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@jalal
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5mo
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Level 1
Points to observe: overlaps (being consistent too back to front), no parallels and tension areas..
I am not always sure how to use the flippers to support the gesture. I understand everything has to somehow lead to same direction, but I could have gotten that wrong
Will keep trying – but certainly this exercise and the shape design are very enjoyable…
@jalal
5mo
@jalal
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5mo
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Horrible scans, using light weight paper is a curse, and not level 2 - but anyways
Observations:
- I can be a little more creative and perhaps bolder in working the shapes..
- Been too safe in choosing similar shapes (ie squares with squares , circles with circles) which might
coherent, but I should have explored mixing different shapes (squares with circles)
- should have tried different angles to see how the shapes would work
Hey, I think you did a nice job simplifying your shapes. You're right that combining shapes will give you more options in your designs. Like your first rooster has a nice mix of triangles, squares and circles - you could try keeping the same variety in your Level 2 designs but just push one shape more heavily so that the overall impression is that of, say, a round character, with a big round silhouette, even though there might be some smaller triangles and squares within, instead of every single shape having to be a circle.
Another thing I noticed is that even though you changed up the 3 basic shapes in your Level 2 designs, you kept the components of the faces the same size in each design. For example, with your hippos, most of them are roughly 2/3 eye window and 1/3 snout. You can change these proportions a lot, and try something more exaggerated like 1/5 eye window and 4/5 snout. Same goes for varying the size of the eyes, nostrils, etc. Also placement - you could place the ears on the sides, move the eyes down, etc.
Re: lightweight paper, I haven't tried this with scans but when I take photos of thin paper and other drawings show through, an easy fix is to just place a few sheets of printer paper underneath the page you're taking a photo of. I imagine that could also work for scans?
ceres
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6mo
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My rhino assignment - did it digital since I just moved and my printer isn't set up yet. But definitely want to practise with traditional as well. :)
@jalal
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6mo
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Eager to see the demo!
The hierarchy of importance can be subjective.. to me, the head and horns had first priority, then overall body then other details.. I tried to make it homogeneous (so that the levels are not that different)..
The shadows is a little more difficult. The beast has many wrinkle which makes the choices.. I keep asking myself if every shadow was important (which brings me back to hierarchy of importance!).
Done on software, so the proportions are just copied..
@jalal
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6mo
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To be honest – I had to review the instructions a few times to remind myself that I need to sketch loosely!
I think the point of the this exercise is to loosely make a stroke, give your mind time to catch up then attempt the next stroke.
Varying success:
1- In the VR Girl, I lost my way in simplifying the right hand.
2- Penguin, proportions were off.
3- Spiderman hand, not sure if this should be cleaner..
@jalal
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6mo
First attempt at Pearl 2 (photo provide by the course).
Much harder than it actually seems.
1. The two shadow values are not clearly visible on the pearl itself (or at least not to me). I could only see very edge of the pearl being darker.
2. Could have made the lighter halftone a little lighter (hence the advice to shade in layers which takes an awfully long time)
3. I attempted to show the plane changes with different values (except for the darker spots on the pearl's skin) - That is, as much as it seemed logical to me given the form of the pearl
4. The outline on the right is a cheap way to avoid darkening the background
5. Tried to make the shapes (overall outlines and the planes) connected and less fragmented – guess this needs more deliberate thinking than I had put into them..
I shaded in different directions with the first pear tho to make it seem more 3d (like Proko did in the demo). I'd say that only the very bottom form shadow is the core shadow. Overall I like what you did to make the pear look 3d
P.S. i agree that shading in layers takes suuper long to finish haha
@jalal
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7mo
A second attempt - would appreciate any constructive feedback.
My notes:
1- The shapes need to be readable from a distance (looks okay when zoomed out)
2- Tried to shade to show form (I did but not very successfully)
3- I tried to separate the two values for core and reflected shadows. Reflected could be a little darker
4- Light halftone could be a little darker so that the highlight could become more visible.. (which then needs reflected shadow to be even darker)
5- The cast shadow is a little messy
6- Paper became too dirty (very visible when scanning!)
Other than what you said I would add that maybe looking at how Proko shaded the pear in different directions would help. Thanks for the first tip it never crossed my mind.
