Post by Amelius on Jul 14, 2005 14:53:37 GMT -5
Alrighty, here is the blood thread!
Blood in general is a a very dark red. almost black, in fact, depending on the amount.
Puddles: a good way to do this is to use the darkest red color, and set the brush mode to "multiply" and form the puddle, then go over it a few times, going inside the edges with each time. so the outside edges are still a bit red. After that, set it to screen and make a bit of red highlight in the center so it looks wet.
Splatter: find a really good brush for this, usually the ones that look like sponges make a good splatter effect if you increase the size enough that you can see the indiviual pixels. you'll need just a regular dark red for this, so you can tell it apart from the background. Also another good splatter effect is to go to the brushes editor and make one of the circle brushes into a nice splatter brush by putting spacing in the brush flow, and messing with the average brush sizes (you can get it to have different sized blobs in one stroke) just generally play with that option, you can come up with some really cool brushes .
if you don't have photoshop, just dot the brush around where the blood is comming from, add a view long trailing parts for the squirting. don't over do it howver, unless you want it to look funny (if that is your intent ^_^) keep in mind the source in which the blood is coming from, and how it is being let out.
blood from a single vein sould be a bit of spray or a continuous squirt from the source, witch breaks up a bit the fiurther it gets as gravity effects.
from a shotgun, it will spray in all directions but mainly from where the bullet enters and exits.
Blood in cuts: depending on deepness, it will ooze or drip from the wound. there shouldn't be much blood above the cut unless there is material moving the blood around the injury. Again, use the darkest red you can make without it being black, make a bit of a red highlight where light hits as well.
Thin blood on skin: where blood has smeared, appears a little oranger than the thicker stuff. We'll be using the burn/shadows tool for this. On the swatches pallette there is a really dark, almost brown orange. lower the opacity and aplly it to the area you need (but not too thickly) then burn it with the shadows tool until it appears blood-like. this is best for thin blood that is nearly dried of course.
Same rules aplly for blood on a shirt too. the browner/oranger the blood appears, the more it appears to have dried a little. Redder means fresher.
This is best for distinguising fresh wounds on an already wounded individual.
Blood in hair: use this the same as the way you made hair highlights, only using the hair brush to add a dark red line or two. Remember this makes the hair sticky so it would appear clumpy where the blood is present, and may tangle and seperate from the rest of the hair. It also may drip if it is fresh.
Overall, just remember that blood is a darker red, the more there is the darker it is. it can appear to be black to even a bit purple to brown as it dries.
Blood in general is a a very dark red. almost black, in fact, depending on the amount.
Puddles: a good way to do this is to use the darkest red color, and set the brush mode to "multiply" and form the puddle, then go over it a few times, going inside the edges with each time. so the outside edges are still a bit red. After that, set it to screen and make a bit of red highlight in the center so it looks wet.
Splatter: find a really good brush for this, usually the ones that look like sponges make a good splatter effect if you increase the size enough that you can see the indiviual pixels. you'll need just a regular dark red for this, so you can tell it apart from the background. Also another good splatter effect is to go to the brushes editor and make one of the circle brushes into a nice splatter brush by putting spacing in the brush flow, and messing with the average brush sizes (you can get it to have different sized blobs in one stroke) just generally play with that option, you can come up with some really cool brushes .
if you don't have photoshop, just dot the brush around where the blood is comming from, add a view long trailing parts for the squirting. don't over do it howver, unless you want it to look funny (if that is your intent ^_^) keep in mind the source in which the blood is coming from, and how it is being let out.
blood from a single vein sould be a bit of spray or a continuous squirt from the source, witch breaks up a bit the fiurther it gets as gravity effects.
from a shotgun, it will spray in all directions but mainly from where the bullet enters and exits.
Blood in cuts: depending on deepness, it will ooze or drip from the wound. there shouldn't be much blood above the cut unless there is material moving the blood around the injury. Again, use the darkest red you can make without it being black, make a bit of a red highlight where light hits as well.
Thin blood on skin: where blood has smeared, appears a little oranger than the thicker stuff. We'll be using the burn/shadows tool for this. On the swatches pallette there is a really dark, almost brown orange. lower the opacity and aplly it to the area you need (but not too thickly) then burn it with the shadows tool until it appears blood-like. this is best for thin blood that is nearly dried of course.
Same rules aplly for blood on a shirt too. the browner/oranger the blood appears, the more it appears to have dried a little. Redder means fresher.
This is best for distinguising fresh wounds on an already wounded individual.
Blood in hair: use this the same as the way you made hair highlights, only using the hair brush to add a dark red line or two. Remember this makes the hair sticky so it would appear clumpy where the blood is present, and may tangle and seperate from the rest of the hair. It also may drip if it is fresh.
Overall, just remember that blood is a darker red, the more there is the darker it is. it can appear to be black to even a bit purple to brown as it dries.
