POS - Shadow Perspective (Lesson)

Shadow Perspective

In 1492, Leonardo da Vinci studied shadows and their perspective. From his journals, it is clear that shadows follow a 1-PT perspective and the light source acts as the vanishing point.

Da Vinci, Leonardo. Study of Shadows, Journal Entry. 1490-1492.

The light source helps to create the highlight, the terminator on the object, and the cast shadow. This even helps to establish the hierarchy of the cast shadow from the occlusion shadow, the light reflection in the shadow, and the edges.

View the following video to learn more about value sphere shadows. Be sure that you have your volume turned on!

After watching the presentation below, create a value sphere in your journal. Focus on creating a perspective shadow and then developing the shadow for the sphere. Be sure you have your volume turned on!

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