First attempt at shading
© 2021 Firi
Hi! This is my first attempt at shading during gesture practice! We have remnants of 1-min gestures on the top left, two 5-min gestures on the bottom left and a 10-min gesture on the right page! I would love to improve so any feedback or critique is very well appreciated!
Polyvios Animations
Nice job on how well you've rendered your bodies and poses, Firis.
Well, as I can plainly see and observe here above, I'm detecting some stiffness or rigidity of the lights and shadows. Would you like to work of the motions and movements of the lights, shadows, relationships, spaces, and edges with 163 more minutes of 30 second warm-up attitudes and poses? (163 x 60/30/9, 9780/30/9 days, 326/9=36 poses and studies a day)
The reason why you could do this critique is because, your lights,shadows, and their perceptions will become the least blandest, and the most dynamic, spontaneous, fluid, and livelier.
Good luck to you, and I hope you've found these positively and absolutely useful.
Well, as I can plainly see and observe here above, I'm detecting some stiffness or rigidity of the lights and shadows. Would you like to work of the motions and movements of the lights, shadows, relationships, spaces, and edges with 163 more minutes of 30 second warm-up attitudes and poses? (163 x 60/30/9, 9780/30/9 days, 326/9=36 poses and studies a day)
The reason why you could do this critique is because, your lights,shadows, and their perceptions will become the least blandest, and the most dynamic, spontaneous, fluid, and livelier.
Good luck to you, and I hope you've found these positively and absolutely useful.
Firi
Hi Polyvios! Thank you for your feedback!
It was the first time that I tried rendering shadows actually so I did it on top of the normal gestures I usually draw, which added a whole lot of work in the short space of time. I will try your suggestion! I guess it will change the workflow entirely, but hey, anything for learning!
Cheers,
Firis
It was the first time that I tried rendering shadows actually so I did it on top of the normal gestures I usually draw, which added a whole lot of work in the short space of time. I will try your suggestion! I guess it will change the workflow entirely, but hey, anything for learning!
Cheers,
Firis
TheWood
Hello, I like what you did for your quick sketches.As for shading , i suggest trying to make your dark tones darker , it will make the figure pop more (such as under the underwear and around the chest).
Firi
Hi TheWood!
Thank you for your feedback! Some days earlier, Denkobu (and even myself) pointed that out, and you're right: it makes the figure pop more, and I feel like it's more dramatizing! I only used a 2H pencil on the practice that you can see, which is a pretty light pencil. For that dramatization purpose, I just got myself a 8B pencil and some pencils in between 2H: very light and 8B: very dark, for variety. As you can imagine, it's awesome! But there are plenty of ways to do the shading, and yours which use the line density (i.e. more lines = darker, less lines = lighter) is great too!
Best art wishes,
Firis
Thank you for your feedback! Some days earlier, Denkobu (and even myself) pointed that out, and you're right: it makes the figure pop more, and I feel like it's more dramatizing! I only used a 2H pencil on the practice that you can see, which is a pretty light pencil. For that dramatization purpose, I just got myself a 8B pencil and some pencils in between 2H: very light and 8B: very dark, for variety. As you can imagine, it's awesome! But there are plenty of ways to do the shading, and yours which use the line density (i.e. more lines = darker, less lines = lighter) is great too!
Best art wishes,
Firis
I saw some good stuff here while looking for critiques to give later on, and I noticed the "sections" that you mention, with some in light shadow and some in pure black. It was very dramatizing and looked very good, very 3D! As for the anatomy, I'm in ever-learning state! What were the points that weren't good anatomically, just to know so I can focus on them?
Cheers,
Firis
PS: It was really kind of a rush, doing the shading at the same time as the gesture! I wasn't used to do that at all so I had to cut the quality of the gesture to practice shading!
I saw some good stuff while looking for critiques after posting this, and I noticed the "sections" that you mentioned, with some in light shadow and some other in very black shadows, and it looked very good, very 3D! As for the anatomy, I'm in ever-learning state! What were the points that weren't good anatomically so I can focus on them?
Cheers,
Firis
PS: It was kind of a rush doing the shading on top of the gestures in the same allocated slot of time! I had to cut on the quality of the gesture so I could fit in some shading practice!
Ps. No worries I'm still learning too, I'm trying to pass on tips as I improve myself. ^^