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2mo
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I found the excercise quite challenging, after I did my first snail, so I decided to continue with the boots. Spent a lot of time on them, because boots almost always are my curse, although after that I felt courageous enough to try camel, ngl felt a lot easier than the boots haha.
@shadesea
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3mo
I am thrilled to begin my learning journey here with this course finally!! Same pear, soon going to try different pictures provided. The first pic is the one I did before the demo, and the second is the one after. Found myself struggling with seeing the difference between cast shadow and pear bottom where they meet, and I am still unsure if I got them right. What should I do next time I have this problem? Would like to get some advice on what to do next time I have the same struggle and some critique maybe? Thank you!
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3mo
Great improvement! There's definitely more control over both your medium and design. When it comes to the difference between the pear bottom and the cast shadow, this can be where your eye for simplification makes a decision for the exact point of division. Sometimes, the bottom of the object will be dark enough that it can be simplified into part of the cast shadow. I would suggest allowing the 2D shapes/values that you see have more influence on the decision rather than knowing exactly what object physically begins where and when, when it comes to simplifying values. It can even help to try this exercise with the image blurred (or by squinting your eyes), so that you get an idea for what the 2D abstracted image looks like, instead of the literal object. Hope this helps! :)
