Hello! Recently I strayed from my usual clothing style, and opted for something less shaded, and more detail prominent. I actually grew quite fond of this style, but I have a predicament, as I am also a fan of my more normal style. I was wondering if I could receive some public input on which style is more appealing to the eye. In terms of style, I’m more in reference to the way the piece is shaded, and not the actual clothing type or color! Thank you!
This is the piece in the new simplified style:
This is the last piece I did in my usual, more shading-heavy, style:
For anybody who fears their response may hurt my feeling, please don’t! I’m totally okay with whatever answer or feedback you guys may have! A lot of this is purely for statistic reasons, and just me scoping out a general opinion! Thank you so much, all input is insanely helpful! <3
I would say it depends on what type of clothing are you making. Simple shading looks very cute on kawaii themed clothes; a more detailed shading looks great on other aesthetics depending on what type of piece is it.
The heavy shading looks more appealing though because it shows that you took your time and put effort into making the clothing look more realistic.
From a consumer standpoint I prefer the first option.
The amount of detail boots the quality of your clothing items, with or without shading.
Sometimes I feel that when prioritizing on shading, if not done properly, it just looks overdone.
People tend to forget that the clothing item is a 2D image, as much as you want to show depth it’ll look funny if not kept simple.
Since you have knowledge on how to work with shading you can incorporate it with your newer style.
Or if you want to try something new, forget about the shading entirely and focus on higher detail work.
The simplified shading style works much better. When you overshade an outfit, it starts to look very bad at a distance - and that’s the most important concern for a ROBLOX outfit.
Thank you so much for your input! Sorry for such a delayed response, something came up! But yeah you’re totally right! I find that clothing theme can really impact the effectiveness of shading!
This is something I’ve seen as well! Sometimes Roblox’s system has a hard time projecting the clothes in-game, and thus shading can come off as far more blurry!
Hey there! I did read the question and honestly if both was an answer - I would yes to that. The reason being - there probably should be certain areas where you focus with heavy shading in your design and parts where shading isn’t all that required.
For example in your second piece, since cloth will have a bunch of creases in reality - it makes sense to add a lot of heavy shading onto there. But at the same time, adding heavy shading to the shoes you have made with the curves seems almost redundant - and maybe could just go for simple shading on it. It’s all in the control of your lighting and shading rather than just implement one thing all over.
Overall, I’d say the piece shows your passion for designing cause it looks spectacular!
From a Consumer’s view i would go with option 1, it seems more natural and soft clothing like style, but they both depend on what style your going for, simplistic or detailed.
