Feel like this one needs a little more adjustment will flatten out most of it because some of these
are getting a little soft and we want some sharper contrast at the apex of the fall.
In some cases
so we always have occlusions around the pit area because it's a very deep fall.
So it gets dark there pretty quick especially on the jacket.
Or just go and implement some of those lines at the top.
Make them a little less apparent.
It's a very simple practice.
Bank cloth.
It just takes repetition and attention until you start to come into an understanding of how the forms
are draping.
But once you start to get that then it becomes a natural process.
One where you're more able to kind of get more believable form without having to stress about it really.
Oh it shouldn't be a stressful experience.
Anyhow if we mess up we can simply adjust our folds.
That's the nice thing about digital painting.
Going to pull some values upward from the pants.
Now
not too harsh just enough
to discern the forms
get rid of some of those outer lines.
But as I stated earlier I just want to remark again that it's a really good idea to find various types
of clothing and study from that from life if you can set up in front of your computer or perhaps even
just go to some figure drawing sessions where the model will be using a cloth over their body.
This is the kind of thing that will allow you to really amplify your abilities.
Otherwise it's fine to learn from photos as well
or from masterful artists ones who have drawn thousands upon thousands of Clover's characters and they
really know their stuff.
You always want to make sure that if you're going beyond the basics that you find somebody who is immensely
masterful at it and then don't try to replicate their technique but try to understand why they make
the decisions that they do and then kind of adapt that technique and make it your own because that's
really the only way you can succeed is by ensuring that all of this applies to you personally.
It has to interest you.
When I go in with some cool lines here to break up the Form a little bit adds some nice detail to the
outer edges of some of these clothing items.
Or go back to working on this large hood piece.
If I'm ever stopped I usually like to squint just take a bit of a break make sure that everything is
looking pretty reasonable.
I usually squint for a little bit and just make some tiny movements in certain areas.
Right now it looks like this part could use a teeny bit more value contrast and do some sharper folds.
Doing some basic shading under the neck because it will help sell just sell the forms a little bit better
and separate them even though we're totally not going to paint the face or anything because that is
not the point of the demo.
Still hopes to just clean it up for presentation purposes.
It's good to pay attention in that area as well because there some semi thick line work that got overlooked
initially and we can definitely alter to be more appropriate.
So basically once we've eliminated most of the lines that we're not fond of we don't need to get every
last one then we're just going to go in and keep tapering and working on these folds until we get the
clothing to look as believable as we can.
It really is a patience game when it comes to drapery simply because it takes some configuration it
takes some effortful processing to ensure that we're giving the pockets of light and shadow what they
need in order to look convincing.
Whether that means carving the form forward or backward pushing it back with darker values or bringing
it to the forefront with lighter values.
It's all part of the game.
All right.
So these are looking really nice.
It's just a matter of putting the time in.
If we don't like an area we can always just simplify it by flattening it out.
From there we have a better shot of painting at a new and getting it to look better.
So for the most part we've pretty much completed this study of folds and drapery on this particular
figure.
Lastly I'm just going to apply some of these techniques to draping a simple cloth over a sphere as well
as maybe some other shapes and then we'll just go over what we learned and that will conclude this lesson.
Unclosing in drapery.