two skull renderings

[nova]

recent downtime. have been carrying skull around in paper bag from home to work. here's the result:

http://www.geocities.com/darkpinkwink/skull01.txt
http://www.geocities.com/darkpinkwink/skull02.txt

[Hive_minD]

cool great work.... your very talented!

Hive_minD

[omarpac]

nice sense of form there
how did u achieve that
am still a beginner can u give some tips

[Dizon]

very nice! I would like to see more of that stuff

[dorian]

pretty solid!
the left eye of the 2nd one looks too small to me, and there are some other lines that don't look 100% correct, very few, though.

i'd love to see a fully rendered drawing!


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[nova]

yayy late reply time. seems like i only get some time to reply on the weekends..

thanks guys :)

patdzon~ there might be more.. as long as i can get bored



omarpac~ here's a diagram for you.

http://www.geocities.com/darkpinkwink/shadow.txt


let me try to give you a few tips without going crazy :) my main focus on these drawings was finding the 'core shadow' of every form. this is a key in making something look 3d. the core shadow is a thin shadow that is the darkest dark of every form [depending on the local color. the area between the core shadow and the light is called 'halftone'. the areas [in this picture] between the cast shadow and core shadow is the reflected light. there's usually light in the shadow.

so anyway, i took a class from juliette aristides, who made us all focus on getting the line of the core shadow just right. [this is also the edge of the the shadow shape, by the way.] this was such an effective method, i can't believe i hadn't learned it before.

simplifying the shape is as important as getting this shape correct. another thing i focused on was the shape on the edges. i drew a lot of straight lines because it's easier that way :) then you can take a simple, lightly-drawn, correct drawing and shade the areas you want to focus on, which is why i didn't completely render it all. that's boring to me, a waste of time and has no focus.

anyway... ahh i wish i could give you a few tips and that would be all, but it takes a lot of studying, practice and learning lots of things.

~ l

[Icey]

very artistic line and shadding!! :) love your style!

be careful at the eye sockets - they tend to be too small, and one smaller than the other...

keep up with this! :)

[nova]

hey dorian & icey ~ thanks for the tip! i will watch out for the eye sockets. i think it has something to do with trying a perspective trick, but basically i'm just retarded :) thanks again! ~l

[rambhat]

These are great studies, I really like the shadow shape on that first one. I don't think I've followed your work enough to know if you've already done this, but I'd love to see this rendering method on some life drawing.

[CreationEdge]

Thanks for the tip on the core shadow. Once you explained I looked back at your skulls and saw exactly what you meant. I think you did an excellent job on it in the first picture. I will have to try this practice out now.