01-12-2025, 05:45 PM
(01-12-2025, 08:11 AM)Noone Wrote: Hi Anvar, these are some nice explorations. I feel like your lighting work could benefit from more control and usage of atmospheric perspective, especially in the backgrounds, but also within the figures themselves.There is a very distinct separation of layers going on at different depths, and some atmosphere would help things sit in volumetic space better. Your figures are lacking in volume in quite a few areas also and I also think part of that is probably due to going a little too flat and dark in your shadow areas and not paying attention to form plane changes. Some more ambient light might help. I also think while colour dodge or screen can quickly put in nice bounce light effects, the effect can be overused, and causes a very abrupt looking light dropoff, with hotspots. I would use it a bit more subtly and/or paint back into the effect to tone down the drop off a bit more
Hey, Noone, thanks so much for great advice! Yeah, I definitely see it more now how I use flat darks as a tool to pretty much hide form. I did not realize it before, but that's definitely what I am doing. Going to implement more form emphasis and definitely more atmospheric light.
And very much on point with the layer effects as well. I am not a fan of different layer modes, but it does a lot of damage, and it does so quickly. It is a crutch nonetheless, and it has to be either completely eliminated or used very subtly, I agree.
Thanks a lot for great feedback, you have a keen eye.