I had my eye on this course last year. Now that I'm taking environmental scenes more seriously, I decided to invest. I want to consume it before the middle of next week.
Lesson One: Composition.
Before moving into Blender, Piotr talks about starting with composition.
Before moving into Blender, Piotr talks about starting with composition.
* Think about what scene you are creating. What composition is going to work best for your subject? Why? Because you need to decide the priority of things or you will spend hours building an element that ends up being in the background which you could have created with a simple alpha card.
* Where is your horizon line? This is going to drive the overall composition. Is your subject a castle on a hill, or is it the river?
* Repetition. A way of showing depth in a way that is immediately understandable.
* Never halves!! Basic composition rule that you break at your peril.
* Leading lines. The viewer's eye must go on a journey. Things like rivers and cables are an easy option for drawing the eye. Grouping of shapes and value-grouping (dark and light blocks). Visible rhythms!
* Imitate nature, avoid random noise.
* Group shapes by values
* Group shapes by values
* "When you bring an element into your image it becomes your compositional tool!"
* We like visual clarity so that we understand what we are seeing without hard work
Lesson Two: Examples
Piotr demonstrates how he followed the above rules while creating some of his portfolio work.
See how objects are clustered very particularly. This is not random noise; it's a very careful grouping. In this case, the groups cluster satisfyingly but also repeat to draw your view towards the hidden horizontal line without the giant train station building. "Contrast, calmness. Contrast, calmness..."
Amazing work and already my head is swimming with the sense of seeing from a new perspective.
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