docs/020_MasterArtBible/materials/water.md

Water

Visuele omschrijving

Flowing reflective material with horizontal bands, ripples, and bright motion accents.

Pixelcluster regels

Use horizontal clusters and tapered ripples.


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Contrast

Medium-high on foreground water, lower in background.

Hue shifting

Cyan highlight, blue mid, deep violet-blue shadow.

Highlights

Horizontal sparkle bands, connected in small groups.


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Shadow behavior

Shadows sit under waves and object reflections.

Outline

Usually no full outline; use dark water edge where needed.

Rim lighting

Bright rim on wave crests.

Ambient lighting

High ambient and reflected sky color.

AA regels

AA along wave curves and shoreline.

Dithering regels

Ripple dithering allowed only as horizontal clusters.

Veel voorkomende fouten

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QA checklist

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