Vitor sketchbook

[Dominicque]

Nice to see you work out the locomotion on that Cheetah! I think you would be a good animator. Would love anytips on how to map out the shadows on figures.

A good starting point would be to consider two values and two edges at first.

OK. I'm trying to visualise how to do this. Do you mean the edge of the shadow shapes, but that's only one edge? Unless the line is the other?

It's a binary way of thinking you only have two values: one for light and one for dark. There are also two types of edges: a hard edge for cast shadows and a soft edge for form shadows. This is a really basic explanation there's more to consider but it's a good starting point.

I get the thing about values, but I was just trying to picture how/where to place the shadow line(s) to show the form. But, I think it may have clicked with the second sentence. Soft edges for forms. Great.