When creating an animal portrait, especially if the animal is short-coated, accurate shine patterns are critical to getting the image to look "right."
As shine patterns can be confusing to read even when you have good reference photos, I will sometimes use my computer to help me see and make sense of them.
Here is an image of a shiny, short-coated dog that I photographically enhanced and then used to create a topographic landscape map of the dog’s shine pattern.
As shine patterns can be confusing to read even when you have good reference photos, I will sometimes use my computer to help me see and make sense of them.
Here is an image of a shiny, short-coated dog that I photographically enhanced and then used to create a topographic landscape map of the dog’s shine pattern.
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For a dog with a mottled coat,a shine map may only need cover the solid colored areas as in the next example.
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Neat technique.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting technique! I'm going to try it!
ReplyDeleteInteresting!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the info and what a great idea. I love painting horses and this will help me a lot.
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to share techniques with other artists. Glad the post was helpful. :-)
ReplyDeleteI use that technique when drawing, but I've never used a computer to do it. I'll have to look into that, as it looks more accurate! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAwesome ^^
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, that's interesting! I'll keep that in mind - great to see how artists work, thanks!
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