Secrets of Shading
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@neshas
7mo
I really enjoyed this lesson! I am struggling a bit to place the light, especially if the shapes are not flowing in the same direction, and some intersections show. All is done with a mechanical pencil, I have to buy the rest of materials.
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7mo
Super cool!
Heres something that might help you out. Try imagining a light bulb hanging above your subject. Form all of the shadow shapes out from that.
My drawing is overly simplified to exaggerate the idea.
Try to consolidate the bumps and details to the boundary of the light and shadow areas.
I really like the style of your drawing. Keep it up!
@tvndo
1yr
Really enjoyed this exercise and course, thank you Steven ! Here I struggled with the blending stump and getting finer lines
José Ignacio Cancino Vergara
2yr
I dont have al the materials so i had to blend with my finger and couldnt make the fancy details with eraser. Feedback from anyone would be very appreciated!
Martin
2yr
Denat
2yr
Fun exercise. I’ve learned a lot here, and I’m looking forward to building on this
Levi Kalden
2yr
I played a bit around after finally watching the course. Thanks a lot. Probably the most helpful course I have ever watched
@amydodsworth123
2yr
Brilliant course, thank you! Had fun doing this lesson. I’m about to try doing my own versions. Any tips would be appreciated.
Nuno Da Silva
2yr
My go at the tentacle
Blair George
2yr
Enjoyed this exercise!
Thomas Lofving
2yr
Some fleshy things.
Denat
2yr
This is very cool!
Andrew Wilson
2yr
Really like that first arm
Irene Walker
2yr
Not tried the 2 arms demo yet, put been practicing and came up with this humanoid spiders leg. Would love feedback if anyone has the time. Loving this course. Loving it!
José Ignacio Cancino Vergara
2yr
Hello! I like it a lot. I think the little lower portion of the leg should receive less light than the other parts (because its incidence angle is elevated) an there are some parts where the stroke of the pencil is very noticeable. Nice muscles!
Irene Walker
2yr
My first attempts. Top one is the 1st try, lower one second try. Any feedback would be very welcome.
José Ignacio Cancino Vergara
2yr
I like the blending in the the light/shadow part between the 2 drawings! Smoothyyy
Johnathan
2yr
Feebback is appreciated :)
Adriel Lazarus
3yr
Hey, Steven!
What is that pen-like eraser called? It's hard for me to find out in the online store where I am from: Singapore.
The brand you're using is Mono Zero, but what is it technically called?
Thanks, Boss!
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3yr
I suppose the general term for them would be an eraser with a pen-style body, and then just look for the finest tip you can. Pentel sells many similar ones and calls them "high polymer" erasers but I don't see many other companies using that term.
kurt elliott
3yr
First couple of goes at this exercise
Adriel Lazarus
3yr
❤️
@cfineran
3yr
Decided to try it.
I have a big question: I feel like I take a long time to try to figure out how to shade the forms. I get really really nervous and I don't know why. I haven't really done this before. Is it something that gets better with time?
Edit: I added an updated piece cause I felt I overdid the gray using a conte stick.
Paul Z
3yr
I don't know what exactly what you need to improve. I would first learn the science of how light and shadows work. Then draw a lot from life and learn from observation. The last step would be to shade from imagination. From your current drawing it is a bit unclear where the light source is coming from. Attached is my drawing from imagination. I am still learning too.
@gavin32
3yr
I had an attempt at the tentacle and then drawing my own. I got carried away and went way too big for my first go. I made a lot of mistakes along the way but it was fun to see it come together.
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3yr
Good job! I think they came out nice.
Gerard Leeson
3yr
Wish that’s what it looked like when I made mistakes.
Thieum
3yr
Looks great!
enji
3yr
Matt Abery
3yr
My attempt after watching part 5 & part 6 and I'm not sure how I feel about it but I could a lot better with adding the finer details but considering I'm working on a small drawing (half a page on A4) I pretty much found it difficult to do the small renders of the drawing. I don't really do imaginative drawings as I mostly draw from reference so this was a new horizon for me.
Off topic but whenever I take a picture of my drawings they seem to make it worse then they are or that might be a reflection of my drawing isn't rendered enough.
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3yr
I think it's a great start! Good job. It is true that photos tend to make pencil drawings look bad, but you're right that if you push it all the way to the other side nothing will stop it from looking good. I always prefer scanning my pencil drawings, but using a diffuse window light tends to work best for me when I can't do that- it does create a gradient across the photo however and usually requires a temperature adjustment. Your phone's editing tools usually have some options to address those, though.
@nikki112459
3yr
Sir there is nothing wrong with your drawing. Do some more using this technique and it will come like second nature.
@nikki112459
3yr
that is awsome
Richard Sperling
3yr
Just finished Part 5 (Shading from Imagination), and moved on to Part 6 (Tentacle Demo 2). I'm having a problem, however, since I can't find any way to view it in Full Screen mode. Unlike the earlier parts, this part has no controls in the frame, so it's either view it in small-screen mode, or skip it. Is there a solution to this problem, and, if so, what is it?
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3yr
This technical glitch should have been resolved by now- all good?
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