Source Lighting Tool
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Shawn R. L.
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That is a trip!! What a fantastic tool.
fieldarchy
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dude I know! That was on the Oz Team forum.
freakinacage
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great find, thanks for sharing
No Such Agency
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I think it falls completely under the same concept as why my dad\'s old photography mags usually have a woman on the cover. The average amateur photographer is hoping he (most often \"he\") will spend his time shooting gorgeous female models and not fencepostsOriginally posted by mattrock
BOOBIES!!
Godlikebuthumble
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Totally bookmarked. Thanks for the tip!
Originally posted by Einion
Not only is the position of the lightsource infinitely adjustable it also allows you to light from directly above, so you can use it for zenithal lighting too.
Einion
yes....but you have to touch it and it\'s real....and no boobies...
...ick.
Seriously though...for some reason seeing a graphical or painted representation of reality helps my poor perception when looking at something like lighting.
Just like we try to fool the eye into thinking something is a larger scale than it is by our painting, the reverse is true for me: when I look at something real I often have a hard time figuring out how to translate it in terms of color and saturation to my work. My mind just sees it and says it\'s real. If on the other hand I see a fake version that looks real...for some reason I can process it better.
I know...it doesn\'t make sense...maybe others can relate though?
Incidentally, there\'s no skill on earth that I\'d rather have with regards to painting than the ability that I see with some historical painters to separate reality into a color spectrum. Maybe I just need to learn to look deeper.
fieldarchy
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yes I\'ve used my desk lamps before to help me with highlight placement but that was when I was learning the art of basic highlighting instead of trying to drybrush something.
I\'m trying to get the hang of zenithal lighting and the idea of it makes sense . . . paint something to look like a light source is present, got that . . . but my brain can picture it but my hands can\'t execute it unless I\'ve got a visual reference.
If zenithal lighting is something you are still learning, like myself, then this tool may help those who are visual learners. Give me a sketch pad, pencils or pen and an object, tell me to draw the object and I\'m good. Take the object away and you get something very abstract looking.
One of my favorite exercises in art class was an assignment we had where we picked an object in the room (I chose a watering can) and then draw the object without staring at your paper or lifting your pen (for the most part).
I could only do that though because I had the item right in front of me.
So, yeah I think this tool was a good find Einon. If you don\'t need it then that\'s a great skill you have. However, there are some of us who do need it or would at least LIKE to have it.
Hence I posted it after finding it at the Oz Team Painting Forum.
I\'m trying to get the hang of zenithal lighting and the idea of it makes sense . . . paint something to look like a light source is present, got that . . . but my brain can picture it but my hands can\'t execute it unless I\'ve got a visual reference.
If zenithal lighting is something you are still learning, like myself, then this tool may help those who are visual learners. Give me a sketch pad, pencils or pen and an object, tell me to draw the object and I\'m good. Take the object away and you get something very abstract looking.
One of my favorite exercises in art class was an assignment we had where we picked an object in the room (I chose a watering can) and then draw the object without staring at your paper or lifting your pen (for the most part).
I could only do that though because I had the item right in front of me.
So, yeah I think this tool was a good find Einon. If you don\'t need it then that\'s a great skill you have. However, there are some of us who do need it or would at least LIKE to have it.
Hence I posted it after finding it at the Oz Team Painting Forum.
Einion
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lol
Yep, I can get that; there are lots of things where having it diagrammatically shown, even explained in words, can help get past blocks in perception.
Can\'t get much better visual reference than:
prime mini;
hold under light at the appropriate angle.
If the lightcage helps it helps, no gainsaying that. But humour aside, the great thing about doing this with the actual mini under a light is that instead of generic lighting you get to match where the light actually would fall on the sculpt. Even if we were all garage kitters specialising in girlie figures, where the light catches the form will have lots of nuances, if not overt differences.
Einion
