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matt barton
Hey guys Ive pretty much sussed my line art for this piece and now would like some advice on lighting and blending. Looking to place the light top left with the character facing towards it so am i going in the right direction ?
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Jesper Axelsson
Hi @matt barton, Nice! I think it would be nice if you pushed the contrast between light and shadow. When inventing lighting, using the halfway to black method could help, to get realistic values. Check out this video for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49VKDhngQQA I agree with @Nicolas CATALDO Scott Robertson's books are great, but they are also pretty advanced. Dorian Iten has a course here on proko The Shading Course – Fundamentals of Realism, Light & Shadow. He breaks down the concept of shading in a digestible way, that suits all levels. So if you're new to shading I would recommend starting there Cheers!
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CHARLES DEIGHAN
Thanks Jesper I'll look into those.
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matt barton
Hey @Jesper Axelsson thanks for the advice I really appreciate it and the video too was very useful. I have actually purchased the shading course and am currently working through it, So far very helpful
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Nicolas CATALDO
Hello matt :), I've made some notes over your artwork.I put it there only for explanatory purpose and they might be off. I've extrapolate a ray of light from your cast shadow made from her chin to the neck ( small portion in green ) then extended it and multiplied it in order to visually see where the light is coming from. Please note that this imply a far away light source like the sun as the rays are parallel. (even if in reality even sun rays are not totally parallel). It shows you one way of how you can help yourself making this type of lighting calculations. The dots are estimated points where form is turning away from the light and therefore going into shadow. On the shoulder I made an example where it is going to cast a shadow. So you'll have to calculate where the light hits the turning point and where it is blocking the light on the form next to it. Concerning blending I can advise you to make soft shadows on women's faces as they tend to have softer feature. Making a lighting from memory is a very hard and taxing process, I can recommend you two books that will tremendously help with that [How to render - Scott Robertson] and [ How to Draw - Scott Robertson ]. The author recommend to start with the How to draw book as it tackle some of the core concept. I don't know if there is course here on the Proko platform. I hope any of this will help you :)
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