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Now that you’ve all had some time to try the first project on your own, you can watch how I do it and figure out what areas you are exceeding and struggling with.
Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first project for level 1 students.
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@joshmrusso
2d
Here's my before the demo level-1-pear-2!
I had a hard time finding the darkest value on the pear itself, instead of just the cast shadow. Appreciate any and all feedback!
Matthew Cabral
3d
Brandon Plum
4d
Before the demo on the left, after on the right.
Daniel Divinus
4d
Good warm up to the course. My two biggest challenges with this project were drawing/shading lightly and tyring not to make curved lines. Either I was making too heavy of mark or my straight lines wanted to curve.
@ethanf
5d
First go after the demo. Been struggling a bit with the simplification process. Definitely going to have to give it another shot in the near future.
Olena
5d
Here is my second and third try of pears.
@samaj
6d
The one on the left is my first attempt and the one on the right is with the demo. I feel like the highlights don’t show and if I darken the surroundings it will be too similar to the slightly darker one. How can I make it better?
@collinp
6d
Made 3 attempts and wanted to share with the community. I’m a tattoo artist in training that specializes in black and gray realism so, values are extremely important to my craft.
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6d
Imagining the pear as a low-poly 3D model with a wireframe really helps me visualize the planes. The value is determined by the degree of the angle that each plane is facing the light source. Some the planes in that lighter value area are turned a bit more away from the light source so they could be represented by a different value to break up the large shape in the 2nd and 3rd drawings.
Keeping similar values grouped can help you describe the form clearly as well. Try to limit the lighter values in the darker value side to keep your values organized.
@collinp
6d
Also how can I improve showing different planes using my shading?
Reuben Francis
6d
Attempt after watching the videos. Tried in two different styles in krita. Is the second one form of cheating? Used the line, selection tool in krita and the crosshatch engine. Love the feel of the sketchy design but my fingers pain holding the wacom pen. any tips for better hand holding while using digital pen. Also, is it worth investing in photoshop (very comfortable using it, used in uni for 4 years) if I am planning on doing a game art for an indie game.
@apoxy
7d
Here's my pear, done after the demo! I only had an HB pencil on hand, making it a little difficult to lay in lighter values, so I feel like my light halftone looks more messy. Feedback is welcome!
@collinp
6d
good job fam, I really enjoy the shape of your pear !
@tkachv25
8d
Here is my first attempt, have not done this in a while
@doc223
9d
Hey everyone. The drawing on the left is before the demo, drawing on the right is after. I also only used one pencil for the left drawing so that's why it looks grayer. Any feedback would be appreciated!
David Salamanca
10d
photoshop drawing
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9d
Nice! An easy way to level up this drawing would be to add some separation to the pear and the background value.
That is all. Keep it up!
Roberta Putrinskaitė
11d
Pear 2 pre-demo!
Lemuel Stewart
12d
What you guys think?
@collinp
6d
fire
Tomáš
12d
Hey everyone! Just did my first drawing. 8 years since i've held pencil in my hands. Hope i'll get better 😅 (my references were pear-2 and pear-1 from course resources)
Zoe Stein
13d
how do you post a picture
Zoe Stein
13d
and shading
Zoe Stein
13d
I am stuck on how to do some shapes like in the second pear video
Lemuel Stewart
14d
Does it matter the direction that i shade in? Can i shade left to right and then up to down on top of that?
Marcin Ch
13d
perhaps not at this stage, but in general that direction may be used as a tool to shape the form
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