How to Use Shadows and Shading in Comics / Cartoons Drawing Lesson
The diagrams below named A, B, and C, show how the size and the shape
of a shadow depends on the direction from which the light comes and how
you view the object. The examples 1,2, and 3 shows the same light and
shadow effect on three figures.
A. Direction of Light at 45 Degree Angle
B. Light almost directly above forms small shadow.
C. Light on side of object forms long shadow.
1. As in A, this the light is hitting this man at 45 degree angle…and this is the result.
2. As in example B, the sun is hitting this man from directly above, so therefor a small shadow is created.
3. Just as in example C, the light is hitting this man from the side, so a very long shadow is created.
A well-drawn shadow can convey the idea of distance and describe the
contour of the ground on which it falls. The examples below in D, E, and
F show different examples of this. In Examples 4, 5, and 6 the same
rule is applied to other comic figures.
Notice how a plank of wood that is laying against the wall shows a
shadow that looks like a 90 degree angle (or like a letter ‘L’).
A shadow that is cast on a cylinder / rounded object makes a shadow that is rounded like the shadow shown above.
F. A shadow that is being cast on stairs, shows a shadow like the one above.
4. Just like in example ‘D’, the man painting the wall, shows a shadow that looks like a 90 degree angle.
5. Just like the example #E, this woman is holding a tray and the
shadow is being cast on the rounded skirt…so the shadow is rounded.
6. Just like in example ‘F’, this man sitting on the stairs casts a shadow like the one above.
Note how the man in mid-air (example #7) casts a shadow that makes him appear as if he were completely of the ground.
It is a worth-while daily practice to observe and to make memorandum
sketches of objects, people, and their shadows. If you carry a notebook
in your pocket and make quick sketches of interesting shadows of objects
and persons as they occur, you will son show decided improvement in
applying them.
Source:
http://www.drawinghowtodraw.com/stepbystepdrawinglessons/2010/02/how-to-use-shadows-and-shading-in-comics-cartoons-drawing-lesson/
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