Digital Painting - Poster Critique

Today, please work for 80 minutes, then:

• post your work to Deviantart
• look at the work turned in by other students
• finish 4 critiques and email them to me -- I will forward it to each person anonymously
• critiques should be in the 2 stars and a wish format -- something like: "I liked ..... and ......, and I wish you would ......"
• Szu Yu - http://szuyu1790.deviantart.com/
• Kimberly - http://khayshee.deviantart.com/
• Tiffany - http://pinkytiffy.deviantart.com/
• Jessica - http://queenjessicathe1st.deviantart.com/
• Paula - http://solardancer123.deviantart.com/

Special Lighting Effects

Even though this is done with real paints, take a look at how the painter in this video approaches putting white into his painting to add light. Watch from about 2:00 to 3:50.

What you should look for:

• How much lighting is applied to the underlying color?
• How does he make the wet watermelon look extra shiny?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Zc_xGMc9I00#t=125

Samples:

• JPG
• SAI

Poster - Completion Dates

This schedule should give us time to finish our projects before December ends. Percentages of completion can be shown as:

1. 20% - Sketch & Composition - Finished 11/29
2. 20% - Values (Shadows) - Finished 12/6
3. 20% - Colors - Finished on - Finished 12/13
4. 20% - Lighting Effects - Finished 12/20
5. 20% - Refinement - Finished 12/27

• 100% - Total

Currently, I expect your poster to be roughly 40% done today. That means that your sketch should be finished and your second step (whether shadows or colors) should be nearing completion - say 75% at least.

By the end of December, we can look into printing our posters and return to animation.

Choosing a Color Scheme that Works

Watch one of these videos: 

• http://www.sycra.net/sycra_colour_wheel.png
• http://www.sycra.net/sycra_teardrop_mask.png