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Published: 2009-02-23 01:02:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 202; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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This is Frodo's encounter with the ringwraiths at weathertop.It was an assignment for school that i read a passage from a book and draw a picture of it. Being the geek i am, i chose lord of the rings.
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or it may have just been an accident that i thought, "Wait, that's not right.... or is it....?"
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idk... really. all i know is i wanted the shadows to be the most prominent part, and their sort of surrounding Frodo, much like the wraiths are, kind of foreshadows his eventual stabbing and transformation into a wraith and plunging deep into the shadow world.
basically, i think when i was coloring this at 3:00AM i figured on the shadows being the real subject of the piece and not so much Frodo.
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correction- kind of late right now-
complete black is never used... it is shades of gray. and those shades of grey look better with a bit of color ex- the Deviant art theme is grey with a hint of green.
just wanted to make sure you did not over saturate your shadows
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Yeah, maybe not on the actual stone structures, but maybe the ringwraiths have some sort of magical power that sucks light out of everything, so their shadows would really be complete pitch black...
just a thought...
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did you intend for that when you made it? cuz if not, you're just trying to be right... and if they sucked light out of everything wouldn't they too be pitch black?
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oOo! I'm sure the class loved it!
here's some things that will help you right off the bat. Shadows are never black and they look better if you add a touch of color to them. even in a night scene, complete black is never used.
also, you should decide exactly where your light source is and how it will hit certain objects. if the only source here is coming from the moon the tips of that stone strcuture will have the same amount of light as the source itself. and if an object casts a shadow it will have just about the same value as the dark side of the object and the shadows.
nice rim light on Frodo by the way.
Start being aware of the rule of thrids too in compostion. you can see it EVERYwhere and you'd be surprized how much better your work feels if the compostion leads the eye around in an interesting way... here's a photography tutorial but what applys here applies everywhere.
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check it out! experiment within it. learn the rules so they can be broken!
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