The Theory of Lighting - tutorial

commander_keen

I finally got around to finishing this tutorial i had sitting on my hard drive for a long time. Instead of a technical tutorial, this is a guide about the theory of lighting and color. It explains the reasons behind color choices, and how to create atmosphere and mood in your environments. It is focused on level design, but is also relevant to any environmental art, including 2D compositions. It is heavily illustrated with personal work, as well as work from others.

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xysdf

found it very usefull, great tutorial! Its short but everything is to the right degree explained or illustrated.

commander_keen

Glad it was helpful

Lee3dee

excellent tutorial thanks

conte

thanks for time, Kurt.

Jarrod1937

thanks for the tut, thats actually how i finally got some nice improvements to my level, from the lighting aspect. your tutorial helped me grasp the basics i've been missing.

Aureus

Decided to stop being a lurker and sign up to thank you for the post.

Althrough there was nothing in the tutorial, that I hadn't already picked up in the past, this tutorial has reinforced some ideas.

So I will try to focus more on my lighting.

Thurban

Awesome! we need more tuts that are about the theory rather than the method. Rock Solid.

EmAr

Very very useful! Thanks a lot for the tutorial.