The Shading Course
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Welcome
- Course Overview
- Material List
- Feedback Pass + Feedback Sessions
- Community Platform
- Private Coaching Session
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
- Photography Tips
- Practice: Terminator Studies
Module 2: Light Effects
- Modeling Factors Overview
- Reflected Light
- Halftones, Highlight, and Center Light
- Ambient Light & Occlusion
- Penumbra and Review
- Practice: ModFac Hunting
- Practice: AO Study 1 (2D)
- Practice: AO Study 2 (3D)
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: Shading Simple Forms
- Practice: The Perfect Egg
- Practice: Shading Creatures
Module 6: Light Probes
- Light Probes
- Matte Surfaces
- Reflective Surfaces
- Fresnel Effect
- Practice: Light Direction Quiz
- Practice: Light Direction
- 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 Composition Study
Module 10: Final Projects
- Practice: Maquette Drawing
- Practice: Next Level
- Closing the Circle
Resources
- Recommended Reading
- Artist Psychology
- Interactive Light & Shadow
📼 Spring Term 2024 (Cohort 10)
- Course Start
- Feedback Module 1
- Feedback Module 2
- Feedback Module 3
- Feedback Module 4
- Feedback Module 5
- Feedback Module 6
- Feedback Module 7
- Feedback Module 8
- Feedback Module 9
- Feedback Module 10
📼 Winter Term 2023 (Cohort 9)
- Course Start
- Feedback Module 1
- Feedback Module 2
- Feedback Module 3
- Feedback Module 4
- Feedback Module 5
- Feedback Module 6
- Feedback Module 7
- Feedback Module 8
- Feedback Module 9
- Feedback Module 10
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
- Digital Cast Painting Sketch
- Ambient Occlusion Paintover
- Quick Apple Paintover
- Digital Maquette Extended
Change Log
- Change Log

Practice: Value Gradient

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