Value Study
3yr
Redspur
Hi all. I did a digital value study of a statue yesterday that I wanted to share. My main focus was the values so I didn't sweat the facial features as much. Still, some advice on how to better capture the reference is always helpful, since I consistently struggle with measuring/accuracy.
Hair is unfinished... honestly not sure how to approach it here.
Attached is the piece and the reference. I'm pretty happy with it overall which is usually a sign I can't critique it myself. Any feedback is very welcomed. Thanks!
Something that you can try for hair: split it into into bigger shapes first before adding details.
You can more or less see several bigger “waves” (which can be abstracted as cylinders) on the side of the head that is facing us (hopefully attached image can explain this a bit).
And after you render these cylinders you can add shadows for individual strands. This will break up the shape but individual hair strands will stay conforming to the base structure of cylindrical waves
