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6/25/2025, 8:39:14 AM
>>7620018
Hey, same anon from before. Looks like you started using some hard shading, but that airbrush still looks god awful. Honestly I should've told you to not use it at all since it's not as straightforward to use as it seems. It looks more like you're using it without knowing exactly why other than the fact that light is shining down on her face/boobs/shoulders/wherever. Whereas light from above doesn't really look like that. It's hard to explain since good lighting requires good forms, which this doesn't have, and which I want to talk about next.
The forms are still very flat! Though I expected as much, you can't get perfect forms overnight. Left side of the crit is what your forms look like right now. Imagine them as pieces of paper placed down on a table. They don't cast any shadows and don't convey any sort of depth. Right is an example of good (ish) forms. They look 3-dimensional and convey proper depth, where they are in relation to the other parts of the body and which direction they face or extend. The fact that they have clear tops and bottoms make them VERY important for placing cast shadows (the shadows cast by an object) and form shadows (the shadows ON an object).
If you haven't already, check out Perspective Made Easy for a good understanding of perspective and drawing the 3rd dimension. I still cannot understate just how important understanding good forms can improve many other aspects of drawing. It's something you gotta practice for a while, but once you get the hang of it everything just clicks. Also check out these videos for lighting tips, they explain lighting way better than I ever could:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3WmrWUEIJo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcCJ2CU-bFw (this one's more for painting, but it's still useful for picking the right values and where shadows appear)
Hey, same anon from before. Looks like you started using some hard shading, but that airbrush still looks god awful. Honestly I should've told you to not use it at all since it's not as straightforward to use as it seems. It looks more like you're using it without knowing exactly why other than the fact that light is shining down on her face/boobs/shoulders/wherever. Whereas light from above doesn't really look like that. It's hard to explain since good lighting requires good forms, which this doesn't have, and which I want to talk about next.
The forms are still very flat! Though I expected as much, you can't get perfect forms overnight. Left side of the crit is what your forms look like right now. Imagine them as pieces of paper placed down on a table. They don't cast any shadows and don't convey any sort of depth. Right is an example of good (ish) forms. They look 3-dimensional and convey proper depth, where they are in relation to the other parts of the body and which direction they face or extend. The fact that they have clear tops and bottoms make them VERY important for placing cast shadows (the shadows cast by an object) and form shadows (the shadows ON an object).
If you haven't already, check out Perspective Made Easy for a good understanding of perspective and drawing the 3rd dimension. I still cannot understate just how important understanding good forms can improve many other aspects of drawing. It's something you gotta practice for a while, but once you get the hang of it everything just clicks. Also check out these videos for lighting tips, they explain lighting way better than I ever could:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3WmrWUEIJo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcCJ2CU-bFw (this one's more for painting, but it's still useful for picking the right values and where shadows appear)
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