Assignment - Composition
Assignment - Composition
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Digital Painting Fundamentals

Digital Painting Fundamentals(61 Lessons )
Composition

Assignment - Composition

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Assignment - Composition

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Using the provided reference images, create a digital painting that showcases your understanding of light and shadow by painting light from different angles.

  • Experiment with sunlight from left and right, soft light, depth, and atmosphere.
  • Study how photos, illustrations, and films use color and fog, then apply that to your images.

Good luck, and remember to have fun exploring digital painting techniques!

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Maya
19d
I study lights of day. This is supposed to be dawn, sunrise and goldenhour (morning)
Rachel Dawn Owens
Beautiful!
Anthony Hernandez
For the assignment I used 4 types of lighting and I tried to use some of the ideas from the previous lessons on color: 1. Warm monochromatic with sunset light from the right. I used 2 references for this one: Reference 1: Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the very orange / yellow scenes in Vegas. Reference 2: Gerry (2002), sunset shot, similar colors to the Blade Runner reference. 2A. Cool monochromatic night with soft moonlight from the left. Reference: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), the scene with the weird walker things. 2B. Cool monochromatic night w/ NOMAD. Reference: The Creator (2023), the lighting / color reminded me of the night shot in the movie with the NOMAD laser beam thing, so added it for fun. 2C. Cool monochromatic night w/ fog. 3. Complementary palette with afternoon light from the left. Reference: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 4. Double split complementary palette with evening light from the right. Reference: Brother Bear (2003). Here's a link to the PSD file in case it will make it easier for the critique: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HGm1aGF6ewKN0SmMn0UbYX8rtjkuRnv2/view?usp=sharing Great lessons! Thanks Jeremy!
Jim H
19d
You're way too cool for school @Anthony Hernandez! :D
Anthony Hernandez
BONUS: I put the NOMAD laser layer over the first painting and I thought it was a cool effect!
Maya
21d
Kassjan Smyczek
I used the church in my hometown Ingolstadt to create a setting and then play with different lights and atmosphere. We have a clear autumn day, we have night, we have fog and we have Godzilla. Happy Godzilla day, by the way. Today is his 70th birthday :). Kind regards!
onigi *pronunce [on-ie-gee]*
1. Sunset 2. Mysterious light from above 3. Morning 4, 5, 6. Reference scenes and a photo I used to study. Here’s a warm-up I did before those assignments: https://www.proko.com/s/JANN
Rachel Dawn Owens
These are really cool compositions
onigi *pronunce [on-ie-gee]*
I wonder when is the deadline, but I created three paintings first as warm-ups anyway: 1-1 The animal in a dark room with pale ambient light from the left side. 1-2 Sunset light through a window. 2 1 Very cloudy mountains. I'll post to try other lighting situations later!
onigi *pronunce [on-ie-gee]*
when is the deadline -> when the deadline is!
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Jeremy teaches Light and Color and has worked for over 25 years in the animation, film and games industry, most notably at Pixar Animation Studios
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