Step 6| Because this heart is so bright in red, you will naturally see the red reflect off the object because it is touching the object. I repeat this process throughout the illustration, reminding myself exactly where to place it to give the dragon depth and dimension. Notice where the crease of bold shadow and highlight are at it's thickest. Step 5| Using the same smudge tool, I blur the edges and soften them up throughout the base colors. DO NOT add too much of the thick white highlights to areas that have no shadow crease. Blotch these in sparingly and along the frames of the darkest and boldest shadows. Step 4| My favorite part here I add blotches of white in regions that require a metallic/liquid silver sheen. Again, do not overdo this feature and only add it to areas where the light source depicts in the illustration. Then, once I'm satisfied with the shadowing, I take a small eraser brush and erase the edges where you would normally see highlighting and 'reflective' light. Always keep in mind that the darkest part of the shadow is where it starts, and NOT where it ends. Step 3| I start smudging my hard shadows, conciously remembering where exactly to blur my shadows. *Note: below you may see a strange tool option set this is the tool I use for smudging and blurring in the hard shadows to make it appear almost gradient-like. Shade areas that have overlapping elements and areas that would naturally have shadows. Because it's resting on a heart, there will be reflective light from the extreme saturated red. Step 2| I shade areas that my light source is hitting the dragon. Start off with black outlines, and when you want to color them again, simply lock your layer and hit 'fill'. This is very important to use because of the advantage of knowing how dark or light to shade/highlight the parts of chrome. Step 1| I always start with a nuetral tone that isn't too dark or too light.
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