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I may be stepping too many steps here but I saw that new video as I've been stuck at "Simplify from observation" lesson struggling with the concept of core shadow, which doesn't seem to be accounted for when I split my 5 values. All I see - visually and what my paint program shows - are stepped values from clearer to darker without the hard band in the middle as explained in the pear demo.
Kevin Burfield
Core shadows only occur when there is reflective light bouncing back up in the form shadow typically. It’s probably several steps beyond this simplification process. Right now I think Stan just wants students to focus on simply identifying and separating light from shadow. I’m sure the specifics of core shadow, occlusion shadows, terminators, snd penumbras, etc, will be coming in future lessons.
@marcthenarc
Just a note. If you think you can combine the previous lessons and graph paper into one drawing, obsessive-compulsive people like me may find shocking that your paper may align poorly with a T-square. They are maybe perfect squares, but rotated on an angle overall ? (The math confuses me and my head hurts). I think that unless you have a specific brand reputed to be dead-on on each sheet, graph paper is pretty cheaply made in general (I get mine at a dollar store) and any art based on it is better left alone in its own little world.
Marshall Vandruff
Good point. Our world needs the OCP's to notice the little things that add up. Thank you MarcTheNarc.
@marcthenarc
I thought I'd improvise on some brutalist "thing". It resolved quite nicely from top and bottom. Simulating various heights from columns on top is just a line away.
@marcthenarc
Some of Kirsten Zirngibl's drawings resemble kitbashing. A great way to design ships and corridors.
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Lefty here. It seems like a silly question, but when following tutorials and imitating our right-handed masters, I tend to go against the flow, left to right, just like I'm hand-writing. Should I stick to building line confidence from right to left instead as I try to reprogram my brain from those (many, many) years of pen handling?
Andreas Pfeiffer
Thanks for reminding me :D I'm left handed as well and only a few months ago I startet to fill my sketchbook pages from right to left (especially when using pencils). Didn't take me long and now it feels natural. So now I will do this exercise mirrored as well!
Sandra Salem
It is a human anatomy, mechanic thing. For drawing, the only target is to keep it ergonomic. So, go with the flow of your dominant hand, not against it. At the end of the day a face is symmetrical, the human body and most creatures are symmetrical, for me drawing the left eye is always a pain because I am right handed, for you the opposite should be true.. When you draw against the natural right to left pull of a lefty, you are probably straining something. As Peter said, be aware of your discomfort, aches to rectify your posture.
@marcthenarc
I also spent much time learning the tools. One of my main grudges is how sliding the ruler and triangles around mess-up the graphite and leaves stains difficult to erase. Any-hoo ... A couple of pieces: I always have issues centering as I start too much in the center and end-up way too close to the border. The last image shows a bit of my process and how I once vowed to never let used paper to waste - A free real-estate calendar page and I got like 5000 photocopies of a promotional flyer from someone's failed business. Being using them since the '90s 😂
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This time, vellum.
AJP
Played with a few of the illusions already shared by other students. Appreciate all the material people are finding and posting. Playing with isometric perspective was new for me. It's pretty fun. Nice to be gaining tools to understand illusions.
@marcthenarc
I like the little cross object. Will definitely try it. I see that you added an extra cube in the pyramid: It has the unfortunate effect to not show the star in the middle, which is the surprise bonus to see if you nailed your proportions down. I've posted my test, which needs work, but I'm working on a method to start from a perfect star towards the blocks and that's a lot harder then outside-in. Cheers!
@marcthenarc
I've tried with a charcoal stick and newsprint, and, well, it's tough. Dark comes naturally as there seems to be a hard limit on the amount of charcoal, anything lighter you need to nail the first time around and I had trouble by the third square to do even lighter.
@marcthenarc
I am very excited for this course. I've had one formal real-life drawing class some 20 years ago, it had a "draw what you see" approach that focused on putting more and more information on paper without guidelines - and that kind of killed my love for the art. My big goal is trying to taking the love back : I like Franco-Belgian artists (here are examples by Schuiten and Moebius, sorry for the poor quality of pictures) that are usually heavy on perspective.
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When building a city, would a 2D plane from above / front / side to get the actual measurements of walls and windows separation a good first step before doing the perspective rendering?
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