Basic Shading
Posted On 06-09-2008 , 1:30 PM
This weekend was the first international Drawing Day. Unfortunately, as I did not have internet access over the weekend, so I am posting my drawing today.
A few weeks ago I bought a book on basic shading. The book talked about shading the basic values of a picture and then slowly forming the details.
How the Style Differs:
This is about opposite of my normal style as I normally draw the basic outline of an image, slowly brining in the detailed shading of a face, a shirt, an arm, etc. I start with one feature and work outward, rather than doing the basic shading of the whole image, then getting more and more detailed.
My Opinion:
The basic shading process was rather odd for me, and I think that the resulting image didn’t turn out very well. Each of the faces of the siblings in the image is off by just enough that it does not look like the individuals that I was drawing. Each sibling appears more cartoonish than I had intended.
The basic shading was good, but as the details were added the overall personality of the image was lost. I am happy with individual parts of the Sibling image, but not the whole.
For example:
- The shading on the black shirt I feel is good
- The hair on each figure is good
- I even really like the basic leave structure in the background (which I chose not to bring from basic shading into higher detail).
However, the facial features did not hold true to the individuals. Value is good, but there was such focus on that area that the features themselves changed. The male sibling in white is the only one whose features I am satisfied at all with, but the smile is off, as if the lips were not brought out enough.
Overall, I think that this simple value technique may work (with more practice), but I am not convinced it is a technique for me. I will try basic shading like this again, but probably not for a while.
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Comment
| | 1. | Anika - Thanks for the praise on my site. You have a lot of really interesting stuff, too! Keep up the good work.
- Blake
- by Blake, 06-22-2008, 8:13 AM
| | 2. | Dear Anika,
Interesting experiment with new way of shading.
I also prefer to outline an image first and then I work upon separate parts of the image to a certain level. I finish by tweeking the picture as a whole.
It's good to challenge yourself by experimenting with new techniques.
Bye for now Shirley
Reply:
Shirley,
I agree that it's good to challenge yourself. I make it a habit to try something new when I discover it. The book I bought talked about shading this way and it was very fun to try. It was very interesting to see how the picture evolved.
Regards ~
Artist Anika |
- by Shirley , 06-16-2008, 5:17 PM
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