The Shading Course – Accuracy, Values, & Light

Your Intention
Set Your Intention

1 – How to Separate Light & Shadow
What is Light?
Separating Light & Shadow
Practice: Egg Sketches
Light Types
Practice: Eggsperiments
Practice: Terminator Studies
Photography Tips

2 – How to See Light Effects
Modeling Factors Overview
Reflected Light
Halftones, Highlight, and Center Light
Ambient Light & Occlusion
Penumbra and Review
Practice: ModFac Hunting
Practice: Simple AO Study
Practice: Complex AO Study

3 – How to Control Values
What are Values?
Practice: Value Gradient
Practice: Value Scale
How to Organize Values
Practice: Value Study 1
Practice: Value Study 2
Limited Range

4 – How to Create Realistic Shading
Inclination and Brightness
Common Shading Mistakes
Practice: Halftone Quiz
Practice: Identify Halftones
Practice: The Perfect Egg
Practice: Shading Creatures

5 – How to Use Light Probes
Light Probes
Matte Surfaces
Reflective Surfaces
Fresnel Effect
Practice: De-Highlighting
Practice: Light Probes

6 – How to Show Form
What is Form & Structure?
Geometric & Organic Form
7 Tools for Showing Form
Practice: Section Lines
Practice: Building Blocks
Practice: Crosshatching
Practice: Draw a Box

7 – How to Invent Shading
Halfway-to-Black Shading
Practice: HTB Worm
Inventing Cast Shadows
Practice: HTB Head
Practice: Refined HTB Head

8 – How to Use Maquettes
Introduction to Maquettes
Practice: Physical Maquette
Practice: Digital Maquette
Practice: Maquette Drawing
Final Thoughts
To new Horizons
Recommended Reading
Artist Psychology
Artist Psychology
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
Digital Cast Painting Sketch
Ambient Occl. Paintover
Digital Maquette Extended
Roadmap & Change Log
Roadmap
Change Log

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01 ACCURACY
02 ACCURACY GUIDE LESSON
03 ACCURACY GUIDE DEMONSTRATION

02 VALUES
01 VALUES GUIDE WHAT ARE VALUES
02 VALUES GUIDE OBSERVATION
03 VALUES GUIDE IMAGINATION

03 LIGHT
Lightguide-01-VideoPart1
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04 INTENTION
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05 HOW TO SEPERATE LIGHT AND SHADOW
01 WHAT IS LIGHT
02 SEPARATING LIGHT AND SHADOW
03 PRACTICE EGG SKETCHES
04 LIGHT TYPES
11 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

06 HOW TO SEE LIGHT EFFECTS
01 REFLECTED LIGHT
02 HALFTONES HIGHLIGHT AND CENTER LIGHT
03 AMBIENT LIGHT AND OCCLUSION
04 PENUMBRA AND REVIEW
08 HOW TO MAKE AN AMBIENT OCCLUSION STUDY
09 AMBIENT OCCLUSION STUDY TRADITIONAL

07 HOW TO CONTROL VALUES
01 WHAT ARE VALUES
05 HOW TO CREATE SMOOTH TONES
09 HOW TO ORGANIZE VALUES
14 LIMITED RANGE

08 HOW TO CREATE REALISTIC SHADING
01 INCLINATION AND BRIGHTNESS
02 COMMON SHADING MISTAKES
10 PHOTOSHOP DEMO SHADING CREATURES

09 HOW TO USE LIGHT PROBES
01 LIGHT PROBES
02 MATTE SURFACES
03 REFLECTIVE SURFACES
04 FRESNEL EFFECT
08 LIGHT PROBES GRAPHITE

10 HOW TO SHOW FORM
01 WHAT IS FORM AND STRUCTURE
02 GEOMETRIC AND ORGANIC FORM
03 TOOLS FOR SHOWING FORM
08 PRACTICE CROSSHATCHING

11 HOW TO INVENT SHADING
01 HALFWAY TO BLACK SHADING
03 HTB WORM GRAPHITE
05 INVENTING CAST SHADOWS

12 HOW TO USE MAQUETTES
01 INTRODUCTION TO MAQUETTES
02 PRACTICE PHYSICAL MAQUETTE
04 PRACTICE DIGITAL MAQUETTE
06 PRACTICE MAQUETTE DRAWING

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