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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
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This image was a particularly good learning experience for me. I fell into all of the little traps you mentioned -- I added those striations of muscle fibers at the beginning because that shadow-shape literarily jumped out at me screaming, I got lost along the very soft shadow of his forearm leading to the core shadow of his wrist and hand, and struggled with deciding whether or not to lay-in that half-tone at the bottom of his deltoid as a core shadow or keep it a half-tone -- I opted for (guessed at) a soft core shadow there.
Running back over my drawing effort again while watching this video and your explanation, really helped me a lot.
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Get a clear, step-by-step walkthrough of shadow mapping an arm with tricky texture so you stop getting lost in details. You’ll practice big rhythms and major blobs first, then place core shadows, cast shadows, and occlusion shadows with the right edge quality. Learn to use floaters at the focal point, squint to see simplified shapes, and map halftones lighter. We cover avoiding the snowman effect with zigzag apexes, transitioning from bony to meaty areas, and when to ignore veins and striations until the end.
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Here's the second demo! I'll show you shadow mapping of an arm with tricky details like muscle striations and veins so you stop getting lost in details.
This image was a particularly good learning experience for me. I fell into all of the little traps you mentioned -- I added those striations of muscle fibers at the beginning because that shadow-shape literarily jumped out at me screaming, I got lost along the very soft shadow of his forearm leading to the core shadow of his wrist and hand, and struggled with deciding whether or not to lay-in that half-tone at the bottom of his deltoid as a core shadow or keep it a half-tone -- I opted for (guessed at) a soft core shadow there.
Running back over my drawing effort again while watching this video and your explanation, really helped me a lot.
