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Old 09-17-2013, 01:15 PM   #85
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
In the attachment you'll find two new covers.

1. Brown linen cover, with Sefiriot's ornament braided on top.
2. One of the leather covers with the same ornament stamped and burned into it.

The second was much more difficult to do, because of the big differences in light and shadow. The darker the cover becomes, and the more color and structure a cover has, the more difficult embossing will be. Embossing (raising and lowering) relies on light and shadow. A dark cover displays no shadow, and a cover with a lot of structure prohibits thin lines to stand out.

So if you want to emboss (or bump map) ornaments into the cover, then don't make it too dark, and don't add too much colors and structures.
That turned out much better than I expected! Wow. So Katsunami, your advice in making ornaments is basically keep it simple, bold lines-- little to no shading or at least have it pretty light and even?
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