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6:49 AM, Tuesday January 24th 2023

Hi,

Thank you so much for your critique and I think you found my problem with some of the plants quite well. Shadow hasn't been my strong suit so I added a bit too much to convey depth, even though it's the shadow I added isn't really shadow but just silouhette. So, before I do the revision, I just wanted to make sure I got this right.

So for plants like bearded iris, is it better for me to leave out all the darker spots and instead focus on the cast shadow? Like the one I did with Aeonium plant? I assume that I should focus less on the details like gradient and focus on actual drop shadow.

Texture is one of my weakness and you can see me approaching it with different methods. So I really appreciate the feedback reminding me to check the second lesson, I might need some refresher for that :D Thanks a lot!

8:16 PM, Tuesday January 24th 2023

Yes that may be a good way of approaching it, by focusing less on darker spots and more on the larger cast shadows that fall from petal to petal or leaves.

7:24 AM, Thursday January 26th 2023

Hi Beckerito, Again, thanks for the feedback! The picture I chosen doesn't really show the close up for the texture, so I mainly focus on the drop shadow and overall shape. If I need to do anymore revision, please do let me. Thanks again for checking!

https://imgur.com/a/0dGgseM

10:56 PM, Thursday January 26th 2023

Okay, taking a look at your new work you're doing a much better job respecting the solidity of the forms that you are drawing without leaving any gaps, and your work is coming along well.

The only thing I want to add here is that you should have a consistent light source, don’t get in the mindset that you have to copy what you see in the reference photo. You can set up a light source and then decide where the cast shadows are going to fall and it also lets you design the shadow shape before filling it in which is an important step too.

Another thing I forgot to mention the last time is lineweight, given the limitations in the tool we are using here, lineweight should only be used to clarify how differents forms overlap, keep in mind that if you end up adding a lot of lineweight you will take the solidity of your forms away and turn them into mere graphic shapes this is not an issues with this plants as their leaves and petals are already flat.

Here’s the relevant diagram

-https://imgur.com/WILCymm

Although I’ll admit that I am more concerned with the construction part of these drawings, the texture and cast shadows have always been kind of a secondary aim and there is no harm in leaving it out completely for the moment if you want to.

Anyways I’ll go ahead and mark this lesson as complete, you can move on to the next lesson.

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