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絵の見栄え、圧倒的にアップする考え方！！

I will teach you how to dramatically improve the appearance of your paintings.
Hello, I'm Naoki Saito.
When we paint.
Sometimes even if you try your best to draw something, it just doesn't look good.
How can we make our paintings look good and stylish?
Many people are troubled by this.
This is because they often fail to be aware of the points I am about to make.
We can work it out.
What kind of ideas and how can you improve them to directly result in a good-looking picture?
There are many cases where people are unaware of this and end up losing out.
But you'll be okay.
If you haven't been aware of this until now.
This video should help you keep this point in mind.
You can see the results of the hard work you put into drawing.
The appeal of your painting will improve in no time.
Your paintings will suddenly get a lot of compliments.
This is such a big point.
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This time, I will again be explaining some examples of work from my random corrections.
Please watch this video until the end.
Let's get started right away.
Shine a light on what you most want to express.
This is the first technique I teach.
Focus on the part of you that you most want to express.
Look at this illustration.
This painting is done with soft, inviting lines.
This is a nice illustration.
This is a comment from the artist of this illustration.
The artist wanted to express flowing hair, as if it were being blown by the wind.
I have modified this picture like this.
What do you think?
I moved the figure a little to the left.
I drew this figure so that people would pay attention to its hair.
I focused a strong light in the direction her hair was flowing.
At the same time, I added a blue color to the background.
I tried to make the silhouette of the hair more visible.
In the illustration before my corrections, attention was focused on the front of her face.
After the corrections, the image has been designed to draw attention to the flow of her hair.
Of course, balance is important in illustrations.
I made it so that the results of the corrections were easy to understand.
So I changed the light to be stronger.
If you want people to keep their eyes on her face too.
In that case, there's no need to use such drastic backlighting.
The photo still gives the impression of direct sunlight, but subtly draws attention to her hair.
That's how you can adjust the light.
You can adjust the performance to your liking.
I made some obvious changes so that the difference would be obvious to the viewer.
This is just one example.
What's important is how the artist looks at it and depicts it.
Don't think this is the right answer.
Let me introduce the following picture.
Point the camera in the direction you want to go.
The next directing technique I'd like to introduce is to point the camera in the direction of emotion.
You may not understand what I mean just from these words.
Let us actually see the work.
This one.
A girl in a uniform closes her eyes as if singing.
She is thinking about the starry sky.
This is an open-minded illustration.
This is an image in which the starry sky and the person's hair blend together.
I thought the image of the girl as if she were part of the starry sky was wonderful.
One thing to be careful about with illustrations like this is the angle.
It's all about thinking about the direction you're shooting from.
In this illustration, the girl is photographed from a slightly above angle looking down.
The camera is pointed downwards.
This will inevitably result in the ground being reflected.
But this is just a picture.
The ground is not drawn, and the sky serves as the background.
We can see that the girl is thinking about the night sky.
But this seems a bit unnatural.
This girl is contemplating the night sky.
I edited this picture like this.
I boldly changed the position of the camera.
I moved the camera underneath her.
I looked up at her from below, as if taking a photo from below.
What do you think?
In the drawing before the corrections, she appeared to be looking slightly down.
The fact that she is looking down means that she is looking inside her mind and not outwardly at the world.
She is conscious of what is inside her heart.
I changed the angle at which I took the picture of her.
So I changed it so that she is looking up at the night sky.
Her face rose up towards the night sky.
We see that she has directed her attention to the night sky.
This tells us that she is not thinking about her inner self.
The emphasis is on her open-mindedness, releasing her consciousness towards the starry sky.
There's no need to drastically change her pose.
By simply changing the angle, we can express the character's emotions.
We can toggle between expressing our characters as open-minded or introverted.
There's no problem with leaving the original image as is, as long as it conveys the emotions the artist wanted to express.
Often times, the production ends up going in the opposite direction to what the author intended.
You need to be careful with that.
As I said earlier, here are some prime examples.
If your character is feeling introverted, use an angle that sees them from above.
If your character's feelings are outgoing, you can better express them by using a bottom-up angle.
Of course, it is possible to capture these images from the opposite angle as well.
But in that case you'll have to get a little creative.
For example, the person is shot from above with their eyes open.
The character looks up at the camera and stretches out his hand.
It tells us that this girl has a strong desire for something.
But it's out of her reach.
She is now reaching out desperately for it.
Even though the composition is from above, it is possible to make it appear as if she is directing her attention outwards.
It is interesting to imagine the reverse pattern in this way.
You should try to point the camera in the direction of your character's attention.
I will provide the following example.
Add contrast between the person and the background.
I always say this.
90% of the reasons why you can't draw well is because you can't properly depict the difference between light and dark.
Look at this illustration.
This is a very powerful illustration.
A warrior is attacked by monsters in a cave and bravely holds his flaming weapon at the ready.
This is a very impressive illustration.
This is amazing.
There is one thing that is a bit disappointing.
