week 3 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 1 light logic review

HW assignment

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



Essential hotkeys:

hotkey essentials

B = brush

E = eraser

Space = pan

Alt or option = color picker

X = exchange colors

Tab = turn off menus

Z=zoom

[  ]  = brush size

Tab= brush precision mode

L= lasso

Ctrl D= disable mask

week 9- colored still life

Dynamic light still life

For homework:

Continue refining the thumbnail.

1. Remove all traces of line and work in lit value (or color, if you are ready for it)

2. Create a detailed overhead diagram to plot your space.

3. Stay in low-res

using a photo palette in a thumbnail

We can experiment with borrowing the lighting and color palette of a photo to color our thumbnail.

For homework, work on your project thumbnail and add value. Bring grayscale value  thumbnail next week.

Hair and cloth

For homework: create three rough thumbnails toward the final. The guideline is to include a face, hair, or cloth somewhere in the image.
They can be a rough pencil sketch or line work.

Advanced Thumbnailing

For homework, so this exercise at home, and add some light sources of your choice.
The linework can be downloaded here.

week 3 face study

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 2 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.

weel 1 -Light logic review

For homework:


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

Essential hotkeys:
hotkey essentials
B = brush
E = eraser
Space = pan
Alt or option = color picker
X = exchange colors
Tab = turn off menus
Z=zoom
[  ]  = brush size
Tab= brush precision mode
L= lasso
Ctrl D= disable mask

Week 7

For next week, please bring in:
1. A value thumbnail (grayscale or color) which is fully lit
2. A 3D diagram of your scene

week 6 - thumbnails

For homework.. start creating rough line thumbnails toward the final project.
Bring in three next week for discussion. They should be simple and rough.

Guidelines include:
1. Include a character with a face and cloth or hair.
2. Include an environment.

week 5: hair and cloth

For homework:

Do a cloth or hair study. You can do a still life with cloth or a wig.  Or you can use a photo for a hair study, but life is always preferable.