>>36783

Sphere or directional lights doesn’t make a difference as far as the diagram goes. Only the light that reflects counts really. And the lighter skin tones do come from the colour of the light source.

Light planes are useful for far away light sources (the sun mostly), and you can angle the plane for the same effect.

This won’t totally eliminate the skin getting lighter, but it will lessen the effect.


And using lights on the back wall (opposite from the lights “behind” the camera) will give the indoor setting a more logical (by lack of a better word) feel. More symmetrical, more like you would light a room with wall lights in the real world I guess? A setup with lights along one side of the room means you are always hindered by your own shadow.

Anyway, it’s all tricks to get less light without loosing much detail, and less light means less variation in skin tone.