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skinning tutorial- metallics
here's a little tutorial on how to make metal using the leg of a priest.step1: cover part in grey color with slight, subtle brownish tone. burn in basic lines.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/Afroknight/armor.jpg
step2: choose a place where the light should hit and use burn tool to make shadows around it. leave a slight stripe on opposite side in order to make hilights. since i dont feel like getting inot too much detail on how to shade certain shapes, use a refernce, google is a skinners best friend.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/Afroknight/armor1.jpg
step3: this is going to require major smudging..so use smudge to clean up the shading. burn again in some spots if necessary.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/Afroknight/armor2.jpg
step4: use dodge tool to make hilights and to determine the shape better.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/Afroknight/armor3.jpg
step5: use smudge but with a small opacity in order to maintain the "dodge" hilighting effect.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/Afroknight/armor4.jpg
step6: on the little stripe, color it whatever color you want, making it look like it's reflecting off of a surface near it. i used green, you can use whatever color you want, just make it consistant. i also colored the little jewel at the top red. and finally, recolor the metal to slightly more brown to make it look more like bronze.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/Afroknight/armor5.jpg
well there you go. practice these steps and develope your style and your well onto way to getting director's choice.
