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In this demo, I show the "light and shadow" method for organizing line weight.
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Adam Wilson
10d
@jonliebers
1mo
ugh, why did i think i needed tracing paper for these two???
Mari
1mo
@justjen
6d
These look great; clean lines. It must have been difficult to choose which lines to darken on light and shadow bull--there seems to be more than one source of light.
Jefferson Rijo Cedeño
1mo
I did these last two in digital, it was very interesting seeing the effect the line produces.
Chamii Lekamwasam
1mo
After Demo
Christina Elliott
2mo
My attempt after watching the demo.
Mal
2mo
I see! Rather than looking at the actual image of the rhino as I traced the line art, I simply made up my own light sources. This was very interesting, thank you!
Estel
2mo
Rhino with light and shadow method, after watching the demo.
Agustin Gomez
2mo
mm i did wrong this exercise i done the full shadow its seems cool but not the premise
@venusblue
2mo
Following Proko, struggling lol.
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2mo
This is a great start! Looks like you’re getting the right idea.
Just push it more. Get bolder.
@chary
5mo
@pierreyves
5mo
Hello
I try to practice the light and shadow an another drawing because I didn't get the assignment right before seing the demo. I always had hard time with how to see the value of light and shadow and still have. A little help will be welcome.
Thanks and good evening all.
@rithu
5mo
Hi Everyone, I am practicing line weight digitally. I am able to pull my initial drawing with good lines but as I apply line weight as second line my lines aren't correlating with initial copy or I don't get tampering lines and It doesn't look good as initial drawing. Do I need to learn putting line weight in initial phase with planning or I am lacking practice to pull good line weight stroke in my second attempt? Help please?
Jay King
5mo
I'm doing digital as well and using Krita. I imported the base image and once in the canvas all you will need to do is create another layer to draw on. I created a layer for each of the practices all in one save, then you can toggle each layer to review. This will allow the base imported image to be on its own untouched layer. Hope this helps.
Nancy Larson
5mo
I have rather enjoyed experimenting with line weight. And so did this one depicting the sun from the upper left/backside. I would like to develop my skill using light and shadow because I would like to do landscapes and this seems to be an essential component.
Julia
6mo
Personally, I found this way of designating line weight way more challenging compared to hierarchy of importance. But I thought it was such a useful practice! Feedback is always welcome, thank you! :)
Beth Martin
6mo
I’m excited to tinker more with this technique using a brush pen. Love this look - looking forward to leveling up with more practice!
Neo Diamond
7mo
Felt a bit frustrated by this one, I feel like I got the main gist of it right but wasn't able to capture some of the complexities the way Stan does.
@toph
7mo
I decided to redo this assignment after watching the demo because I felt like I saw a lot of room for improvement. I think I was a little too timid the first time so I made sure to add more variety in my line value and thickness. If anyone has any critiques I’d really appreciate!
Sabine Anzenhofer
7mo
2nd attempt after watching the demo
Rafael Rangel
7mo
Maybe is to light?
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