Understanding Composition
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- Discover one of the most important things you can learn as a CG artist: Composition. There's more to it than the rule of thirds. Discussion: www.blenderguru.com/tutorials/...
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0:00 Intro
4:37 Focal Element
12:20 Structure
22:35 Balance
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Excellent video!
I've made a little chapter index to make it easier for people to review certain chapters:
1. Focal Element 4:37
2. Structure 12:20
2a - Rule of Thirds 14:21
2b - Golden Ratio 17:07
2c - Pyramid Composition 20:14
2d - Symmetry 20:51
2e - Full Frame 21:46
3. Balance 22:35
Brilliant, Ed!! Thanks for sharing this excellent video and taking the time to clock it in!
Yoz Creative Thanks Yoz. I thought it might come in handy :)
Thank you this is actually going to help me out later when i comeback to take notes on this video! ^_^
EdEditz Andrew should seriously add this to the description of the video. Very useful.
Darko Bakula Yes he should. Glad you found it useful anyway ^___^
Pure clarity. Masterpiece again.
Years of school brought to 30 mins TH-cam.
VERY TRUEEE :))
*****
Hey Andrew, you put up some great examples. Could I ask where you can find some great CG images.
In my case an entire childhood of failures made from school fixed in 30mins
Truly maaaaan
rsndsmd
I'd happily learn from this video rather than get stuck with 80,000 dollars of student loan debt going to art school.
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
+Micah Buzan I totally agree. most of the university courses aren't worth the time and debt you are getting yourself into. i whole heartedly regret wasting my time studying 2 years at a uni course that was a total piece of shit with crappy lecturers that didn't really know anything about professional filmmaking. absolute waste of time. yet all of the useful stuff i have learned to date was picked up from online tutorials and experience in the field. videos like this are great resources to learn from.
please consider that some people got profit like connections and relations from having friends at Art school or university..
well, i am fully aware that school or university fucntionally was for giving you question, and with our skill we find the answer with exprience and another knowledge source
for short, what will you do if your university quality are like a shit? well, i will find a way to not become a shit
Unfortunately, some of what this guy says about the image samples are quite wrong if not at least marginally wrong. You'll notice this by the many, MANY dissenting comments...which is why proper schooling is important. I don't know if this guy was formally trained or not but the point is that you can get someone that SOUNDS like they know what they're saying and be completely led in the wrong direction, whereas any good school will teach traditions in your industry, which are tried and true.
Secondly, when you are in a tight structure of artists in a classroom, you are surrounded by peers you compete with and who grow more and more comfortable with harsh, honest critiquing, whereas online, what people are driven by is anonymity, isolation and fear of being called out in a public forum.
And for the record, $80,000 is child's play. In 2008, Ringling College (one of the top 10 animation and illustration schools in the U.S.) tuition for a BFA in Illustration was $130k, which is what I received, and we are in 2016 so imagine the rise in cost by now. I am paying off a long term student loan debt, but within a matter of 4 years, I have been working on Disney, NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, 20th Century Fox...which is paying that off while I work on fun stuff.
Lastly, the most reputable employers don't want to deal with long term risk and long term erosion caused by any consistent long-term lack in its employees. Self-training increases this risk because self-training always has some element of learning in a vacuum...and companies know this...which means that the BFA will get you MUCH better chances of landing better positions for much higher pay.
This is not meant to deride, depress or dissuade anyone who wants to train themselves but the vilifying of formal art education really doesn't help maximize the highest potential of any artist.
SAND MAN I completely agree, and unfortunately not everyone has the same university experience. Often in universities that aren't specialized in the arts have horrible classroom set ups and sub par instructors which can make consistent feedback and good mentorship a tough thing to get. However not making an effort to network and take initiative is no excuse.
Anyone can pay shit loads of money to take the same courses as thousands of other artists, but only the best will rise to the top. And becoming the best takes a lot more than a certificate saying you acquired enough credits.
Ones portfolio and personality is what will ultimately land them a job position.
Any chance you aware of a good online source or a TH-camr that makes good quality tutorials?
