John's Thread (Used to be super active! Still the longest thread name ever in CD)

[John]

Steeliebob - Thanks Steeliebob!
Artloader - Love the recommendation. I like Wlop's illustration. This is the first time I heard of his web comic. Thanks for this! And yeah, that comment about heroic proportions, you're probably the second one who commented on that. I will mull things over. Rest assured that will not be the final version. Unless my copy craps out that is! Knock on wood!

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I just recently found out that I don't know how to render a sphere. Apparently, the highlight isn't necessarily smacked down in the center of the lightest halftone.. I have to credit Hobitt again for the clarification.

http://www.huevaluechroma.com/021.php was the reading he sent me. I have yet to read it since my dyslexia keeps me from wanting to do it.


Here are two sphere studies:



And a botched attempt at doing a portrait:


Hmm.. I have to read/study more about simplification. I think that was were I made a huge mistake.. And looking at it now, the colors don't look good together..

Chalk another one up for failure. Must do more studies and exercises.