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In this lesson, you'll walk through a straightforward, step-by-step shading process using a sphere as the example. It's a simple shape, but the same ideas apply whether you're drawing a cup, a hand, or a full portrait.
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hobodios
5mo
I've got a question, when he darkens the outline of the sphere (11:53) is that a stylistic choice or is there something I'm missing? Thanks
Nikita Tushynski
25d
I had the same question. So I looked up on Pinterest ball shading with pencil and most of the results have the outline
I assume it is part of the line weight topic not shading
@eren666
3mo
I think it's a style
Josh Fiddler
6mo
Wow, where are all the people?
Anyway, great breakdown. And I'm glad you named the mathematical analysis that gives us an analytical description of the fall off in light as we approach the terminator. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert%27s_cosine_law
Djay Elements
6mo
probably fell off at this point… lol. this is the good stuff!
Pedro Branco
7mo
Fun fact: penumbra means gloom in Spanish and twilight in Portuguese.
Smithies
7mo
Ooh I'm excited. I never really understood the core shadow and why it's darker and only in some places and this really cleared things up for me! Thanks
Aubrey Hannah
3mo
Core shadow is probably one of the details I find most difficult to understand.
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