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Tony Vu
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added comment inPractice: Shading Creatures
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not sure if I shaded the creature correctly, but this is what I did
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You did well, Tony. Perhaps a little too much reflected light around the eyes and the bottom of the belly could do with some soft ambient occlusion. I would also lighten the halftones on his back a bit!
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I ended up redrawing this little cutie as I like to work « traditional ». I added a 5th step which consisted of a cleanup and rework of some of the values. The only digital part is the fun one at the end.
if it would not be in space this cutie would Muuh…
@gasyadocro
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This one was tough. I stuck in ambient occlusion. I am doing my own research, but currently trying to simulate in combination of simple objects. in this case, it seems like this creature is combination of 2 balls (head and body ) plus 4 cylinders. Anyway I submit as I committed.
Yvann Innocent
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This was a difficult one for since I had to change my shading process. Still loved it though.
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Nice, Brayden. The reflected light between the legs is perhaps a little light. Try making the entire form shadow a little darker. This would give you an extra bit of value range in the shadows, allowing you to differentiate between core shadow and reflected light while still keeping the shadow values in the same value family.
Laura Barr
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3yr
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Good effort, Laura. You might be surprised at how much difference some island hunting in your halftones and an extra layer of pencil over the entire shadow family would improve your drawing. Try to keep your cast shadow a single, flat value, apart from where it goes darker (ambient occlusion) as it nears the egg. You have correctly shown how the edge of the cast shadow (penumbra) can vary in edge softness, but at the moment it also appears to incorrectly form a dark ring around the cast shadow.
Félicia Gagnon
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3yr
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The first image has two light sources, making it tricky to decide if the side of the hand on the floor is receiving direct light or not. Considering the shadow shape on the pinky, my guess is that the side of the hand is receiving direct light. The light source in the third image is very diffuse. It may even be a photographic light box. You can see this by the lack of a clear cast shadow. Again this makes separating light from shadow more tricky. You did a good job nevertheless!
Brayden Copley
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I figured with an image of myself I would have any usage issues with:
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I hope you signed a model consent form. :) You perhaps made things a little hard for yourself by using a setup with such a diffuse light source and a lot of ambient/reflected light. It makes it quite hard to clearly distinguish shadow from light. For example: consider the direction of light needed to throw light past your chin onto your Addams apple (A). Now look at the bottom of the cheek (B) and consider whether the same direction of light might reach this area. Is (A) even receiving direct light?
@gasyadocro
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I feel this training is handy when I can’t draw or paint something. Anyway I submit as I committed.