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Dedee Anderson Ganda
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added comment inDaily Drawing With Timer Challenge
Pardon if you dont mind that I sneaks in so that I have accountability to do timed drawing daily^^
1 min gesture drawing
Jyayasi (*Jay-o-she*)
11h
Welcome to the thread! These are cool gestures!
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Level 2 assignment
I enlarged the last one as I really wanted to use the extra 2 values in it. I tried to make these as different from each other as possible.
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7h
Woah. These are sick.
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Level 1 assignment
I have a doubt regarding this. For this particular assignment, are we supposed to think about the logic of the direction of light or just go for aesthetically pleasing placement of different value groups?
I understand that I should put emphasis on whatever I choose to prioritize, like the light or the face or the hair or hands, but my confusion is whether in each thumbnail I should decide the values after establishing a certain light direction or go for the aesthetically pleasing design and then figure out the lighting?
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10h
I agree with Melanie here. Good design is king. If you think changing the light direction will improve the composition then go for it. Play with that idea. But keep in mind that one of the reason we use reference is because inventing realistic lighting is very difficult. In real projects, I usually don't change the light direction too much. Maybe subtle things like changing the shape of a cast shadow, or shifting a shadow a little to expose more of a cheek bone, etc. but if I decide that I want the light to switch sides, I will just search for different reference or take a different photo.
Since this is an exercise targeting exploration and design, I say don't let what I just said be limiting factor. Explore anything you want.
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1d
If I'm understanding your question correctly -- I think good design is king and whichever decisions you make to arrive there is up to you. There are endless combinations of local value and lighting that you can explore. I don't think there's a "correct" way to do so. Do whatever you think would look cool! You did a great job with these thumbnails :)
Gannon Beck
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6d
Here are the thumbnail sketches of a children's book project I'm working on with some friends. The book is about a little boy super hero that repels an alien invasion.
While these thumbnails might be hard for anyone but me to understand, just getting something down is a critical part of the process. It was mentally exhausting, but I was able to do it in just over two hours. The white of a blank page--not to mention a whole book--can be intimidating and I find that even a rough scribbly start does a great deal to tame it.
