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

thumbnails for Final

lighting diagrams

For homework: Diagram one of these photos, or find your own.

Also continue to work on your thumbnail.. low res, simple, and grayscale value, although you can work in color if you are feeling confident about that.

Bring in a low-res value thumbnail next week.

week 5 - thumbnailing

For homework, work on a crude, line sketch toward the final project. It does not have to be lit or detailed.. it should be a simple sketch that could be done in a few minutes.