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ID:258108 Jun 22 2008, 3:43 pm
Dami	Hi I'm working on some icons for my Avatar game but I need some help on shading and details. Please give me some advice, i'd appreciate it. -I want to make the door look like its made of timber -and I think i need to shade some more of the building, but I'm not exactly sure how to go about it. -Also the roof in general. Thanks in advance.

Jun 23 2008, 5:52 am
Akto	If you had a picture of what your trying to build it would help alot better.

Jun 23 2008, 7:13 am In response to Akto
Dami	The building is original, pulled it out of my head. I was just wondering if any improvements could be made to it.

Jun 23 2008, 8:49 am (Edited on Jun 23 2008, 9:14 am)

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Akto

I would have to say a lot can be made. As you suggested you might want to shade some more. Don't just put a darker color over your colors and call it shading... its poor shading. >.< The building looks flat... but somehow you made it so that the roof seems to be 3D. Oh yeah.. Timber look. Picture what wood looks like or get a picture of wooden things then try to make it. I will try to help you with that.

Edit - It looks very plain add some windows.

This may help:http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat/shading.html

Jun 23 2008, 9:20 am

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Dami

Akto wrote:

I would have to say a lot can be made. As you suggested you might want to shade some more. Don't just put a darker color over your colors and call it shading... its poor shading. >.< The building looks flat... but somehow you made it so that the roof seems to be 3D. Oh yeah.. Timber look. Picture what wood looks like or get a picture of wooden things then try to make it. I will try to help you with that.

Edit - It looks very plain add some windows.

This may help:http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat/shading.html

I am making the windows separate turfs thats why its so plain. This is my first attempt at making a building so I'm not to sure about the shading. Could you explain a bit more?

Jun 23 2008, 9:33 am (Edited on Jun 23 2008, 9:51 am)

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Akto

If you read that Tut you should be able to understand. Its very helpful. :D

Here is a really crappy Earth Building.(Horribly, yes I made it! >.<)

I threw in some different types of shading. If you look at the walls of the building it has the Dither shading. I mostly only use that if I want the object to look rough but it can be used in different ways.

The roof has a layered shading. There is Light - Dark colors that point to the light source. My light source was Northwestern.

Jun 23 2008, 10:56 am In response to Akto
Dami	Thats really nice, but I cant the left side of the shop showing, its going to be in game, and that makes it seem too 3d. But the shading helped alot. Thanks

Jun 23 2008, 2:42 pm In response to Dami
Akto	I meant that example for the shading not the 3dness. Lol. BTW I was meaning to join an avatar game staff. If you want or need I would like to join you.

Jun 23 2008, 6:35 pm In response to Akto
Dami	Akto wrote: I meant that example for the shading not the 3dness. Lol. BTW I was meaning to join an avatar game staff. If you want or need I would like to join you. Hm I wouldn't mind an attack iconner, I have a lot on my plate being really the only iconner. Do you have any icons of elements or anything?