Relighting Characters

[Paris]

Evenly lit characters are less dramatic in print as they are in film, especially for action movies. Instead of using level, curves, etc. to add shadow, I found the effect could be achieved by manually painting in shadow.


Steps:
1. Color-pick dark crease shadow
2. Paint in show inside faint, existing shadow
3. Follow contours of face and body to make shadow feel natural

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The key to selling this is to make the change global - search for all of the shadows being lit/filled in with the fill light and paint in shadow. For example, I painted all over Scaramanga's shirt to match the new lighting for his face:

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If you're interested in learning more about this lighting concept, I wrote about this on my art blog

https://parispremdasblog.wordpress.com/ ... l-musical/

[ctaulbee]

Thanks for the tutorial Paris, your insight is always appreciated

[bazzah]

Great tip buddy!

[M0vieM0nster]

Thanks bud

[Jazzy]

Thanks!

[sauron]

Nice tips Paris

Just so I've got this correct you colour pick the darkest colour and then paint over the same shadow with that colour? Do you use any blending modes on the brush? Any opacity on it?

[Paris]

Thanks, guys!

Hey, Sauron! I use Normal blending mode and adjust opacaity, and might change the color overlay of the paint layer to include a little more black.

[sauron]

QUOTE (Paris @ Feb 22 2018, 06:40 PM) Hey, Sauron! I use Normal blending mode and adjust opacaity, and might change the color overlay of the paint layer to include a little more black.

Thanks Paris! Will have to give this a try when I've got time

[Paris]

Cool!

Here's a real life example on iTunes

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