coloring guns ಠ_ಠ

DemonLamma · Post by **DemonLamma** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:25 am

I need some help coloring the gun in this image, i have NO idea how to properly color guns. ಠ_ಠ

Sorry if i missed any tutorials or posts about this here, i skimmed through the board and didn't see anything so sorry. ^.^;

so any tutorials or references would be nice, thanks ^.^

Kaloo · Post by **Kaloo** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:26 am

I think the gun pointing towards us looks pretty good, myself, but I'm not exactly a great artist. The one is the back seems too flat, though.

Geekblather · Post by **Geekblather** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:10 pm

The best advice I could give would be to check out reference pics of actual guns, to see how the light reflects off them, depending on finishes. That's what I did here:

NakedElf · Post by **NakedElf** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:17 pm

Exactly. Guns are metal and plastic, color them like pieces of metal and plastic. Look at real guns, see how the light reflects off of them.

VinnieD · Post by **VinnieD** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:41 am

It's not too hard. Look at the shinier pieces of her outfit and work like that. Just make sure the shadows on the surfaces of the gun agree with the shadows in your picture, and put some highlights on the parts opposite the shadows.

Though I hardly ever draw guns up close, so I'm no expert. Just treat it as any other shiny object.

Aiken · Post by **Aiken** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:07 am

Hey geetkblather, if that guy fires that gun he's probably gonna loose a thumb.

I the case of silver guns, your best be would be high contrast light and shadows. the shading your using now suggests that as light hits the gun, it becomes dispersed rather than reflected, which is really charicteristic of more soft or textured surfaces like fabric. In this case you want nice bright highlights to follow the edges of the gun which are exposed to light.