Shapes & Syd Mead
For this week's assignment we chose an element from a Syd Mead illustration to simplify and shade. I chose the horse-like creature in the left side of the painting above.
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| Element from Original Syd Mead Art |
Using the reference, I sketched out the simple shapes, including the ones on the interior of the animal, to get a sense of the volume and anatomy of the figure. Then I cleaned up the line work.
Imagining a light source on the figure, I applied a light overall tint as a mid-ground and built up the shadows and highlights:
After I was satisfied with the shading, I applied an opaque medium-gray fill to filter out the paper color behind the figure:
Lastly, I created a drop shadow to complete the figure.
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| Final Beauty Shot |
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