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Vue Thao
Her eyeballs aren't that big. Just her eye sockets. If her eyes are big there's no room for the tear duct.
@greenleaf
10mo
Thanks, you save me...
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@greenleaf
10mo
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Is Human eye size this big?
Peter Anton
You might start by doing a color wheel and learning the primaries, secodary, and tertiary colors. Learn the definitions of hue, value, and saturation. Then do some color studies from masterful paintings, just trying to copy the colors. Most of the time when a color looks off, it's the value. You can usually get away with incorrect color if the value is correct Janes Gurney's Color and Light is a great book. Nathan Fowke's courses on Schoolism are also great
@greenleaf
3yr
thank you =)
Yiming Wu
Well @Marco Bucci 's 10 minutes to better painting is my go-to recommendation there. You don't learn "colouring" by itself, it's a system that works together with other elements that forms a image.
@greenleaf
3yr
thank, gonna check that later..
Izak van Langevelde
I support Sonja Müller's suggestion to do color studies. In addition, pick up some color theory. Some suggestions are http://www.huevaluechroma.com, http://handprint.com/HP/WCL/wcolor.html Definitely study Johannes Itten's seven colour contrasts.
@greenleaf
3yr
thanks, langevelde
Sonja Müller
What exactly do you mean? Do you mean the color theory? Or technical questions? Coloring with watercolor, colored pencil and digital medium have very different approaches. Do you mean decisions about color schemes? Do you mean light and shadow? If you mean basic understandig, there are tons of great videos here (highly recommend Marco Bucci) and on youtube about color theory. What is generally very helpful is to make colorstudies of paintings you like or even fotos. It trains your eye and often you will be very surprised about how greta artists use colors.
@greenleaf
3yr
I mean like A platform Or something like that, that give you some information and after that Ask you to applying that information in a Exercise. because for me, i feel like the proses is like: you watch something and try to remember that, if you forget it then rewatch
Gannon Beck
One thing animators do is act out scenes and photograph themselves. You can do this, or have a model act out a scene when you' are taking reference. One story Norman Rockwell talks about in his autobiography involves a teacher coming up to him and asking what he is drawing. I'm paraphrasing here as I don't have the book with me at the moment, but Rockwell says he is drawing a kid fishing. The teacher asks, "Why does he need to catch a fish? Does his father beat him if he doesn't? You have to know." This stuck with Rockwell and I think contributed to why his paintings are so well thought out. Take "Homecoming Marine", which is one of my favorites. Notice how everyone is leaned in, seemingly hanging on every word. Also notice how the small boy is sitting so close to the Marine that their legs touch. Generally, we only let family members into our personal space that way. Rockwell's characters aren't just posing--they're acting. I think this is what separates Rockwell from other artists that have the technical skill, but lack the ability to bring the subject's thoughts and feelings to the surface. I've seen many a painting that is technically accurate, but nevertheless looks as if someone is posing in a studio in a costume. If you like to read, I would suggest "Acting: The First Six Lessons" by Richard Boleslavsky. It will give you insights into the craft of acting and can help you pose your characters in ways that communicate what they are thinking and feeling.
@greenleaf
3yr
thanks, gonna check it now
John Guy
I'm not sure what you mean by "Body Language"? Do you mean how to express a character through their poses? If so, there is a lot to talk about there. I just gave a lecture on it to my storyboard class. To break it down into quick tips: 1- Give the pose a clear line of action. 2- Give the pose a strong silhouette. If the drawing was filled in with solid black and no details were visible you should still have some idea what the character is doing. 3 - The hierarchy of expressiveness in a pose is eyes, face, hand, entire rest of the body. This means that the eyes are the most expressive part, followed by the face and so forth. 4 - The eye mask is the area of the face and eyes including the eyes, eyelids, eyebrows and upper cheeks, make sure this area is expressive. 5 - Eye direction is important to make a character look like they are thinking. Make sure the character is looking at what is important to them. 6 - Exaggerate the pose and expressions. Make the story and emotional purpose of the pose as clear as possible.
@greenleaf
3yr
thanks you john :), Do you mean how to express a character through their poses?? Greenleaf: yes, but i want know the limit of
Arielle Ronin
Hi greenleaf. I would recommend to view the proko gesture drawing course :)
@greenleaf
3yr
thank for The information sky :)
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