Proko - Compositional Shadows

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Compositional Shadows

by David Finch in Creating a Comic Page

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Hey Dave, thanks for the lessons ! In a next video, could you please explain how you shadow/render dark clothes on a character please ? I don't really know how to go about it and therefore I just render as if the material was not close to a black color but then it just seems like a waste of time when I color the art because all lines desappear.... Thanks again for all the lessons ! have a good one 😊

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Learn comic drawing techniques focused on line weight and shadow placement in this lesson, which emphasizes the use of line weight and shadow to bring illustrations to life. Watch as David Finch explains a simple, effective design pattern for a comic panel. Dark lighting outlines the figures, opening up in the middle to draw focus. Foreground elements frame the panel. Line weights and shadows add depth, with thicker lines for closer elements and thinner lines pushing elements back. Compositional shadows frame the main figures, while the dark foreground and light background details maintain focus. Minimal rendering with shadowing and detail creates depth and dimension while keeping the basic composition.

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David Finch

In this lesson, I'll show you how I go about creating compositional shadows.

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I am SO GRATEFUL for you calling out the little decisions here like "I'm adding a bit of brick shape to the edge of this building so it's not just a flat line", or "I'm shading the inner edge of this door to show the difference in plane" - never would have occurred to me. I'm taking copious notes on all those little emphasis details that add so much to the feel of a background without drawing an entire wall full of bricks. As well as pointing out that you can just... MAKE UP a shadow shape to frame your figures! (Me: "You can DO THAT???") Same with not shading the pipes. Honestly a bit of a mindblown moment that you can sacrifice logic for composition and it looks so great.