The January 2012 Tutorial Discussion

[Karateed]

Hi Stygg,

I happened to notice it, though it took a few looks before it twigged. I agree with Gary on this that it is trivial as it 'looks' right and doesn't take away from the awesomeness of the feel of the drawing. My nitpicky self just reared it's ugly head is all. To be honest, I can't do this stuff near 1/2 as well as almost everyone on this site.....and I certainly appreciate the efforts I see because of that fact.

[Gare]

Here, I'll simplify this tutorial so that an 8-year old will immediately "get it".

This is Mr. Icosa Head. He works at a bank, which partially explains the ugly suit. In the morning...








—Gary

[stygg2003]

Hi Stygg,

I happened to notice it, though it took a few looks before it twigged. I agree with Gary on this that it is trivial as it 'looks' right and doesn't take away from the awesomeness of the feel of the drawing. My nitpicky self just reared it's ugly head is all. To be honest, I can't do this stuff near 1/2 as well as almost everyone on this site.....and I certainly appreciate the efforts I see because of that fact.

No problem what so ever Ed, I'm glad you did notice it so I could put it right, after all that's what posting is for, feed back of all kind and your so called nitpicky was not an ugly head but something you noticed and quite rightly brought it to my attension.

Cheers for that Ed,
Stygg

[Drwyd]

To be honest, I can't do this stuff near 1/2 as well as almost everyone on this site.

Get stuck in Ed, you might be surprised at what you can achieve, I most certainly was

Gary, you have succeeded in your mission to educate and inspire.

Looking forward to the next "toot"

[Gare]

Oh, I only made the bomb, I didn't drop it, Drwyd.

All I've done is set a tone. If no one followed it, we'd have the same forum as many others.

Who has posted the most work here? Not me.

Who have engaged others with praise and accurate critiques? Not me, not always.

Give yourselves a big hand for helping to build an intellectually mature, positive, helpful place to come to share, teach, and learn.

I couldn't be happier about this seed I had, that's taking root through everyone else's nurturing.

—Gary

[angelize]

Very well said Gary! When all members of the community work together with each other the community flourishes.

[jvila]

Gare,
Here it is my attempt to create the object without copy it from a picture and trying to think where lights and shadows should be.
I'm not sure about getting it, any comment and advice is more than really appreciated.
Best regards

[Boy]

That's pretty amazing! Beautiful!

[Big Frank]

I use this word very, very sparingly - that is awesome, Javier

[Gare]

Gare,
Here it is my attempt to create the object without copy it from a picture

"attempt" means "to try".

What you did, Javier, is "accomplish"!

It is obvious from the image above that you understand reflections, transparency, shading, the Fresnel effect of light accumulating like is does with a lens, and perspective in the scene you reproduced.

Overall, your work is outstanding, and you get +20!

Advice?

1.) It's an icosahedron, and your file calls it a dodecahedron. You can hate me at any time for being petty about this comment!

2. I'd feel more "comfortable" with the scene if you cropped it more tightly instead of "floating" the surface upon which the icosahedron rests. You can still make the composition asymmetrical as you have done. I think the think that bothers me just a little, little, little, is the gradient you have in the background serves very little artistic purpose, so it steals from the wonderful polyhedron for interest. If you have only two elements in your composition—the tiles and the polyhedron, I have two things, and not three to look at and will enjoy the polyhedron more.

Make sense?

3.) Where do you want to go artistically from this point? You have learned a lot. With your talent, I would like to see something that is NOT a polyhedron. How can you take what you have learned about reflections, transparency and all that stuff, and make an original drawing?

Suggestion: draw come jewelry and make this study in reflecting facets of an object into the gem in the jewelry, like a woman's ring?

It is wonderful work. Now I want to see a variation on it, to show what you have learned.

I'm a difficult fellow to please, aren't I?



—Gary