Week02 - transmission and emission

For homework, build a still life based around an emissive shape, such as a shaded lamp, paper lantern, nightlight... etc.

Populate your still life with objects of varying translucency, and for a bonus, some emissive objects as well. 

Spend no more than 3 hours on it, and please bring a photo of it to class next week. 

Week01

create a lighting scene with 4 primitive objects.

1. emissive shape

2. 2 lamps (one point light and one spot light)

3. make two lights colored.

4 plot overhead diagram

5. Add ambient dome

 

week 8

 Thumbnail progress

material study:

For next week.. being in a color thumbnail, lit and without linework, as well as a photo reference library.

Thumbnailing

For next week, bring in a folder of photo references which relate to your image. Also continue to work in a low-res thumbnail and bring in a value (or color) version.

Maquette painting

In this exercise, we use a live object reference, but then deviate from a literal reproduction, and introduce made-up elements.

For homework, continue to refine thumbnails either in pencil or value.

Thumbnailing practice

For homework, do some very simple thumbnail sketches toward the final illustration. It should contain a character in an environment and include some narrative element.
Also it should contain some kind of hair or cloth. Bring in at 2-3 next week,

Face swap

For homework:
Find a photo of a face. Paint the face as it appears. Do as much as possible without using the eyedropper.
Then using a mirror,  use your own face as a reference first to mimic the expression from the photo, and then to alter it.

week 3 dynamic lighting still life

Create another still life with two lamps. 

1. Paint for an hour with one lamp

2. After an hour-ish, make a new layer and turn on the second lamp

3. Bring two photos, one from each lighting situation.

4. Limit time to 3 hrs.

week2 still life

For homework, do a still life painting with 2 light sources... preferably two lamps of different types.

1. Any kind of material is OK
2. Limit to 3 hours.
3. Bring a reference photo

week 1 light logic

create a lighting scene with 4 primitive objects.
1. emissive shape
2. 2 lamps (one point light and one spot light)
3. make two lights colored.
4 plot overhead diagram

week 9

week 10

week 8 colored still life