This picture is a little hard to see.
In particular, the background and the person in the foreground blend together well.
Unless we stare closely at the painting, we cannot see which is the armor and which is the cave.
So I edited it like this.
I decided to make the black background a little brighter.
I edited the image so that the monster and character silhouettes would stand out.
This solved the problem I mentioned earlier.
The issue of characters blending into the background and becoming difficult to see has been resolved.
It is now easier to express the sense of power of a monster's massive mass approaching towards the viewer.
The characters are both easy to see and powerful.
Of course, balance is also important.
I lightened the background quite a bit.
Some people might want to create a darker cave.
Some people may want to express the fear of a monster looming out of the darkness.
The results may be slightly different from what I have edited.
In that case, please add some ingenuity to this picture.
For example, I accentuated the character silhouettes by simply brightening the background to white.
By making this background slightly purple, you can emphasize the character's silhouette while still expressing a dark background.
This is the situation.
In either case, the difference between light and dark is not very clear.
Being unable to see the picture clearly can be a fatal flaw.
If your painting is hard to see, try adding contrast to it using the method I showed you today.
Your art will be more easily accessible to a wider audience.
By using a composition looking up from below, you can express the character's intimidating presence.
Earlier I used a composition looking up from below.
I said that I wanted that angle to show that the character's consciousness was facing upwards.
Now I will introduce this to you.
It's a different way of presenting something that can be expressed with the same composition looking up from below.
By doing so, we can express the power, strength, and intimidation of the character.
Look at this illustration.
A man in a tuxedo is sitting comfortably in a chair, looking at the camera and smiling.
Light is streaming in through the window.
It's a wonderful illustration that exudes a unique atmosphere.
I had a feeling after reading the comments.
The image the artist wants to portray is different from the image that is conveyed to us.
The comment said that they wanted to convey an intimidating presence through the boy's appearance, but were not able to do it well.
What did you feel when you saw this painting?
It wasn't intimidating.
It was the kindness of a young boy.
She sits lightly in her chair and gives me a gentle smile.
I thought it was an illustration of such a boy.
If I want to express a sense of intimidation, I would draw it like this.
What do you think of this picture?
Unlike the previous painting, he is looking at us appraisingly.
Doesn't his smile send chills down our spines?
I changed it to make him seem more intimidating.
What have I done?
As I said earlier, I changed the composition to look up from below.
Unlike the night sky illustration I showed you earlier, I didn't change the angle to look up from extremely low down.
Just a little bit.
I changed the composition so that I was looking up at the boy from below, at about waist height.
This naturally makes the boy look down at us.
That's because the camera is below him.
If he looks directly at the camera, he will naturally look down on us.
This means that those who view the painting are in a lower position than the boy.
An important point is the relative position of the gaze of the person in the painting and the gaze of the person looking at the painting.
In the drawing before I corrected it, he was looking up at us.
In other words, we are standing and the boy is looking up at us from below.
In this composition, the person standing seems to be in a more advantageous position than him.
After the corrections, our eye level is below his.
That means we have our knees on the floor.
In some cases, the boy's special powers may have us pinned to the ground.
This is a difference in perspective and composition.
It can also express information outside the picture.
If you can keep that in mind, you will be able to master the art of illustrating even further.
With or without a main line, we control priority.
Next, the last point.
That last point is a pretty minor one.
This is a pretty important point.
Very few people are aware of this.
If you can master this, you will be way ahead of the people around you.
Look at this illustration.
The colors are very bright and the characters are lively.
This is a wonderful illustration that will brighten your mood just by looking at it.
There's something that's been bothering me a bit.
It's a mix of information.
This character is certainly fascinating.
There's just as much information depicted.
We don't know which one to look at.
We don't know what the author wants us to see the most.
That's why I edited it like this.
I drew the person in the center of the illustration.
The key point is how to draw the large heart mark in the background and the various parts and letters that accompany it.
If you look closely at these, do you notice anything?
You noticed it!
Your eyes are very good!
The main lines are drawn around the figures.
Did you notice that there are no main lines drawn in the background?
After the corrections, you will see that I changed the heart symbol to a slightly lighter color.
Strictly speaking, there were no main lines drawn on the heart mark before the corrections.
In some places, the heart marks were a darker black color than the characters themselves.
This served as the line.
It had the effect of pushing the background forward rather than the character.
This made the background unclear.
I sorted them out.
I did not draw any lines on the background pattern.
I did not use a deep black color.
I differentiated that from the way I drew the characters.
I've included some background information at the back.
That's how I ranked them.
This allows you to differentiate the background from the characters even if you have many motifs in the background.
Even with a lot of information, we can paint a picture that is easy to see.
If you want to draw a lot of things in the background as well.
However, you may be worried that the picture will become too complicated and difficult to read.
Please draw main lines for your characters!
Do not draw main lines in the background!
That alone will help you reduce information clutter.
You will be able to draw a more legible illustration.
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