10:00 I actually didn't see the viking at ALL, I was too distracted by the bright dragon, with the big face, doing something interesting (eating a bone). I thought the viking's body was a barrel until you pointed it out. No joke. I think alot of this is subjective, as not everyone will view everything the same way. But still, some good tips for sure.
It happened the exactly the same to me. I saw a barrel also, and saw the dragon face first.
Hehe Really The same happened to me :p :D!! i saw the dragon face first
you make look at those first but they lead you to the other guys face, it could be lest strong in my opinion.
Same here! Didn't even register that there was a viking in the image..
It was the eyes of the dragon that caught my eyes.
Same haha I immediately looked at the dragon's face. :D
Enjoying the structured approach to the tutorial so much! It seems to me that you applied the principles of composition to the video: well balanced, structured, has a focal point.
never stop your tutorials.
your awesome
To tell you the truth I was much more focused on the dragon's face. I didn't notice the viking at all.
I was focused on his buckle
Same
I was too...the dragon is looking through my soul😂😂
agree
Yeah me too
Wow, I’m a professional instructor and besides learning composition I was taking notes on your teaching techniques. This is an excellent, carefully crafted, lesson. Impressive. I know your target audience is CGI artists but I’m an abstract painter and your tips here and in the color lesson really clicked for me too. I’ll be back to view this again.
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6 years ago and now my teacher use this video for our art class. Congratulations
One is missing: You can also draw to the focal point with an certain amount detail vs. undetailed environment around it, it's of course similar to the camera focus/depth of filed thing.
The more I watch your videos the more I think you're a blessing. I've gone from never having opened Blender to assist 2D artists with tailor-made 3D references in one year through the pandemic with you.
I truly appreciate how you make points clear, plain and use images to show us what you are saying. You don't ramble but stay on topic which keeps me focused on your words. Thank you so much for this video.
Ive spent the past day watching nothing but composition videos because its something that you can never know enough of, and I have to say. Without a doubt, hands down this is by far the most all encompassing, best explanation of composition, and why it works.
This is so amazing. As a self taught 3D artist Im so glad I found these videos. Thanks from the heart for making them. Awesome presentations by an awesome teacher. Once again we can see here that teaching, preprocessing and composing learning material is also a skill. This is so well done and accsessable. Fantastic.
In school our photography professor struggled about explaining composition rules to us, so he showed us this video and it really helped a lot and all of our photos came out much better. In free time i use blender and maya for animations and this video really helped me to gain professional look on my scenes. Thank you very much! I learn a lot with help of your videos! Keep up the good work!
One of the very few in-depth videos that actually teach you something in a concise manner. Please make more of these videos.
This is perfect. Thank you so much for putting this together. Never before seen such a direct, simple, and clear breakdown of composition.
I got three classes that addresses this theme, none of them have made me understande better than this vid. Congrats.
As a photographer, I'd have to say that this is an excellent video on composition in general, not just for CG artists.
Wow! Seven years later, this is still the best tutorial on composition in Blender, which is, for me, along with lighting, the most challenging aspect of creating a scene in Blender. Thank you.
I feel Andrew is more on point and clear than a lot of the "courses" being offered out there. I cannot express how valuable each of his videos is. keep it going Andrew!!
Well! There's about semester I didn't need to pay for. Excellent presentation on a subject that all too often gets lost in the noise of high tech tools. I especially liked how Andrew applied the rules to a frame in motion: it's easy to forget about composition when setting up an animated or live action scene, but an analysis of some of the most memorable shots reveals the cinematographer and director applied all the rules discussed. One thing to remember as well-we are trying to use visual elements to tell a story, so deliberately "breaking" one of these rules can produce dramatic tension.
Would the brick wall picture be more pleasing if the door were open? Maybe some light spilling out?
Lol, exactly what I was thinking
it would look really cool if the light closest to the camera was very dim
I was wondering where the door would lead to.
lol u thought the same, or even simpler make the door red 😂
I'm here for the food or having something coming out of the door, maybe something that is uncertain to the viewer.
Absolutely brilliant! I have been drawing manga-style art for over 20yrs and now I'm studying photography. This video enlighten what I was missing in both areas in just 30min! THANK YOU!
