11-08-2019, 07:31 PM
The problem with the volume is due to your figure leaking range of value.Black and white on a white background rarely ever give a sensation of volume.I won't go into why exactly right now.Right now value is not in my opinion your top priority.
If your still struggling with proportion and angle i would not advise to work on shadow that are soft yet.
Here what i suggest you practice primary first line quality, angle and proportion.Once those thing are well establish and you have receive feed back go and try to place the hard edge shadow.I suggest working in this way as to not overload you with step and to simply feedback into 2 section one being the accuracy stage(line quality,angle and proportion) and the second into value stage(just the hard edge shadow)
For example here you would have the leg cast shadow, the hand casting is shadow and the pit of the neck just to name those.Note that on one side of the pit of the neck the shadow transition is softer on the left and if you compare it harder on the right just indicate the left since it the harder one.
If your still struggling with proportion and angle i would not advise to work on shadow that are soft yet.
Here what i suggest you practice primary first line quality, angle and proportion.Once those thing are well establish and you have receive feed back go and try to place the hard edge shadow.I suggest working in this way as to not overload you with step and to simply feedback into 2 section one being the accuracy stage(line quality,angle and proportion) and the second into value stage(just the hard edge shadow)
For example here you would have the leg cast shadow, the hand casting is shadow and the pit of the neck just to name those.Note that on one side of the pit of the neck the shadow transition is softer on the left and if you compare it harder on the right just indicate the left since it the harder one.