@mcschweitzer Does he like squirrels?

@jenn Good observations, much appreciated! If you could change something about the second sketch, what would it be? Thanks again 🙂

@skeletortoise Hi. I'm doing the class Exterior Environment Design and there's another video about the style triangle in it (called Style) where Jake explains it more. He shows examples and one of them is between Realistic and Abstract.

@Kristen-Lango Thank you! It is such a fun course, definitely worth doing, even though I find drawing vehicles quite challenging. I look forward to seeing what you create when you take it. 🙂

@mcschweitzer Hahahaha! 😂 😂 Ahhh.... but it's a good wonky! 😉

I once tried to draw a bedroom scene in perspective using Procreate and I made the mistake of using straight lines for everything. Needless to say, the whole thing ended up looking incredibly boring, and I couldn't figure out why.

Now I know, you need to embrace the wonky!

@AngelinaKizz Thanks! That's helpful advice, to practice judging what looks right—I appreciate it! (And it ties in with one of my favorite things about David's class: how he encouraged us to develop an eye and an intuitive sense for what a square looks like in perspective, and to practice by observing, guessing, and correcting.)

@davidhohn Okay awesome! I am looking forward to the day when my brain and eye see the grid naturally.

Thank you again for your help with perspective. It’s an area of drawing that I have neglected and needed some quality instruction in. Turns out it’s very satisfying to be able to make something look like it belongs in space.
🙂

okay update I re-did the drawing because I found it easier to do so, how does it look now? 🤔
72F73ECF-2980-420E-80A2-C744C3F988F6.png 580FB64B-086D-4CDF-8DDC-5EDE5D0D0A00.png

@davidhohn Thank you. Thanks for the great course!

Wow thats so pretty it reminds me of studio ghibli. 😄

@HeatherB Oh, excellent! It made such a difference watching Shane draw and seeing that it isn't some mythical, magical process (start with a reference, make a really basic rough, and go from there).

I really enjoyed the concept design section where you throw together a bunch of shapes to come up with a cool silhouette. That was eye-opening for me and could easily be used for character and set design as well.

I thought I'd start a thread to share my SVS coursework as I work through them. First here's the first assignment from Light and Shadow for Illustrators, an analysis of the usage of local tone in some artworks I like:

06-03-svs-light-and-shadow-assignment-1-color.jpg
06-03-svs-light-and-shadow-assignment-1-grayscale.jpg

I'm quite a scattered artist, the type who will probably fluctuate over a wide range of styles over time, and I admire many different styles too, from the more graphic and stylized to the more realistic, as you can tell from the selected works.

So here are the few artists that I picked out, go check them out!

Chris Chatterton
https://www.chrischatterton.com/

Nathan Fowkes
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/WmybJ

Kangmi Yoon
https://afcc.com.sg/2022/big-gallery/category/submissions#gallery-49

David Revoy (of course!)
@davidrevoy
https://www.davidrevoy.com/
https://www.peppercarrot.com/

阿果 （Lee Kow Fong)
https://www.leekowfong.com/

Andina Subarja
https://afcc.com.sg/2022/big-gallery/category/submissions#gallery-9

九六胡椒
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8wOy1x

Lee White
https://www.leewhiteillustration.com/

Bobby Chiu
https://www.imaginismstudios.com/bobby-chiu/

Evelyn (EorG) Ghozalli
https://afcc.com.sg/2022/big-gallery/category/submissions#gallery-23

(artworks in color and grayscale to see value more clearly)

In terms of how they use local tone, most tend to have a very clear value contrast between character and background, and also frame key parts of the character (eg. face) with value contrast in local tone.

Chris mostly uses colors to contrast character and surrounding props, as their value is mostly the same.

Whereas Nathan Fowkes really draws the viewer's eye along the river towards the plume of smoke by having a very light river, surrounded by mid-value foliage, contrasted against the dark tones of the foreground and smoke.

Kangmi's characters are more backlit by the dusk glow, though I do feel the characters could stand out even more by lightening them up a bit against the mountain foliage.

David's character is mostly dark against the sky, but her face is nicely framed by her dark hair. Carrot is about the same value as the sky so the color plays an important role in contrast here.

Kow Fong's pieces actually have quite a limited value range, and contrast is achieved more from complementary colors. It would be interesting to see how the piece would look if the value contrast were accentuated a bit more.

Andina's piece has the characters, foreground, and props contrasted beautifully against a stark white background, with a very clean look. The effect is great.

九六胡椒 actually puts a light character against a light background. The darker bottom and red rope-sash help to anchor it, but they really depend on linework and shading to make the character stand out against the white moon. Also effective in a different way.

Lee clearly separates subject (tent, foreground), middleground (forest) and background (grey-brown sky) with value differences. Again very clean and nice.

Bobby is painting primarily dark creatures against a light background. The flying tapir wolf-thing (the largest creature) is a great example of using dark patches to outline a predominantly light character, as well as shading to produce value contrast even when local tone of creature and background are similar.

Evelyn is doing something similar to Bobby as well, outlining the crane's white wings with the black tips against a light background. But the crane's light is also contrasted sharply against a darkish blue-green sky, and it's dark legs sit on white ground. I really like this too!

You've done really good! I really struggle with perspective. Its one of those classes I need to watch a few times 😃

And these are the next three I drew:
Abbott_Elementary_jacob_janine_greg.png
I think the style shifted while I was drawing them, and maybe I need to circle back.
Also, in trying to capture the characters, I didn't exaggerate the shapes as much as I meant to. I might try again some time. I think it is hard, because I'm afraid of exaggerating too much. It feels rude somehow. I wonder if anyone else finds that?

@PenAndrew haha yup! 😂

@Solomon-Designs wow I really like your style! It looks very organic and I like how you have so much detail in the background but it blends in really nicely and doesn't compete with the focal points. They are so many little nuggets that add to the story. And I like the new coloring as well. I think perhaps the lizard looks very blue yet, like the light that is hitting him isn't coloring him the same way that it's coloring the room, so if you warm up the greens a bit where the light is directly hitting him (maybe to match the green in his painting and on his color palette) he might look more integrated into his environment. But as it is now, he pops out more and you might prefer that. Love it!

@chloekrog Much better. More focused.

Nice post, thank you

E742010A-B68A-497E-B7C4-7935D65170F6.jpeg

What do we think with the first rough sketches? Should I just make them their human counterparts?

Camping turtle!11 I decided to go with the tradition idea of the turtle living inside. I had plans to add a fan and maybe some decor, but decided to keep it simple.

Hiding_Dog 4.jpg