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LOG:
16/09/11 Added example with shading, no shading, texture and no texture.
TO-DO-LIST:
Add previews to the examples.
Guide for highlights
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never ever use plain color for clothes, skin, hair... for anything!you can avoid that by adding shades and texture (the texture to clothes is reaaaaally easy, you just need to use the wool texture from the default texture pack, if you dont know how to do that just ask and i can explain it to you)
my english isn't good enough to explain it with words, so im gonna give you examples
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As you can see, the bad one doesnt use texture on some of the clothes, mostly on the green part, the skin is just plain color, he doesnt use shades... its good that he used different tones on the things on the legs and the hair, but needs a lot of improvement.
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NEVER use full black or full white, because then it cant be darker (black) or brighter (white), so when you're gonna use black or white and you need it reaally bright or dark then use a dark grey and bright grey... this needs to be this way because of the changes of light on the game (day & night)
hope you can understand this because i dont know how to put it on words really well... (sorry for that) so if you dont understand what i mean, post it and i will try to explain it in other words.. and if you understood and can explain it better, post it too x)
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Ok, the mistake here is really easy to spot too, the bad one didnt used shades, he made noise on the fur but its not enough, it doesnt look like hair and its the same on all the parts...
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Well, here he used plain colors too, didnt make effects nor shading... this is really important on the red thing on the head (that i dont know the name in english..)
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This one is really easy, it has all the problems I have mentioned before: full black, no shading, plain skin, no textures....
If you dont know how to shade or in what parts then you can use this:
Just add it in a new layer (this instructions are for Photoshop users), set it to "multiply" so that the white will be invisible and then change the opacity to 50%, if it looks good leave it that way, but you may experiment with the opacity 'till you like it...
Some examples:
no texture nor shading:
with texture (for a quick example I modified just the shirt):
with shading (im gonna add an example of shading now that im working with a skin) :
with shading & texture:
skin used: http://www.planetmin...--brentalfloss/
to add the texture i used the white wool texture, copy it, paste it on another layer of the skin, set it on "multiply", change the opacity so that it looks good and erase the parts i dont want with the texture
you can preview them online here: http://www.minecraft...ls/skinsPreview
ANY questions, comments, problems, suggestions, etc.. please write them below and I will answer as soon as I see them n.n
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...Wow, how did I not see that.
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Thank you.
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Agreed, now everyone is picking up the lazy feel, dude all you did was put bedrock or obby around the place and called it your own. People are getting lazier and lazier with these maps.
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