I have learned so much from Blender Guru over last 2-3 years. Can't thank him enough! He has a knack of taking truck-load of theory knowledge, and simplifying it in simple steps. For example, here I was aware of different things like visual weight, rule of third, different types of contrasts, using patterns and repetition, focal point, frames, avoiding mistakes like mergers, etc., and yet dividing this entire thing into 3 simple stages was a masterstroke.
I am definitely going to use this 3 stage framework, or some variant of it for my own workflow.
I'm a self-taught 2d artist/animator. Right now, I haven't really done a whole lot of professional work, but I'm working on building my portfolio to get a job in the industry (it helps that I have a brother who's a 3d animator, and all the animation studios in my city are pretty well connected), and wanted to brush up on some of this stuff. Wonderfully done lesson, and I will definitely be referencing this video my notes I took on it a lot while building my portfolio.
this has been THE best tutorial I've seen. Thank you, really.
found this extremely helpful. With all the talk of composition & colour out of my 3yr time in uni rarely did we get to analyse an image the way as clearly as you did here. Thank you for taking the time to make these!
I am a beginning watercolor artist, but I find your tutorials extremely helpful in learning the basics art theories I need to employ in my paintings. Thank you! Judi
You forgot to say about the "don't let the paper cut in half" thing at composition. Never leave the middle of the work clear because it gives the impresion that there are two works instead of one.
Love this video, it’s helped me brush up on concepts I REALLY was struggling with in, well, drawing so not entirely related but close in that it’s visual LOL. Composition/organization has always been my biggest issue. Gonna take a quick moment to dare to consider my input/take on certain things important and worth mentioning but I noticed a thing with the space scene I wanted to nerd out about LOL. I think the issue with it not being calming was due to it having SO much rigid symmetry in addition to these heavy gray colors that make it more oppressive than calming. I think with such technological designs, there’s a fine line between plain stability and too much order to where it feels like there is no room for a sense of “freedom”. Even with the Taj Mahal, there is still a lot of organic shapes and curves, making it feel more lifelike than the space scene which is rigid upon rigid upon rigid with absolutely no variation, it feels like walking into a prison, or feeling claustrophobic. It looks great though, and would be good if the intended purpose WAS to have this very sterile, conformative, perhaps oppressive atmosphere, but to be calming, I think there needs to be a mix of order (symmetry) and freedom (asymmetry, contrast, organic shapes, sense of life to it)
You are a blessing, thank you for making all of this. For me it is more fun, than most of the moovies i have ever watched, not even mentioning the nicely wrapped up knowledge that comes with it.
Thanks for all your videos Andrew, it's because of guys like you, Ian, and the guys at Corridor that I am inspired to jump into the world of 3D and CG, so I appreciate everything you do for the Blender Community!
Good video. But I dont agree with the comments made on the viking image. My eyes went straight to those big eyes of the dragon.
+Manoj Jayadevan Yeah I'll agree with you on that. Looking back on it now, it's not the best example :P sorry
+Manoj Jayadevan i pnly dont agree the rule of the golden spiral (just a part of the golden rule, not the same) is used by the creation of the violin. Maybe the golden rule, but not the golden spiral... and the cameleon was the best example for golden spiral
Most images don't have a single focus. There is a concept of "flow". The idea is that your eye will be immediately attracted to certain areas and, then, travel along a path through the image until, usually, arriving at the main subject. Of course, this assumes that the image has good composition. The viking image is a great example of this because, while the viking does not first attract your attention, your attention is guided to the viking along paths.
I think it's because the dragon's face complied with the rule of thirds... I think
It depends on the viewer. I, for example, was guided to the face of the viking, however the dragon drew my attention right after. That image has great composition.
You made my understanding towards composition theory blow up above the sky. This literally gave me a full whole new resolution into making more appealing backgrounds and have a solid eye knowledge for pictures and BG ideas. I know that only one video isn't going to be enough for studying, yet I finally got to know more about the Golden Ratio's relevance in Structure Composition. Best video explanation I've seen 10/10. KEEP IT UP :D
Seriously man, this information's worth millions for learning
I read books about composition and colour theory decades ago. It was beautiful finding your videos about these subjects and get a refresher course. Very well done!
