RE: The darker side of black (was The whiter side of white)

Aren't I a dork. I meant dark gray dry brush.

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[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Noel Weer
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:17 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: The darker side of black (was The whiter side of white)

I like a gray shadow myself. A really dark gray.

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[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Allan Goodall
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:41 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: The darker side of black (was The whiter side of white)

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:21:18 -0800, Jaime Tiampo
<fugu@spikyfishthing.com>
wrote:

>Ok, I've been thinking on this and having never actually bothered to
try
>I'm at a loss as how to do it. How do you give cotrast to white? You
can
>use a light or dark grey for shadow but what do you use to reflective
>edges?

Okay, here's the opposite question. How do you do black? Do you paint in
a
very dark blue and then use black for the shadows? Or do you just paint
the
whole figure in black and do a highlight in either some blue shade, a
grey
shade, or a silver shade? Or is there another option?

Allan Goodall		       agoodall@hyperbear.com
http://www.hyperbear.com

"Now, see, if you combine different colours of light,
 you get white! Try that with Play-Doh and you get
 brown! How come?" - Alan Moore & Kevin Nolan, 
   "Jack B. Quick, Boy Inventor"