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Welcome
Course Overview
Material List
Feedback Sessions
Community Platform
Set Your Intention
Set Your Intention
Before and After
Make Space
Module 1: Light & Shadow
What is Light?
Separating Light & Shadow
Practice: Egg Sketches
Light Types
Practice: Eggsperiments
Practice: Terminator Studies
Photography Tips
Module 2: Light Effects
Modeling Factors Overview
Reflected Light
Halftones, Highlight, and Center Light
Ambient Light & Occlusion
Penumbra and Review
Practice: ModFac Hunting
Practice: Simple AO Study
Practice: Complex AO Study
Module 3: Value Control
What are Values?
How to Draw Smooth Tones
Practice: Value Gradient
Practice: Value Couplet
Practice: Value Scale
Module 4: Value Organisation
How to Organize Values
Practice: 4-Tone Value Study
Practice: 5-Tone Value Study
Limited Range
Module 5: Realistic Shading
Inclination & Brightness
Common Shading Mistakes
Practice: Halftone Quiz
Practice: The Perfect Egg
Practice: Shading Creatures
Module 6: Light Probes
Light Probes
Matte Surfaces
Reflective Surfaces
Fresnel Effect
Practice: Light Probes
Module 7: Showing Form
What is Form & Structure?
Geometric & Organic Form
7 Tools for Showing Form
Practice: Section Lines
Practice: Building Blocks
Practice: Crosshatching
Practice: Draw a Box
Module 8: Inventing Shading
Halfway-to-Black Shading
Practice: HTB Worm
Inventing Cast Shadows
Practice: HTB Head
Practice: Refined HTB Head
Module 9: Maquettes
Introduction to Maquettes
Practice: Physical Maquette
Practice: Digital Maquette
Practice: Maquette Value Study
Module 10: Final Project
Practice: Maquette Drawing
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Your Progress
Your Feedback
Resources
Recommended Reading
Artist Psychology
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
Digital Cast Painting Sketch
Ambient Occlusion Paintover
Quick Apple Paintover
Digital Maquette Extended
Roadmap & Change Log
Roadmap
Change Log
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The Shading Course
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Welcome
Course Overview
Material List
Feedback Sessions
Community Platform
Set Your Intention
Set Your Intention
Before and After
Make Space
Module 1: Light & Shadow
What is Light?
Separating Light & Shadow
Practice: Egg Sketches
Light Types
Practice: Eggsperiments
Practice: Terminator Studies
Photography Tips
Module 2: Light Effects
Modeling Factors Overview
Reflected Light
Halftones, Highlight, and Center Light
Ambient Light & Occlusion
Penumbra and Review
Practice: ModFac Hunting
Practice: Simple AO Study
Practice: Complex AO Study
Module 3: Value Control
What are Values?
How to Draw Smooth Tones
Practice: Value Gradient
Practice: Value Couplet
Practice: Value Scale
Module 4: Value Organisation
How to Organize Values
Practice: 4-Tone Value Study
Practice: 5-Tone Value Study
Limited Range
Module 5: Realistic Shading
Inclination & Brightness
Common Shading Mistakes
Practice: Halftone Quiz
Practice: The Perfect Egg
Practice: Shading Creatures
Module 6: Light Probes
Light Probes
Matte Surfaces
Reflective Surfaces
Fresnel Effect
Practice: Light Probes
Module 7: Showing Form
What is Form & Structure?
Geometric & Organic Form
7 Tools for Showing Form
Practice: Section Lines
Practice: Building Blocks
Practice: Crosshatching
Practice: Draw a Box
Module 8: Inventing Shading
Halfway-to-Black Shading
Practice: HTB Worm
Inventing Cast Shadows
Practice: HTB Head
Practice: Refined HTB Head
Module 9: Maquettes
Introduction to Maquettes
Practice: Physical Maquette
Practice: Digital Maquette
Practice: Maquette Value Study
Module 10: Final Project
Practice: Maquette Drawing
Seeing More
Your Progress
Your Feedback
Resources
Recommended Reading
Artist Psychology
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
Digital Cast Painting Sketch
Ambient Occlusion Paintover
Quick Apple Paintover
Digital Maquette Extended
Roadmap & Change Log
Roadmap
Change Log
📼 2023 Feedback Between Terms
Feedback 2 Aug 2023
Feedback 23 Aug 2023
Feedback 30 Aug 2023
Feedback 6 Sep 2023
Feedback 13 Sep 2023
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Welcome
4 Lessons
Course Overview
Material List
Feedback Sessions
Community Platform
Set Your Intention
3 Lessons
Set Your Intention
Before and After
Make Space
Module 1: Light & Shadow
7 Lessons
What is Light?
Separating Light & Shadow
Practice: Egg Sketches
Light Types
Practice: Eggsperiments
Practice: Terminator Studies
Photography Tips
Module 2: Light Effects
8 Lessons
Modeling Factors Overview
Reflected Light
Halftones, Highlight, and Center Light
Ambient Light & Occlusion
Penumbra and Review
Practice: ModFac Hunting
Practice: Simple AO Study
Practice: Complex AO Study
Module 3: Value Control
5 Lessons
What are Values?
How to Draw Smooth Tones
Practice: Value Gradient
Practice: Value Couplet
Practice: Value Scale
Module 4: Value Organisation
4 Lessons
How to Organize Values
Practice: 4-Tone Value Study
Practice: 5-Tone Value Study
Limited Range
Module 5: Realistic Shading
5 Lessons
Inclination & Brightness
Common Shading Mistakes
Practice: Halftone Quiz
Practice: The Perfect Egg
Practice: Shading Creatures
Module 6: Light Probes
5 Lessons
Light Probes
Matte Surfaces
Reflective Surfaces
Fresnel Effect
Practice: Light Probes
Module 7: Showing Form
7 Lessons
What is Form & Structure?
Geometric & Organic Form
7 Tools for Showing Form
Practice: Section Lines
Practice: Building Blocks
Practice: Crosshatching
Practice: Draw a Box
Module 8: Inventing Shading
5 Lessons
Halfway-to-Black Shading
Practice: HTB Worm
Inventing Cast Shadows
Practice: HTB Head
Practice: Refined HTB Head
Module 9: Maquettes
4 Lessons
Introduction to Maquettes
Practice: Physical Maquette
Practice: Digital Maquette
Practice: Maquette Value Study
Module 10: Final Project
4 Lessons
Practice: Maquette Drawing
Seeing More
Your Progress
Your Feedback
Resources
2 Lessons
Recommended Reading
Artist Psychology
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
4 Lessons
Digital Cast Painting Sketch
Ambient Occlusion Paintover
Quick Apple Paintover
Digital Maquette Extended
Roadmap & Change Log
2 Lessons
Roadmap
Change Log
📼 2023 Feedback Between Terms
6 Lessons
Feedback 2 Aug 2023
Feedback 23 Aug 2023
Feedback 30 Aug 2023
Feedback 6 Sep 2023
Feedback 13 Sep 2023
Feedback 27 Sep 2023
📼 Spring Term 2023 (Cohort 8)
11 Lessons
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📼 Summer Term 2022 (Cohort 7)
9 Lessons
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📼 Fall Term 2021 (Cohort 6)
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