05-14-2009, 01:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-14-2009, 01:47 PM by Skye McCloud.)
From my understanding, pillow shading is more or less what I described above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqBu3vG2LAo
Just skip to the end to see the final thing. That's a pillow shaded sprite. Sometimes it's used to do very poor, stupid shading that is overall unrealistic, and sometimes it's used to try and create anti-alias in a rather poor way.
http://www.rjanes.co.uk/tutorials/introd...el_art.php - This one shows you what the anti-alias thing is like. It's more or less the same., starting from the outside and shading as you move in.
Edit: Ok, so I just finished tweaking the shading on the next colour test. I went back to the sprite of 32-bit X for this, noting carefully how it was done and altering my shading to work. The left hand was redone to try and make it look more like a hand, some darker outlines were added to the right one, the shading on most red armour was redone just a bit (I pulled my darkest shade from the chest). At this time, this is probably what I'll stay with, since it feels rather complete. The only exception will be the left leg, where I had also pulled the darkest shade. I may re-add it, though, if it appears to be a problem.
![[Image: colour_test_4.gif]](http://www.starofdestiny.com/sprites/colour_test_4.gif)
So how is this one? Good? Bad? I hope I've avoided most of the problems I've seen mentioned thus far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqBu3vG2LAo
Just skip to the end to see the final thing. That's a pillow shaded sprite. Sometimes it's used to do very poor, stupid shading that is overall unrealistic, and sometimes it's used to try and create anti-alias in a rather poor way.
http://www.rjanes.co.uk/tutorials/introd...el_art.php - This one shows you what the anti-alias thing is like. It's more or less the same., starting from the outside and shading as you move in.
Edit: Ok, so I just finished tweaking the shading on the next colour test. I went back to the sprite of 32-bit X for this, noting carefully how it was done and altering my shading to work. The left hand was redone to try and make it look more like a hand, some darker outlines were added to the right one, the shading on most red armour was redone just a bit (I pulled my darkest shade from the chest). At this time, this is probably what I'll stay with, since it feels rather complete. The only exception will be the left leg, where I had also pulled the darkest shade. I may re-add it, though, if it appears to be a problem.
So how is this one? Good? Bad? I hope I've avoided most of the problems I've seen mentioned thus far.