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Ebola0001

09-21-2003, 04:51 AM

hi everyone i ma currently working on painting a sketch, and have run into a problem... i don't really know how to make convincing gold

i was wondering if there were any good tutorials out there or if you had any tips?...

anyway thisis what i cuold come up with on my first couple of tries... its umm... ok, but it lacks that *POW* HEY IM GOLD!!!! look i think it needs...

this is part of a shoulder pad and is blown up about 2 times thew size i painted it at to show the details... (it is not that large on the origonal sketch)

anyway hope to get some help with this... thanks in advance...

http://www.woodrell.com/joe/ebola-goldhelp.jpg

anyway let me know :) thanks

Kirt

09-21-2003, 07:58 AM

Gold, like any other metal, will reflect colors, highlights and shadows of objects around it. You just have to tint it a little more to the yellow side to make it appear gold, as opposed to aluminum or silver.

Take a look at other metal objects around you to see how light reflects off of metal surfaces. A fork, knife or spoon would make a good reference item.

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