Art Reference Lighting | Shadow drawing, Art reference, Art reference poses

Some practice using two tone lighting setups to examine facial planes and how lighting affects the mood of a piece. Also got a DeviantArt feature which is nice!

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Tips for using directional lighting in photography - How light direction affects the image and the differences between front, back, and side lighting.

Harsh light! “Hyper” fashion portraits📸✨ 90s music magazines have this particular “bite” I love. My go-to is a strong key light on the face, with a big black panel (“negative fill”) on the other side to suck up light and create the harsh shadows (anime vibe). I tend to photograph from way up high (wide angle lens), crank EVERYTHING in post, dial back a few to the sweet spot, then tweak the white balance like I’m coloring. Photo + Art Director: @reimastrophotography Model + wardrobe…

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Description Way back in 2002, when I took the digital coloring class at SCAD taught by Durwin Talon, we did this exercise. Basically, Prof Talon had these this work sheet filled with repeating heads drawn from one of two art models. He would bring in these models and then light there heads and we would use a marker and draw the shadows. These have proven to be useful reference over the years when I've need some help creating interesting and accurate look shadows on characters faces. Lines…