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Finally caught why my digital paintings always looked flat after a buddy pointed out I was shading with black instead of a darker version of the local color.
Took me about 60 portraits to figure out that using straight black for shadows just kills all the life in a piece, and now I mix a deep purple or blue instead for the darks which made a huge difference in just two tries-anyone else have a lighting trick that clicked late for them?
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schmidt.grace5mo ago
That color mixing tip would have saved me months of frustration too.
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mary_kelly5mo ago
Wait, you were mixing colors wrong for months?
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