12-05-2024, 05:57 PM
TrashPanda: Absolutely and you're very welcome. Try to keep things simple, that's my best advice. We tend to over complicate everything as human beings. When it comes to referencing there are very many ways to use it, so you may want to put some focus on how to reference more and the various ways. Here are some of the ways that I use most in referencing, which I don't reference as much as I probably should because I'm stubborn and like to draw mostly from imagination:
1. Direct Referencing: Where you copy your reference exactly.
2. Cross Referencing: where you reference various images and parts of them to make a new one.
3. Light Source Referencing: Where you take the light patterns from a character in similar pose to what you have drawn from imagination or another reference and apply that lighting scenario on to the drawing. Most pose angles are going to be front, side, or 3/4 view.
Keep it simple starting off with the values and see if that helps you. Just start with 60% gray (mid-tone) as your base, and add shadows using 30% gray (darker mid-tone); work those two together under your line work till the forms start to read. You can always establish a light source first using 70% gray. I reserve 80% gray as my primary light source and 95% for my brighter light source like rim light or bright lights; anything about 95% is more in the specular highlight range and should be used sparingly.
Give it a try and see how it works out for you. You can always change up things how you'd like but all I'm trying to give here is some basic foundation and show the way I like to work and how I think of my values to keep things simple and work my way up.
Thank you and I'm glad you like the new prompt, I always try best to bring something new an interesting that everyone will enjoy for the sake of keeping our participation levels up and this forum alive.
1. Direct Referencing: Where you copy your reference exactly.
2. Cross Referencing: where you reference various images and parts of them to make a new one.
3. Light Source Referencing: Where you take the light patterns from a character in similar pose to what you have drawn from imagination or another reference and apply that lighting scenario on to the drawing. Most pose angles are going to be front, side, or 3/4 view.
Keep it simple starting off with the values and see if that helps you. Just start with 60% gray (mid-tone) as your base, and add shadows using 30% gray (darker mid-tone); work those two together under your line work till the forms start to read. You can always establish a light source first using 70% gray. I reserve 80% gray as my primary light source and 95% for my brighter light source like rim light or bright lights; anything about 95% is more in the specular highlight range and should be used sparingly.
Give it a try and see how it works out for you. You can always change up things how you'd like but all I'm trying to give here is some basic foundation and show the way I like to work and how I think of my values to keep things simple and work my way up.
Thank you and I'm glad you like the new prompt, I always try best to bring something new an interesting that everyone will enjoy for the sake of keeping our participation levels up and this forum alive.
LEGEND'S SKETCHBOOK_001
To all artists struggling to create and are intimidated by A.I. (anti-imagination)
"Everything has been done, but not by you"
To all artists struggling to create and are intimidated by A.I. (anti-imagination)
"Everything has been done, but not by you"