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The Shading Course

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Welcome

  • Shading Course Overview
  • Material List
  • Feedback Sessions
  • Community Platform (Discord)
  • Private Coaching Session

Set Your Intention

  • Set Your Intention
  • Before and After
  • Make Space
  • Assignment Checklist

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 Couplets
  • ✍️ 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: Update Your Intention
  • 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

Bonus Demos & Paintovers

  • Feedback: Working Big to Small
  • Feedback: Apple Still-Life
  • Feedback: How to Compose with Focal Points
  • Feedback: Graphite Portrait Drawing
  • Demo: Digital Cast Painting Sketch
  • Demo: Digital Maquette Extended (Blender)
  • Demo: Halfway-to-Black Head (Blender)
  • Demo: Ambient Occlusion Paintover
  • Demo: Sphere Painting Feedback
  • Demo: Ambient Occlusion is Gradients!

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