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Shadow Mapping

Francis Vallejo

Hello everyone! My name is Francis and I'm an illustrator and educator based in wonderful Detroit, Michigan USA. This is my first post. I've been an avid reader of this blog since the early days and consider it a primary resource for illustrative knowledge. I'm honored to contribute. Ok, I'm done gushing. Time to share! So let's talk about my favorite approach to figure drawing and how it has informed my approach to rendering form…

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“The End of the Line”

Justin Gerard

January 25, 2022 - I recently began a new image for a line of illustrations I call The Dungeon Master Series. The scenes all revolve around teams of hapless adventurers who've just landed themselves in a perilous situation, usually from either poor planning, poor decisions, or just plain old poor luck. For all the scenes in this series, I am trying to arrange the scenes so that there is good real estate reserved on the canvas for both the character's expressions, as well as the events they are reacting too. It's an interesting challenge, trying to balance the need for a compelling environment, which tells a story in itself, and also give the characters enough space that the audience can readily understand who they are and what their story is. For this one I did a quick sketch of…

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