The Shading Course
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Welcome
Course Structure
Course Overview
Material List
Feedback Sessions
Feedback Sessions
Schedule Spring Term 2023
Community Platform
Your Intention
Set Your Intention
Before and After
Make Space
1 – How to Separate Light & Shadow
What is Light?
Separating Light & Shadow
Practice: Egg Sketches
Light Types
Practice: Eggsperiments
Practice: Terminator Studies
Photography Tips
2 – How to See 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
3 – How to Control Values
What are Values?
How to Draw Smooth Tones
Practice: Value Gradient
Practice: Value Couplet
Practice: Value Scale
4 – How to Organize Values
How to Organize Values
Practice: 4-Tone Value Study
Practice: 5-Tone Value Study
Limited Range
5 – How to Create Realistic Shading
Inclination & Brightness
Common Shading Mistakes
Practice: Halftone Quiz
Practice: The Perfect Egg
Practice: Shading Creatures
6 – How to Use Light Probes
Light Probes
Matte Surfaces
Reflective Surfaces
Fresnel Effect
Practice: Light Probes
7 – How to Show 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
8 – How to Invent Shading
Halfway-to-Black Shading
Practice: HTB Worm
Inventing Cast Shadows
Practice: HTB Head
Practice: Refined HTB Head
9 – How to Use Maquettes
Introduction to Maquettes
Practice: Physical Maquette
Practice: Digital Maquette
10 – Bringing it all together
Practice: Maquette Drawing
Seeing More
Your Progress
Your Feedback
Resources
Recommended Reading
Artist Psychology
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
Digital Cast Painting Sketch
Ambient Occlusion Paintover
Digital Maquette Extended
Roadmap & Change Log
Roadmap
Change Log
📼 Spring Term 2023 (Cohort 8)
Course Start
Feedback Module 1
Feedback Module 2
Feedback Module 3
📼 Summer Term 2022 (Cohort 7)
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
📼 Fall Term 2021 (Cohort 6)
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
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The Shading Course
Buy now
Learn more
Welcome
Course Structure
Course Overview
Material List
Feedback Sessions
Feedback Sessions
Schedule Spring Term 2023
Community Platform
Your Intention
Set Your Intention
Before and After
Make Space
1 – How to Separate Light & Shadow
What is Light?
Separating Light & Shadow
Practice: Egg Sketches
Light Types
Practice: Eggsperiments
Practice: Terminator Studies
Photography Tips
2 – How to See 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
3 – How to Control Values
What are Values?
How to Draw Smooth Tones
Practice: Value Gradient
Practice: Value Couplet
Practice: Value Scale
4 – How to Organize Values
How to Organize Values
Practice: 4-Tone Value Study
Practice: 5-Tone Value Study
Limited Range
5 – How to Create Realistic Shading
Inclination & Brightness
Common Shading Mistakes
Practice: Halftone Quiz
Practice: The Perfect Egg
Practice: Shading Creatures
6 – How to Use Light Probes
Light Probes
Matte Surfaces
Reflective Surfaces
Fresnel Effect
Practice: Light Probes
7 – How to Show 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
8 – How to Invent Shading
Halfway-to-Black Shading
Practice: HTB Worm
Inventing Cast Shadows
Practice: HTB Head
Practice: Refined HTB Head
9 – How to Use Maquettes
Introduction to Maquettes
Practice: Physical Maquette
Practice: Digital Maquette
10 – Bringing it all together
Practice: Maquette Drawing
Seeing More
Your Progress
Your Feedback
Resources
Recommended Reading
Artist Psychology
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
Digital Cast Painting Sketch
Ambient Occlusion Paintover
Digital Maquette Extended
Roadmap & Change Log
Roadmap
Change Log
📼 Spring Term 2023 (Cohort 8)
Course Start
Feedback Module 1
Feedback Module 2
Feedback Module 3
📼 Summer Term 2022 (Cohort 7)
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
📼 Fall Term 2021 (Cohort 6)
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
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