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TIP: Painting the Mountains

Added 2019-12-09 23:55:40 +0000 UTC

Hey all, thought I would drop a quick simple tip that might help when painting your mountains (until I'm able to get my tutorial video finished).

Above shows the painting done beneath the mountain asset just to give you an example of how little it takes.

If you look at the numbers that point to the shadows you'll notice the painting underneath isn't all that dark. When you're painting the shadows, sample the color of your highlight, and just go slightly darker. The asset shadows will take care of the rest. Things will look a little wonky if you start painting the mountains darker than the color of the assets (since you won't be able to see the assets above the color). Going slightly darker also allows you to go darker still for deep shadows, which adds layer and depth.

The two color swatches in the picture shoe the lightest light and the darkest dark I used in the sample.

Essentially, the shadows are almost painted for you, so it's only a matter of painting light colors behind them so they stand out more. Darker painting will make the shadows disappear, not stand out.

Anyway, quick tip. I will be making a full tutorial on my methods painting soon!