Value was our point of focus this week. We took an lined illustration from the artist Frank Frazetta, and utilized lights and darks to produced value where we believed light fell on the subject. I chose this cool Barbarian and his pet panther (totally head canon.)
First off, I blocked out values with solid shades of gray, determining what would be a lighter or darker feature of the Barbarian
Once I filled in all the values accordingly (like a high level coloring book), I determined where my light source was coming from (the top left corner) and began adding dark tones and shading curvatures as I saw fit
Then it was onto the lighter tones, in which I focused on highlights and where light hit the brightest. Once implemented, it really broke up the flat tones I laid out previously, even more so than when I just did the dark tones
I tweaked a bit more, then added a gradient background and produced shadows
All in all, a fun little project that really emphasized the importance to lighting and shadows, and how they work on different forms
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