08-09-2018, 08:41 AM
This is Dragon Ball, right? I think, as it is, it gives you more info on how to do lighting in terms of composition (i.e., how to spread dark, medium and light values across the page), but not that much on what values to choose. Since with values, it's all about the relationships between them, I don't think using only three for such complex backgrounds makes for a very productive study. I think you should try to use at least 5 different colors for this. It would make it easier and more productive.
One thing I have to say, is that you use your whites to indicate both light and color of the object. I would choose one or the other. For example, in the first frame white shows both the light on the building and the color of the road. This makes it confusing, since it looks like the road is very shiny, which I'm sure is not the case in the original. I would personally focus on only showing light with white, core shadow with grey and cast shadow with black. If this means that the road is now indistinguishable from the grass, so be it. Because that's not the point, the point is to see how how certain objects are lit in a scene. Same can be said for the last image. White on black probably used to indicate color rather than light, but if we look at it from light perspective, it looks like there are some gloving objects in the sky.
One thing I have to say, is that you use your whites to indicate both light and color of the object. I would choose one or the other. For example, in the first frame white shows both the light on the building and the color of the road. This makes it confusing, since it looks like the road is very shiny, which I'm sure is not the case in the original. I would personally focus on only showing light with white, core shadow with grey and cast shadow with black. If this means that the road is now indistinguishable from the grass, so be it. Because that's not the point, the point is to see how how certain objects are lit in a scene. Same can be said for the last image. White on black probably used to indicate color rather than light, but if we look at it from light perspective, it looks like there are some gloving objects in the sky.