The Shading Course
Welcome
Module 1 - How to Separate Light & Shadow
Module 2 - How to See Light Effects
Module 3 - How to Control Values
Module 4 - How to Create Realistic Shading
Module 5 - How to Use Light Probes
Module 6 - How to Show Form
Module 7 - How to Invent Shading
Module 8 - How to Use Maquettes
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cindygs
2mo
Romain Decotte
2mo
My complex AO study - was loads more fun than anticipated :))!
Thieum
3mo
biancaesteban
4mo
biancaesteban
4mo
No idea if it’s entirely correct and the soles of feet I assumed would be in contact with the ground.
Karlo H.
4mo
I don't have a printer so I had to draw the monkey
Charles Litzelmann
5mo
Here is my take on this exercise. I am not quite sure about the area around the fin or about how far the occlusion shadow should spread but I will get the hang of it with some time :)
Kwame Alexander
5mo
Complex AO study of my son's toy.
Bradley Forbush
6mo
It took me a while to get to this exercise so I did a couple of extra views. I thought the airplane would be fun to do, but the top view became more of a rendering exercise because of its flat silhouette. Anyway - it was tempting to add half tone to the plane sketches to bring out some form, but I pulled back (even erased) in hopes of concentrating on AO.
Chris Bodary
6mo
Complex AO study monkey head
Chris Bodary
6mo
Complex AO study fish in graphite
squeen
6mo
In ambient occlusion the question to ask your self is what fraction of the light in the hemisphere above a surface's normal can see light (and remembering that the flux of incoming light drops off with the cosine of the angle---so light from grazing directions is not as important). With AO we often imagine the entire sky is lit with ambient light, but that's a simplification. I think your fish may be a bit too shadowed.
All in all, great progress!
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selenitis
6mo
After checking the solution for the monkey, I went back and had another go and tried to pinpoint where I felt like I was consistently making mistakes (not going dark enough, giving the AO too much of a direction, etc)
Jeremy Rogers
6mo
Continuing to attempt ambient occlusion- first by attempting the demo video and doing two of my own in graphite. Feedback always appreciated.
Thieum
6mo
Good job! This ambient occlusion work makes well feel the volumes.
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ivat
8mo
Lil FatWombat
10mo
This is very hard, but I’m okay with the results.
I'd hugely appreciate constructive feedback for the homework. Thanks :)
10mo
Good work!!
You are definitely getting the hang of this.
Here are a few suggestions on the mug. The other two look solid!
Jeremy Rogers
1yr
this one was fun!
Sharntel Davey
1yr
Great assignment, thanks!
flugmodus1
1yr
Struggled with the forehead of the monkey.
10mo
Nice work on the monkey. Can I suggest some changes on the fish?
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Katelyn Brown
1yr
Just used the provided image and did a paint-over.
Henri Gerrits
1yr
Nice assignment. When I took the photo of my drawing I thought maybe I printed the reference too small.
Laura Barr
1yr
10mo
Hi Laura. Remember that the direction of the direct light does not matter for ambient occlusion. Its all about surfaces getting closer to one another. So In (A) and (B) I've added some shading to show this for the nose and one of the eyes. Using the same logic, as the cheekbone gets closer to the arch of the upper teeth (C) I would also expect to see some ambient occlusion. In (D) I've added some shading to show how the cavity of the mouth gets darker the deeper we go. I would suggest having a look at the solution in the 'downloads' section and compare it to yours, section by section. Make sure that in each case you understand why the ambient occlusion shadow is getting darker.
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