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 Organize Values
Module 5 - How to Create Realistic Shading
Module 6 - How to Use Light Probes
Module 7 - How to Show Form
Module 8 - How to Invent Shading
Module 9 - How to Use Maquettes
Module 10 - Bringing it all Together
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Janiel Reyes
15d
Kind of got confused with the cast shadow but i think I got the gist of it.
Derek Adams
1mo
Daan
2mo
Samuel Sanjaya
3mo
a simple value study. any feedbacks will be greatly appreciated
@natnael
7mo
@cindygs
10mo
Karlo H.
1yr
Kwame Alexander
1yr
Charles Litzelmann
1yr
I have a really hard time with clearly seeing the values on the sphere ^^'
Crystal Blue (she/her)
1yr
Spheres r tricky. There’s a bounce light on the side of the sphere near the rectangle, including that cld help
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@selenitis
1yr
Ngl I struggled with the sphere
Chris Bodary
1yr
4value study
Bradley Forbush
1yr
I worked this up a little more than necessary because I think it gives a pleasing effect. I would have gone darker with the values if I had used another medium. But that would be a lot more "pencil mileage" here.
Bradley Forbush
1yr
I wanted to share, that I actually did a little thumbnail sketch to get my bearings on this before doing it full size.
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@ivat
1yr
Sharntel Davey
2yr
@cicibebeli_dondurma
2yr
looks pretty good, dont know how advance ur trying to or u already learned or not but after adding some bounce light this ll look really good :) + bit of blending for own taste :) looks great :3
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@flugmodus1
2yr
2yr
👌
Henri Gerrits
2yr
A 4-Value Study
2yr
Well done, Henri 👍
Félicia Gagnon
2yr
2yr
👌
Laura Barr
2yr
2yr
The floor and form shadow value could go darker here.
Compare your value study to the reference image. See how both tones are closer to the background value in the reference?
Otherwise nice and clear 👍👍
Brayden Copley
2yr
Didn't think I should take the time to go in and even out the tone to remove the texture of the paper. I didn't think that was the point of the exercise, though I could probably use the practice in doing so.
2yr
Agreed. You only need to keep the tones clean enough to clearly see the tonal relationships of the different value groups. That still works here. 👍
Yvann Innocent
2yr
I have not used traditional pencil in a while but it was fun to go back.
1yr
Hi Yvann. Your value study is well organised. You could improve the visual accuracy by selecting a value for the lights that more closely matches the reference image, and by including a dark value in the background. The goal here is to get your value study looking as close to the reference image as possible, while using a limited palette of values.
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