Moon is a nice guy

lumarama · Post by **lumarama** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:40 pm

I made this picture recently (fully in AS):

http://pics.livejournal.com/lumarama/pic/0001k90q

There is one masking issue. Take a look at girl's legs - there are thin bright lines on the shaded part of the leg. Looks like shade mask reveals the original leg color near the edge. But indeed the shade mask doesn't end on the edge. How to fix this?

super8mm · Post by **super8mm** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:53 pm

Nice pic but is she suppose to be looking at the moon in this picture? The shadows definitely confuses more than clarify.

lumarama · Post by **lumarama** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:45 pm

super8mm wrote:Nice pic but is she suppose to be looking at the moon in this picture? The shadows definitely confuses more than clarify.

Yes, she is looking at the moon. I know the shadows are not very accurate, but is there something too wrong?

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:46 pm

lumarama wrote:
super8mm wrote:Nice pic but is she suppose to be looking at the moon in this picture? The shadows definitely confuses more than clarify.
Yes, she is looking at the moon. I know the shadows are not very accurate, but is there something too wrong?

The girl is standing over a drop shadow, her legs should have some shadow too from the window's wall.
-G

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:44 pm

the shadow of the window middle has no sense. It has no reason to be darker than the shadow projected by the wall and it seems to be being projected on the air. same thing the shadow which start on the head of the girl.
Imagine where is the point lighting and how it would affect all the objects, plan your shadows before draw them on AS.

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:16 pm

Shadows and perspective have to be correct because everybody will spot the smallest mistake immediately. One must decide wether to try this correct way, which needs knowledge and training, or work without using perspective, which is possible but needs a different kind of sensibility.

I don't mind the shadow as much as the stylistic clash of two different worlds: the child and the moon are from a picturebook reality, whereas the room and the window, with its contemporary handle, are not.

lumarama · Post by **lumarama** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:29 pm

I agree with all comments regarding the shadows.

In general I avoid shadows in cartoon-style. But sometimes you need shadows to emphasize certain mood. I think it is possible to use sort of simplified shadows in this case. But I agree you should avoid very noticeable mistakes. Thanks for feedback.

humbucket · Post by **humbucket** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:40 am

is that all? any story? any thing
make an animation
ant thing

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:48 am

humbucket wrote:is that all? any story? any thing
make an animation
ant thing

Some of us use AS not only for animation. Personally I really like AS drawing tools and there are a lot of guys showing pictures on Share your work section.

lumarama · Post by **lumarama** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:08 am

Fixed some suggested shadow errors (I didn't remove the light ray starting from the top of girl's head - even if it is not correct I think it gives more volume to the moon light):

http://pics.livejournal.com/lumarama/pic/0001pq2w