Thumbs show an uncomfortableness with the perpective grids. One exercise to counteract that hesitance or fear is to create a set of arbitrary perspective grids and just plot random shapes and masses in them, upping the complexity over time (carving in and out). This can help you get more comfortable seeing the major elements in your head in linear perspective.
LIne work is good, but sparse. You need to either convey 50% more visual information in you final color, or 50% more in your line work. One of the thinks I see is instead of using line to suggest edges of mass, you're using line to convey shapes (for example railing, and edges of central tower lights. This goes back to the issues with perspective I saw in the thumbs. Each one of those windows lives in perspective and has a place in the grid, either carved in or out and with corresponding shapes. Think of it like this, you're drawing a square, not a box. Both can be completed with just lines, but one suggests depth while the other is flat.
Once you're more comfortable with perspective I think this issue will go away, but try to keep in mind the box/square thing, it will help. I like that you challenged yourself with a bird's eye view, good job on finding an overall composition that works with this viewpoint!
The bird's eye view was a good choice for showcasing the size of the power plant, though the composition overall does feel like it's missing something. Something to think about is the continuity of the image. For example, you have a railing on one part of the walkway, but the other side of it (and the other walkways) doesn't have one.
Your line weight is good and helps establish depth well, though you might want to neaten up your hand-drawn lines so that they look more cohesive with the ones done using the line tool.
Thumbs show an uncomfortableness with the perpective grids. One exercise to counteract that hesitance or fear is to create a set of arbitrary perspective grids and just plot random shapes and masses in them, upping the complexity over time (carving in and out). This can help you get more comfortable seeing the major elements in your head in linear perspective.
ReplyDeleteLIne work is good, but sparse. You need to either convey 50% more visual information in you final color, or 50% more in your line work. One of the thinks I see is instead of using line to suggest edges of mass, you're using line to convey shapes (for example railing, and edges of central tower lights. This goes back to the issues with perspective I saw in the thumbs. Each one of those windows lives in perspective and has a place in the grid, either carved in or out and with corresponding shapes. Think of it like this, you're drawing a square, not a box. Both can be completed with just lines, but one suggests depth while the other is flat.
Once you're more comfortable with perspective I think this issue will go away, but try to keep in mind the box/square thing, it will help. I like that you challenged yourself with a bird's eye view, good job on finding an overall composition that works with this viewpoint!
The bird's eye view was a good choice for showcasing the size of the power plant, though the composition overall does feel like it's missing something. Something to think about is the continuity of the image. For example, you have a railing on one part of the walkway, but the other side of it (and the other walkways) doesn't have one.
ReplyDeleteYour line weight is good and helps establish depth well, though you might want to neaten up your hand-drawn lines so that they look more cohesive with the ones done using the line tool.
The only new thing I can offer is that for the line work.. personally, I would have liked to see more of a portrait aspect vs. the squarish.
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