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@chrisdzy
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1mo
Asked for help
1st attempt. Help appreciated.
Steve Lenze
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5mo
Actually your drawing looks really nice, you even managed to get a good likeness.
The issue you are having is "seeing" the values correctly.
For example: you rendered the hair dark- that's good- but if you look at the reference, the shadow on the side of his face is as dark as the hair. You rendered it too light. The left eye is almost completely lost in the shadow, but you rendered it much lighter. This is very common with beginners so don't feel bad about it, just make sure you compare the values you are rendering with other values in the image. Hope that helps :)
Another helpful comment, thank you Steve. I even added a background from thinking back to your help with the last post I made :) I will be trying again and will focus way more on the values over the shapes! Thanks again! :)
Feeling defeated on this one. Realistic proportions are a weak point for me but I feel I’m understanding it better with simplifying. Any tips/critiques please? I’d appreciate it a lot. Thank you.
Steve Lenze
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5mo
What a lot of people have done, like you, is forget to put in the background value. This is important because it helps you judge all the other values, especially those in the light. Notice the highlights don't pop because they are the same value as the background. If you had included the value for the background, the highlights would be more visible.
Having said that, you did a nice job on the pear :)
Yeah I need to go back to it and get a dark value down, it makes a big difference like you said. Thank you for your feedback Steve I appreciate it a lot! :)
@chrisdzy
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5mo
I’m not a teacher or anything so don’t quote me, but maybe what is meant by these types of phrases is to build an image mentally of what you are drawing. Before you put pencil to paper think of what your subject would look in 3D and how you could indicate that correctly with lines and shading. It helps some to imagine a rubber band being wrapped around forms to get an idea of its dimension. If it’s a struggle to picture things that way then maybe real life objects you can hold/see will help, try to picture how a line would wrap around it, even draw lines around them and observe it that way. Like I said, don’t take my word for it though.
The way you wrote this sentence "picture how a line would wrap around it, even draw lines around them", it seems that you differentiate between the first part and the second, but I don't get it - what does "picture" mean that it's different than "drawing"?
Honestly, I checked a dictionary for word "imagine": "form a mental image or concept of". What does it mean to "form a mental image"? I can have a thought that "a line connects two points", is that what it means?
Can everyone critique the seeds out of these pears please ty :)
@chrisdzy
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5mo
I can’t help with your problem specifically sorry but I can tell you that I’m struggling with this too! so you’re not alone :)
@chrisdzy
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5mo
Hello :) I’m new around here but don’t take it easy on me! how can I improve please? Any feedback appreciated! Ty
Hi! Your drawing has a nice, clear separation of light and shadow, smoothly shaded shapes of clean tone and simple, interestingly designed shapes. I think you could make it even better by adding a darker, more confident core shadow at the separation between light and shadow to give the pear a larger value range and create a better illusion of reflected light. At 11:49 Stan talks about the core shadow in more detail. Your drawing is amazing and I hope this helps!
