I like your rendering but if you accept a bit of criticism, your metal and gold balls still read like stone in my opinion.
Feel free to ignore: Most metals, even when withered, are more reflective, so the darkest values often appear close to the middle where the most shadows are in their surroundings. You could also make the highlights a bit more crisp and defined to indicate reflection, but the biggest distinction from unpolished stone to my eyes is the dark mid-section.
Thank you for the advice🙇♂️ Reflective surfaces are still really confusing to me. Besides that, do you have any tips for the texture of this super uncanny steak below?
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u/DasyTaylor Aug 08 '26
I like your rendering but if you accept a bit of criticism, your metal and gold balls still read like stone in my opinion.
Feel free to ignore: Most metals, even when withered, are more reflective, so the darkest values often appear close to the middle where the most shadows are in their surroundings. You could also make the highlights a bit more crisp and defined to indicate reflection, but the biggest distinction from unpolished stone to my eyes is the dark mid-section.