01-16-2012, 11:11 PM
you should start by taking that apple in your signature, place an apple(a real apple) next to you, and study how does light affects it.
take notes or make sketches if necesary. then translate said notes into the apple you pixeled.
you can experiment with multiple light sources, or diferent types of lightsources and see how the colors on the apple are afected and how shadows are casted upon it.
once you can develop this simple exercise, i'm pretty sure you'd be able to understand how light affects more complex objetcs and then, it will be easy to apply said knowledge into your spriting.
take notes or make sketches if necesary. then translate said notes into the apple you pixeled.
you can experiment with multiple light sources, or diferent types of lightsources and see how the colors on the apple are afected and how shadows are casted upon it.
once you can develop this simple exercise, i'm pretty sure you'd be able to understand how light affects more complex objetcs and then, it will be easy to apply said knowledge into your spriting.