Originally Posted by
sallybode
Mini-spoke tutorial, very good.
Reflections on a beveld ring whose angle points into the middle will best use a conical fill. Depending upon the environment you set the chrome in, if you have blue sky, that will reflect on the chrome, if you have green grass or earth, this environment will reflect also. Remove some of the shine factor, too much looks artificial too, so that what is really bright therefore gains the attention.
And gorilla bling on the leading edge about at 40 degrees up from the center line of the wheel on the left side is frequently used as a light source. This is when light would come over the viewers shoulder.
Once the wheel is in place on the car, the shadow the car may cast on the wheel may make the bling lower down. There could be a shadow also on the chrome with the sun at the described angle on the upper consisting of an arc with rounded ends and given a bit of soft feathering.