Hi Shawn Classroom #1 for OSL... TAB

[fortunesfool]

Okay folks. Here\'s the latest step in the WIP. I\'m just trying to get the hang of this. That means that I haven\'t yet plugged those darn holes hiding in the flames. But I will. And soon. They\'re just easier to see this way.

Enough hemming and hawing.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

@ fortunesfool - I\'m really sorry to keep bringing this up but the photos are still real dark so I can only comment a little bit. From what I can see the drybrushing needs to be A LOT lighter. Keep it VERY light and dont have it get darker as it goes up.

 

[fortunesfool]

I\'ve gotten a little crazy since I\'ve last posted. I\'ve decided to remove the flame entirely (but do it so cleanly that I can put it back on exactly the way it was before, including paint).

I\'m changing it to follow the flame done on a certain steam punk sorceror by the name of Ramos done in OSL. Yesterday i started by pinning some paperclip into the center of the torch top. I\'ve them sculpted a sphere around this which has it\'s bottomside covering the paperclip and touching the topside of the torch. Now that it\'s cured, I\'m going to go add several fingers of flame which will have none of those accursed holes in them which mock OSL photography.

Just letting you know. I haven\'t given up and am just modifying things. Will get back with you soon.


p.s. As for the darkness of the pictures, I don\'t quite no what to say. The lightbulbs are 2 60 watt daylight light bulbs. I do have another lamp and can include that one when taking pictures. There isn\'t much ambient light now that we\'re heading into the darker months. Any clues for making it lighter?

 

[Shawn R. L.]

I have been finding an absurdly easy trick for bracketing a photo. With my camera it seems that when you gently press down part way, it adjust\'s for the light that it is aimed at and LOCKS it there. What I have started doing is to aim the camera at different spots that are either darker or lighter, pushing the button down half way, then while still holding the button down I aim back at the subject and take the shot. You might try taking 5 pictures or so that way, so as to get different exposures and hopefully one thats close, and post them.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Dark Photos

@ fortunesfool - I had the same problem with taking photos. I had three lights positioned very close to the model and the pics still came out dark. That\'s when I busted out the ol\' users manual to the digital camera. The actual name they use may be different, but I think that nearly all cameras have a setting that allows you to set a certain exposure time. My camera doesn\'t specify a time, but rather, allows me to add or subtract time from the default \"shutter speed.\" After you find this setting and allow for a longer exposure time, I think you\'ll get the results you are looking for. Just keep in mind that long exposure pictures are more susceptible to motion blur so a tripod or similar device is highly encouraged.

Hope this helps.

 

[fortunesfool]

Thanks teflon and shawn for the ideas. I\'ll start looking into them momentarily. I just need a little bit of sleep. We just had the sproglet (31 hours of labour=both of us needing sleep). All good otherwise.

Thanks again.

 

[TokenArtGuy]

Congrats!

 

[funnymouth]

threadnomancy!

hia shawn, i asked you questions once long ago about osl, and i haven\'t had another crack at it until now - and its doing pathetically!


glowing eyes revisited

in need of help!
Sincerely,
funny

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Originally posted by funnymouth
hia shawn, i asked you questions once long ago about osl, and i haven\'t had another crack at it until now - and its doing pathetically!
glowing eyes revisited
in need of help!
Sincerely,
funny

From what I can see in the photo it looks like you have it spot on..............but, the photo is so dark it\'s hard to really tell.

 

[DaN]

Shawn...
Gonna be painting this fella (From the latest ME) with light emanating from within the cloak...

My question is how to best blend the colours of the glow itself in with the actual dark colours of the cloak...

I\'m also wondering whether to paint it as though lit from moonlight, so that would be yet another colour

 

[DaN]

A bit further - started on the actual glow from WITHIN the cloak, but haven\'t ventured out yet... Should I paint the robes as normal, and then blend the green over it or leave those areas?

Also, I\'ve decided to go with the moonlit effect to - as you can see from the rocky base...
As I\'ve chose opposing directions, there shouldn\'t be any moonlight mixing with the green glow (Except a very faint emanation from the very bottom of the robes)

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Hi Dan. For now, I\'ll just address the face. Right off I\'ll say that one thing I would do is to putty any deep crevices between the face and the hood. This will eliminate any unduly dark \'real\' shadows. When doing glowing eyes I will sometimes fill in the eye holes in a helmet so they are flush for the same reason.

Try to reshoot the piece with brighter light on the face. Shoot it from a bit lower angle too.

What you have looks like you\'re on the right track (hard to really tell though from the darkness of the photo). For now, keep the face pure white. Shade the inside of the cloak as though the light were coming from the face but don\'t worry yet about the color of the light. Light it as you normally would - color wise. Light it bright.

Do those things and repost.

 

[DaN]

Ok shawn - I\'ll have a go at redoing the face
I see what you mean about filling the space to eliminate REAL shadows, but I\'m a little reluctant to do that - I\'ll decide later

For now here\'s the progress I did whilst I was waiting for you to reply
This is from the back, wondering about painting the moonlight - hopefully you can discern the direction I was aiming for, and I was wondering just how high to push the highlights, given that the robes are meant to be matt cloth...

PS. yes - the hooded part isn\'t done yet

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Simple recipe for doing moonlight - take whatever color you\'re using for a particular part and add a bit of blue and just a touch of black. Using this as a base, shade and highlight as normal, using white for highlighting and black for shadows.

As far as pushing the highlights, I\'d simply keep them darker than the face.