Hello! I'm A Self Taught Artist Who Wants To Get Better At Shading/lighting And Backgrounds Especially.

Hello! I'm a self taught artist who wants to get better at shading/lighting and backgrounds especially. But whenever I try to do a background study, I can't break it down and it ends up looking terrible. Do you know of anything that would help?

Hi! I would like to talk a little bit of the thought process behind photo study and the importance of simplicity.

It is really important to break down an image to chunks of value rather than seeing the detail first, which can lead to over-complicated mush of colors with no constructed value.

These are some of the artists that inspired me to get used to breaking down images in the most simplest way possible:

Notice how super simple and straight-on-point his thumbs are? And this is how his colorscript for Moana looks like:

Zero detail. Yet you have all the information you need!

I personally think these thumb studies are super important to train your eyes to break down an image in values and colors and therefore be able to organize and design your painting better.

More Posts from Kris10freeman and Others

kris10freeman

3 years ago

(source)

253K notes View Post

kris10freeman

6 years ago

Well, I officially have an Etsy shop now! If anyone was interested in a set of prints (or any single), they are now available at Starteller’s Art Prints.

I’m in the process of test printing the second arc characters + Blue and Baby Whiteout. They’ll be up soon!

Tags

dragons art prints dis mah friend she draw cool stuff

37 notes View Post

kris10freeman

1 year ago

A Few Of The More Creative Spellings Of Christmas I’ve Come Across While Looking For Dear Santa Letters

A few of the more creative spellings of Christmas I’ve come across while looking for Dear Santa letters in old newspapers this year.

234K notes View Post

kris10freeman

5 years ago

I’ve been waiting a year to post this

397K notes View Post

kris10freeman

5 years ago

Traces of Revali’s Gale

7K notes View Post

kris10freeman

1 year ago

ALMOST TIME

4K notes View Post

kris10freeman

6 years ago

Tip of the Hats returns in 2018, for our sixth year in a row! We have tons of new content, new and returning guests, new in-game medals, new merch, and more. Also making their return this year are sweepstakes with some very special prizes!

Thanks to all of our donors, we’ve now raised over $750,000 total for Children’s Oncology Services!

Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date with behind-the-scenes content, information on how to join our games, schedule updates, and more fun stuff!

We welcome you to join our Discord if you have any questions or to chat with our community!

Want to catch up on our previous shows? All of our segments and bonus videos can be found on our YouTube page or on Twitch.

INFO:

When: Friday October 5th through the 7th, from 11AM to 11PM CDT each day

Where: Streamed on http://twitch.tv/tipofthehats

Donate: See our donation options here: http://tipofthehats.org/donate

For more information, check out our site: http://tipofthehats.org/

480 notes View Post

kris10freeman

4 years ago