Lighting Principles for Digital Painting
Soft light Vs Hard light
A course by Samuel Smith , Visual Development Artist
About the video: Soft light Vs Hard light
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll break down my understanding of soft light and hard light, how to recognize them, and how they affect objects. This is a very important and often overlooked aspect of light, and mastering it will bring a lot more believability and cohesion to your paintings. It could also help you better understand how to paint volume.”
In this video lesson Samuel Smith addresses the topic: Soft light Vs Hard light, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lighting Principles for Digital Painting. Learn how to adapt your digital illustrations to a series of natural and artificial lighting conditions on Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Soft light VS hard light In this lesson, I'm gonna introduce you to the first concept of light theory: the difference between soft light and hard light. This is a very important distinction that a lot of people don't know about, so let's see how it works. These are some pictures of an apple that I took under sunlight, and it's pretty clear the light source is the sun. It's just a little point in the sky and it's making these very sharp shadows. This is because the light is coming like this. All the light rays are parallel, this is why when they encounter the surface of the apple, they're be...”
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Course summary for: Lighting Principles for Digital Painting
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration
Samuel Smith
A course by Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith is a freelance visual development artist for animation, with a passion for igniting animation projects with light. After studying 3D animation, he started painting digitally without ever thinking he could achieve a professional level. However, after some years of hard work and dedication, continuously researching and observing his surroundings, he started to work on important animation projects and was hired by SPA, Spain, as a color artist.
He has worked on many commercials, TV shows, and two feature films: Klaus for SPA Studios and another upcoming animated film for Illumination Studios.
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