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Post by afaust on Feb 17, 2013 19:29:44 GMT -5
I've noticed that line weight often goes unstated. When I watch Mark's videos and other tutorials it seems to be taken for granted. I'm having no trouble with the shapes, proportions or composition of my drawings. Yet, they all seem to come out flat looking. Upon further inspection, I've been able to single out the problem as either line weight being too uniform or not following a formula. Are their any good tutorials or explanations/example someone could direct me to or verbally teach me.
Thank you,
AF
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Post by leucome on Feb 18, 2013 3:53:55 GMT -5
Jonathan Rector has a video about line weight and he play alot with line weight in his other videos.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2vR-cJbKA4About some simple formula. (just a basic help not a rules) 1- Thin line on light side 2- Heavy line on shadow side 3- Heavy line in foreground, medium in middlegroud and thin in background. Mark's video do not talk alot about line weight and he seem to play more with line value. same thing but with darker line vs lighter line.
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Post by leucome on Feb 19, 2013 22:54:42 GMT -5
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Post by cn3wton on Feb 22, 2013 20:02:31 GMT -5
Line "weight" isnt neccessarily the greatest way to show depth in a drawing. And the rules are always not the same. I often place a dark black line on the light side of a figure to create a greater contrast when sketching.
What I would suggest is adding more foreshortening and overlapping forms to your drawings. There is something known as the T principle. This means that when two forms cross, the dominant form will create the upper part of the T, while the form farther back in space is covered, creating the bottom part. Darkening these can strengthen the depth of the image.
Also using hard edges (as in straight) are much better at creating 3 dimensional edges. Just be careful they can easily be over used.
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Post by leucome on Feb 23, 2013 8:44:45 GMT -5
The variation of value "dark vs light" for overlapping object can really strengthen the depth of the image.
For my comic by the end of chapter 2. I choosed to draw a thicker contour line to get a better contrast.
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