06-25-2013, 09:29 PM
Well it's all a question of exposure, It's not about it being black, it's about the proportions of dark to lights that is important in value studies. Look at the eyes on that latest value study, look how dark the is it around the eyes compared to the values in the rest of the image.
A photo will still look like a photo if you reduce the contrast, because the important thing is the value distribution(surely there is a term for this?) which shouldn't change whether you are using a full value range or a diminished range.
Does that make sense?
Edit: this image was already high key, so i thought i would do a quick paintover. :).
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A photo will still look like a photo if you reduce the contrast, because the important thing is the value distribution(surely there is a term for this?) which shouldn't change whether you are using a full value range or a diminished range.
Does that make sense?
Edit: this image was already high key, so i thought i would do a quick paintover. :).
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