Shading the Upper Back Example
Shading the Upper Back Example
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Anatomy of the Human Body

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Shading the Upper Back Example

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Shading the Upper Back Example

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Peter Tinkler
Updated version with regards the tonal/shading work. Better I think, but always room for improvement.
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Peter Tinkler
This is my attempt at the shading exercise, along with a bit of process....
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Steve Lenze
Hey Peter, I think you did a pretty nice job on the drawing, but the shading needs some work. First of all, your lightest values are the same as the background, this means that you are not comparing values to other values in the reference. You also created a lot of contrast between black and white. The second issue is that you are rendering all the small shapes, but not the larger over all shape of the back. This is making the torso look flat and not rounded. I did a quick sketch to show you what I'm talking about, I hope it helps :)
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Laimis L
My attempts on shading. The fifth is the final.
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Steve Lenze
Hey Laimis, I don't know if your going to get a critique of these drawings, because they don't realy represent what the reference is showing. What you have looks more like shading a cadaver and not the back muscles of the model.
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Laimis L
6th and 7th attempt
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Margaret Langston
This shading demo was inspiring. I hope to be able to do this someday.
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Jason Winter
My attempt at the shading example. #proko
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John Masterton
Nice man
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miguel pineda
really good pencil control dude!
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Marco Sordi
Very nice!
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Marco Sordi
2021/7/16. Hi everyone. Here's my 1st & 2nd attempt of shading the upper back. For the 3rd one I used a very rough paper and General's white charcoal. The effect is not the best, as you can see. I'm going to try toned smooth paper next time. Thanks.
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Jesper Axelsson
Nice drawings! I actually like the rough effect in your 3rd image, but it feels a little blurry, maybe that´s what you meant? I think the drawing will appear more clear by varying up the edges, with harder edges and dark accents at the center of interest, but maybe it´s not possible with this paper... I hope this was helpful :)
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Richard Petkiewicz
This is what I did for this assignment. Trying to figure out the back muscles in even a simple pose like this was harder than the front torso drawing I did earlier.
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