04-15-2023, 01:27 AM
Increased contrast doesn't look too good for darker skin tones in my opinion, and that's an issue I'm having with the refs: Too many badly taken photos with lighting that don't capture the skin tone well.
I need to give myself the chance to improve at values. It's not quite what I'm aiming that because it's hyperrealist, but take a look at Arinze Stanley's work when you can. That's the sort of value mastery I need to produce good portraits of darker skin tones. He doesn't crunch values up, he works mostly mid to dark tones.
Got around doing more arm studies and taking photos of them. I'm approaching it the same way the other parts, first just getting used to the outlines, then looking for ways to structure and loosen it up. Arms are the most challenging body part in my opinion, I'm doing some extra shape exploration after settling on a way to pin them onto torsos.
And yes, I'm aware the first ones are terrible. Outline exploration always look the worst because it has zero line rhythm and little proportion as well, yet I'm finding it a vital step in growing my visual library.
I need to give myself the chance to improve at values. It's not quite what I'm aiming that because it's hyperrealist, but take a look at Arinze Stanley's work when you can. That's the sort of value mastery I need to produce good portraits of darker skin tones. He doesn't crunch values up, he works mostly mid to dark tones.
Got around doing more arm studies and taking photos of them. I'm approaching it the same way the other parts, first just getting used to the outlines, then looking for ways to structure and loosen it up. Arms are the most challenging body part in my opinion, I'm doing some extra shape exploration after settling on a way to pin them onto torsos.
And yes, I'm aware the first ones are terrible. Outline exploration always look the worst because it has zero line rhythm and little proportion as well, yet I'm finding it a vital step in growing my visual library.