole Two Spiels I've had is me trying to hammer in that pillow shading is not plausible. Sorry folks.

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EDIT 2: I've noticed that my tutorial has been reposted on tumblr without my permission. I know I don't write explicit stuff on my policy on reposting, so let me say it here: ask me first. I don't mind that it's happened already, but if I find something again I won't be very happy. Thank you.
<

I was critiquing someone when I noticed they had this issue, so I decided to draw up this tutorial. I thought it'd be faster to just link them an existing tutorial, and god I was right—

I tend to take art tips I learn by heart, so I tend to do them automatically. So actually putting my thought process down is... really weird. For that reason I'm not too confident in my tutorial-making abilities, PLUS i'm a 14 year old practically parading around as some Art Genius or something hyehyahyaaaaah

EDIT: Someone has brought to my attention that I haven't actually defined what pillow shading is. With that, I'm going to add a little definition;
Pillow shading is when the shading crowds around the outline and the outlines only, making the area of color appear softened (sort of like a pillow). I've added a little clearer distinction of pillow shading and rendering right over here .

Sometimes the effect of pillow shading happens depending on where the light source is, but always leaning on it is a bad habit.

Anyways. Something I felt like I couldn't fit into there was that reflecting light from a different surface is a thing. When light hits something, it bounces off, so that's why you can see its color! But it bounces off on other objects too: as compact a ray of light may seem, it's always attempting to expand and get its grubby light mitts on everything. For example, when some jerk decides to open your door while you're sleeping and decides to let the light in, he might get some of the kitchen light directly onto your face, but it also spreads out somewhat and curls around the door (albeit, not as much light). It's 4th grade science!

But that's not the point I wanted to get to. Shine a light on a smooth thing while it's sitting on a flat surface: a ball for instance. The brightest light that the ball reflects will probably be directly on it, but the darker parts! Light is curving around that ball, and it's touching the flat surface it's on. The flat surface has gotta reflect its wee bit of light too, so there's a wee bit of reflection on the bottom of the ball!

"MANGO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO." Yes you do.
Yes you do.

Bottom line is that the Whole Two Spiels I've had is me trying to hammer in that pillow shading is not plausible. Sorry folks.