light study

[brunothurner]

well, to start i changed all white to a grey cause the ambient will be dark... almost all light in cene came from tv, in front of them

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4941/interwip2.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7175/interwip3.jpg

[Cati]

Hello there. It's a nice start - and I really like the characters. A lively bunch. (And what a happy thing a TV is ;) - I just dumped mine).

Anyway - about the lighting. As the TV is directly where the viewer is (according to the eyes of the characters) there is inconsistency with the direction of the light. If the TV is the only source of light there would be no visible cast shadows under the chin, belly etc. The only shadows we'd see would be the halfshadows in places where the surface of the shape is more or less aligned with our view. The heavily shaded places would be where the light doesn't hit. .. and as we are the lightsource - we can't see those shadows.

The point of view you have chosen should make the picture appear more flat and less shaded. There would be no highlights on top of his forehead - most likely just the places that are completely perpendicular to our view - like the middle of the nose, above the eyebrows, cheeks, lips and chin. Eyes would have the brightest highlight just in the middle etc.

As for the composition - it's too bad that you've cut the dog on the left and rather chose to show us the lamp and the table on the right. If you're after more shadows - I'd suggest you just lower everyone's gaze. That would lower the lightsource, add a bit more mood and let's us see more of those shadows. But I don't know if it would mess up your original thought of the picture.

Hope this helps.

[brunothurner]

hi Cati, thanks for your post, i was thinking about that... but i started painting whithout think in lights, just to find a concept... and at really i'm wrong, so i decided start all again, studing light like i said on topic of this forum, tnks again ;)

Here a first test, just to understand the cene (composition wont show all lamp, and same for dog, to have more equilibrium)

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8391/interwip4.jpg

[Cati]

Looks much better now. :) Keep working..

[brunothurner]

thats a little up...

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5801/interwip5.jpg

[brunothurner]

more n more up... (thing so :P)

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7629/interwip6.jpg

[strobel]

hm the gramps on the right seems to be hit by a different light source than the boy behind him. (I guess its a TV at the center? ;) if so...add a but color variation to the light...if its soccer, a cool-green would be fitting ;))

Hm and I think you've overdon the cheeks of the center figure a bit in terms of highlight.

But i really like the characters and the overall concept and composition so far :)

[brunothurner]

tnks for your post, strobel. I'm trying to fix all, but is been harder than i expect! Make a 3D scene is much easier than a 2D, and my old tablet isn't helping, anyway, here some up:

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2125/interwip7.jpg

[Kragen]

really liking this the character designs are great

[brunothurner]

Thanks Kragen! hope finish that this week... here, some up


http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2050/interwip8.jpg

[brunothurner]

hope getting better...

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4233/interwip9.jpg

[sprogis7]

awesome looking work man. You have a real strong sense of lighting direction and light behavior. i have nothing to crit that hasnt already been said. Keep up the good work.

[brunothurner]

i was almost forgetting this WIP :P
well, dogs arent so easy as i imagined...

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4554/interwip10.jpg


http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/521/interwip10close.jpg

[brunothurner]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4803/interwip11small.jpg

getting tired of this again...

[Scubasteve]

Good start!
I think overall you could use a good bit more contrast between the darkest shadows and the highlights. Some of the characters could use a bit more lighting effects. Something strange to me about the old man's face. I can't quite tell what it is thats bothering me. Good start though, I love the characters!

[brunothurner]

tnx for your post Scubasteve! the old man bother me too, but i keep him and add more details... C&C very wellcome...

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8819/interwip13small.jpg

for real size with low quality click here (http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2134/interwip13low.jpg)

[embryotic]

as a light study the gray scale version works the best, I think you are losing the light a little bit because now everything seems warm yellow

try to contrast the warm light with cold shadows (yellow light vs blue shadows)

and the light direction is contradicting itself. The light is in the front and low, so shadows cast up and to the back, but the shadows on the couch are casting down instead of up

looking good, lots of details - good luck!! :)

[brunothurner]

tnx for your post embryotic! i decided stop with this proj now cause i dont have much time to, but when i begin with this, i will try to get it better

[BlackBalinese]

I like how the flag on the background divide the composition in a cool way, although the yellowish color coming out from the bottom is a bit weird and distracting, if you want to go with monster lighting better tune down the light at the background a bit(a little more shadow).
I love the black dude on the back side, he just looks like Pele!
awesome!

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