PE: Step into realism

What is realism?

Realistic art is art that captures so much detail, it looks almost real/photographic. Fantasy art can also be realism if it the level of shading/tones/ details create a photographic appearance. Realistic art is quite mind blowing. In realism, there are is no lineart. Usually, there is a giant range of tones and colors that breathe together. If it is monochrome, the tones are equally as varied, but greyscale instead. 

Take a look at some breath taking pieces of art:

   


 

Admire that amazing... 

Notice how rich the colors are? How the edges are created by value? 

You may be wondering how any of that is possible. 

Mastering realism will take lots of time and dedication. You will need patience as well. 

Before you try your newest hyper realism attempt, you may want to consider your understanding of:

Anatomy and construction: If you are trying to render a cute kitty cat, or an interesting vase, you must know how it all fits together. Study anatomy tutorials, watch, and see how all the parts move together. Your kitty should live in your art. Look at your artwork. Notice any flaws? If you were to take your cat out of the drawing, it should be able to walk around, and do kitty things without stumbling because you messed up her/ his legs. 

Color: {Monochrome realism need not apply}  Shadows are not black, highlights are not white. Midtones are not one solid color. Study the color wheel. Check out this godly tutorial created by ziinyu. For example, you are rendering a blue sphere, try shading with a deep purple and brown, use a really pale orange for the highlights. And then using many hues of blue. It will create a much more realistic look than just blue and a few shades and tints. 

Lighting:  Lighting is very important. You need to consider multiple light sources, bouncing light, shadows, highlights, and degrees of light. You also need to think about how light wraps around the object. Changes in value create edges, not a harsh black line of line art. Which is really nice for other styles, but will not result in  photorealistic look at all. 

Check out these: this and that. Very useful. 

You also need to know composition. Otherwise, your uber realistic subject won't have as much of an impact as it could have.

Hopefully, you will find some of these helpful. 

So many on humans. 

I hope you enjoyed this article!
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