Sunday, 27 November 2011
Saturday, 26 November 2011
light analysis
The light is coming from the top right area and shining down onto the snow and fox. You can tell its sunlight as it has very pure white tone to the fur.
The dunes in the snow are causing shadows on the left side and the areas that the sun hits first are sparkling and very white due to sub surface scattering.
This is also seen on the fox’s fur where some areas are brighter and paler.
The light in this imagery is coming from behind the trees at the top. This is a good example of subsurface scattering as the leaves in the trees are letting light through but where they do they have a brighter a more translucent appearance to the point where they’re almost yellow.
In this image the light is coming from above and behind the ring, causing a shadow to appear in front of it, due to the curved nature of the book surface however, the shadow has form a heart shape.
The light is most intense on top of the ring to the point where light has burnt away the gold colour. Refraction allows other dents and scratches to be seen as well as the inside of the ring and atop the shadow showing that the light which wasn’t reflected from the ring continued travelling.
Fire and ice taken from:
Loki’s forest taken from:
Heartless… taken from:
Composition Analysis
There are various forms of composition in artwork.
For this analysis exercise I will be using an artist named Greg Horn, for the sake of keeping it thematic I’ll use comic book imagery.
Devine Proportions:
This is used so that the artist may place the most important aspect of the picture in the most aesthetically pleasing area as seen here with ‘Emma Frost’
Rule of Thirds:
This separates the canvas into 9 segments and has the important aspect place on 1 of the inner corners as seen here with Spider-man’s facial area.
Iconic:
Used to frame the most important aspects of the picture as seen here with Mystiques face, body and gun as well as the tiger head.
Cross:
This technique usually features a change in colour or shading halfway down the picture to draw the viewers eye into the centre as seen with a Thor comic book
spoof of the Jaws poster.
L:
The L composition has the viewers attention by framing the picture with certain aspects in an L shape seen here with Psylocke and her sword posed to create an L shape.
Cross: http://greghornjudge.com/HTM_PAGES/01_marvel_comics_htms/all_other_marvel/Thor_Goes_Hollywood_JAWS.htm
Iconic: http://greghornjudge.com/HTM_PAGES/01_marvel_comics_htms/all_other_marvel/Xmen_Mystique_tiger_skin.htm
L: http://greghornjudge.com/HTM_PAGES/01_marvel_comics_htms/all_other_marvel/Xmen_Psylocke.htm
Devine proportions: http://greghornjudge.com/HTM_PAGES/01_marvel_comics_htms/Emma_Frost/Emma_Frost_5_top_view.htm
Rule of thirds: http://greghornjudge.com/HTM_PAGES/01_marvel_comics_htms/all_other_marvel/a-Spider-man_new_art.htm
Environment 2: Forest of the Fox Spirits
Forest of the fox spirits - i would of liked to taken more care with the background but i felt like i needed to finish this quickly to move on to other aspects of the game.
Environment 1 : valley of the magpie
The idea being that the valley is covered in precious gems and is guarded by a Magpie dragon - a dragon with black and white markings which hordes shiny objects hence Magpie.
i did also have the idea that the basin shape of the mountain in the background was the 'egg' of the dragon meaning it was literally born from the earth.
Adding to the Initial Visions
After finishing 100 silhouettes, i then went on to add bit of detailing to my favourite forms.
None are overly Tribal looking but i think that adds to the premise of my character, being more of a Tribal Knight.
I seem to keep coming back to the idea of having a metal helmet shaped like a wolf instead of an actual wolf head for armour. I think i will stick with it.
silhouettes for Main and villainous characters.
For these silhouettes it got to a point when i began to struggle with ideas. So even though i know my character is American Indian and Inuit influenced, i began adding armour even though realistically he would probably wear animal hides.
I also thought of a weapon or distinctive aspect first and then built poses around that aspect, such as the scythe or bow and arrow poses.
Took longer than i needed to on these.
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