Tutorial: The oyster effect

[Eusira]

Part 1: What is the oyster effect?
I will demonstrate this effect using by Sheerton Lizard skin, and a dummy scale done in photoshop.

The oyster effect uses overlapping dodge and burn of two colors, over a darker usually bluish background. In my skin, this used the effect of teal and a dark indigo.

The effect is noticeable on small areas of the belly, the top scale of the head wrap, and the top scale of the neck wrap.

Part 2: How to do the oyster effect

1- Start with a dark color on the skin, I am using a dummy scale.

2- Using a fairly large brush, dodge white in a lighter version of the color, but also towards another color. Ie blue means use teal, and red means use orange. I am using a 200x200 image, and will use a 20 brush at 15%. Create a rib-like wave of dodging

3-Now, and what you want at the brightest side, dodge a bunch of more 'ribs' and overlay them. Next, move on to the darker side, to blend them together

4-Now, use white at 15%, and brush over the ligthest area, create a kind of shine to it, and move down to the darker area, using less concentration

5-Now, the effect on the main part is complete. Simply shade out and fix up the effect as you please

NOTE: I don't want this stickied here, but posted in the tutorial forum, so other people can also post how to do their other effects

 

[Juice_F]

only the admins can post in the tut section, atleast i can't, so pm darky or OZ02 about it.

 

[Eusira]

Well, sopho, alfred, and a couple other people, including some members, were able to.

 

[Tail Of The Wyrm]

I find that a very nice tut Eusira, very helpful to people needing to get better at skinning, if you could rate, i'd give u a 5/5.

 

[DarkShadow]

Well, sopho, alfred, and a couple other people, including some members, were able to.

Nope, they were not. No one except mods is able to post there (whats said in the first topic). Mods like me check if the tutorial you wish to be added is worth it, and then we move it to tutorial-forum. Like now

 

[Herio-san]

Nice effect, looks koo too a lil hard to work out for me at first..but i got it in the end anyway jus leavin a message of thanks for the tutorial. good job.

 

[Astronamix.]

The skin looks awsome.

Nice tutorial.

 

[Daelin]

I'll let Camel give his opinion about this because I'm not a specialist in skinning and can't really tell if this tutorial is good or not from this point of view.

~Daelin

 

[Wolverabid]

While Tutorial: The oyster effect may be marginally useful it is far too brief in regards to its subject matter.

Tutorials at the The Hive Workshop must have all images attached to the .php itself.

I'm certain that this document was submitted to another Warcraft III site; Eusira if you ever visit THW you must update this tutorial for it to be accepted under our present site rules.

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