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by Ahmed Aldoori in Med's Map

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Ahmed Aldoori

Art is the conveyance of fundamental human truth, regardless of barriers attempting to conceal it.

ASSIGNMENTS

Use the reference provided in the introduction to this lesson OR search and collect your own reference images of lighting that YOU feel are good lighting scenarios. (recommended)

As shown in the video, create a checkerboard egg and illuminate it based on each reference.Do this for 15 to 30 of these lighting studies on eggs.

HARD MODE
Instead of just black and white “squares”, try the same process with the squares colored as RGB or CMY. It'll be fun!

EPIC MODE
Design an egg based on a Fabergé egg, and light it in three interesting ways based on reference. You're also welcome to mix and match different lighting scenarios!

@elkad

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7mo

Here's my eggs! The RGB/CMY ones were tricky but I think they turned out okay

@elkad

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7mo

Did some self critiques/correcting mistakes after watching the week 9 critique vid. Main areas for improvement were: * General value accuracy * Making sure the core shadow is clear which is critical for the form to read as 3d * Making sure cast shadows and regular shadows properly wrap around the form otherwise it'll read as flat

Luke

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2yr

Here are the eggs, I'll put the portrait lighting practices in the replies

Luke

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2yr

Johnathan

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2yr

Wendy de Boer

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3yr

Oh man, this is completely different from what I expected! I totally thought that the checkerboard pattern itself was supposed to represent an appealing value structure for a portrait. XD

Myles Goethe

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3yr

Yeah I can never do things the easy way...it's how I learn xD

Nio

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3yr

Sorry about the image quality, I'm not sure why it came out so bad. By far my favorite assignment. I started on the background first for all of them to make sure my values wouldn't be messed up in later stages. I used the 'Multiply' layer for my values and 'Overlay' for colors. Sometimes I would add an 'Add (Glow)' layer for special occasions like #12. Then I would touch it up with a normal layer by adding gradients and strong rim lights when needed to really get the form to read. I struggle the most with ambient light. I had similar issues with ambient light when painting real faces in lesson 11 so any advice with how to tackle that would be really appreciated. Critiques always welcome