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Lesson 2 Dissections - where is the light source supposed to be????

3:54 AM, Friday March 10th 2023

I'm on Lesson 2 dissections, where you draw textures on top of the dissected sausage forms.

In the texture analysis exercise, the light source was on one side of the box.

But on the dissections, where is the light supposed to be hitting the forms??

On the outside edges that wrap around, it SEEMS like the light source should be in the center, so it's bright dead-center and gets darker as curves around the edges.

On the flat plane of the inner dissected part, that's what's confusing me the most. Is the light supposed to hit dead center and get darker towards the edges of the plane?? Or is the light supposed to hit from one SIDE of the plane, like in the texture analysis exercise?

Thanks for any help! I'm terrified of doing anything wrong because I don't want to have to redo it LOL

Uncomfortable

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4:10 PM, Sunday March 12th 2023

You can think of the light source as coming from the same position as the camera observing the object. Just keep in mind that the purpose isn't really to apply form shading to the form, but rather to use areas where form shading may occur (as a result of the surface turning away from the camera) to sneak in textural information.

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hypercaffeinatedquery

Lesson 2 Dissections - where is the light source supposed to be????

3:54 AM, Friday March 10th 2023

Uncomfortable

4:10 PM, Sunday March 12th 2023

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