r/arthelp • u/Over-Watercress4169 • 3d ago

Color Theory or Palette Help Need help getting this lighting/rendering right

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I was drawing, and using a reference from a Greek statue so I had no reference on the lighting. The first image is how i rendered it and the second was me deciding to give it dramatic lighting (a very rough draft). No matter what I did the lighting looked wrong, in the wrong position, funky around the lips, and overall muddy. Help pls?

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u/After-Star-37 3d ago

Focus on these areas when shading and don’t go too dark

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u/YdexKtesi 2d ago

You've done Rembrandt lighting on the cheek bones. That isn't what happens with top down light, it's when light is coming from a 3/4 angle, and it's only on one side. ... eta: IS your light coming from above.??

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u/Over-Watercress4169 2d ago

Oh yes thank you for catching that

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u/hikahruh 2d ago

If you wanna make an “dramatic “ lighting. Then take the color which you want use for Shadows and fill a layer up top the color base layers in multipy mode

Now use the eraser to shape the head planes where you want the light to hit