This is one of the best tutorials on the internet. I learned soooo much in such a short span of time. Thank you so much!
10:38 Actually my eyes were immediately drawn to the Dragon. I had the opposite reaction, hardly noticed the viking until you said something
My eye was immediately drawn to the belt buckle first, then the dragon. I barely noticed the vikings head until he pointed it out as well.
maybe you just like dragons? I guess the vocal point in that scene is kind of subjective.
I definitely went for the belt buckle, its placed right in the center and has a high degree of contrast. But that's not the point, as my brain was figuring out the rich scene its gonna be fairly random where to start. But once my mind drew the image in, the face of Viking won out as the focal point, or point of highest importance, in the scene.
Ex0dus111 My focuses were buckle first, his beard second, his face third, and the face of the dragon was the last thing I noticed.
Same, that pink was pretty saturated and it carried a lot of weight. But the picture was balanced and looked great!
6 years later and my teacher uses it for his class (college), thats how good this vid is
I just stumbled on this video with TH-cam’s autoplay feature and it has been way more informational than all of the other videos I’ve watched on this topic. I can’t believe this has been around since 2014! I truly wish that I found it sooner
This is excellent, easily the best tutorial on composition I've seen. And I've seen a lot. Thank you so much. I don't know why there are dislikes on this video, it's a masterpiece!
Thank you man. It is actually very important to me
I'm not an aspiring CG artist, actually more interested in learning cinematography but this video is probably the best and most comprehensive one that I have watched on framing and composition. Thanks!
Thank you! I have been struggling with focus points on my paintings for quite some time. I didnt know how to fix that and what you speak about on 25min is just what i needed! Thank you soo much for this!
Man, this is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen. You really nailed it on my head Mr. Andrew Price. Thanks !!!
16:47, That's interesting for an overhead composition, never thought of that. Two focal points diagonally aligned to the rule of thirds grid. Cool
Hello Andrew,
I saw your great video and I wanted to advise this book: The Painter's Secret Geometry: A Study of Composition in Art, very interesting to explore the topic. Happy reading.
Blender Guru you make the best video tutorials out there. You make all the concepts easy to understand.
One of the best ever tutorials I've seen on u-tube ! Well done and many thanks for sharing .
Thank you for this lesson.
I love these kinds of videos
This Channel is a Jem, topics that are the base are most of the time overlooked and quickly skipped.
Your storytelling is engaging and rich in content.
Five 🌟
Thank you so much for this golden gem of knowledge. Composition is a tricky beast. It seems like every time I go over it, I learn something new!
I mean unbalanced pictures can also be good, it can be used to add interest
This. Chairs on 12:55 actually look more dynamic than the next ones arranged like in a boring lecture hall. And the four closest chairs on the right kind of follow the rule of thirds making it a nice focal point 😆
You can find interest in chaos but it's rarely the case. He's just using an example, so both chair scenes are pretty boring. Your brain likes balance and direction and narrative, which comes from order. The best thing to do is to have a kind of imbalanced balanced scene (as Bruce Lee would most likely say). So, you would get that by having equal numbers of chairs on both sides of the hall/room, but they would not be identically set up. This creates order and added interest/disorder at the same time. I have seen it work really well for castles, for example, with most of the towers being round and identical with just an added square tower to one side. I personally love this method. Of course, this also ties in with the major focual pont, along with the structure itself, not just balance/interest (assuming it's used right, that is).
Thanks a lot
it was very helpful and knowledgeable video
Disclaimer: I'm not a CG artist nor a photographer. I just love to learn from these videos :) ...and after this one, I started noticing that, among the normal holiday photos I took, the ones I like most are usually those that make use of some composition elements (although I never planned them :)). Really cool and interesting video!! It makes you appreciate more movies, photos, CG and so on
Been confused for awhile. This is probably the best video that breaks down the understanding of composition. Thank you!
i havent used composition before i found out about the easy FX plugin. all of my work hade a significant incresse in quality!
Although it seems your spelling hasn't
I'm brazillian and haven't gone to any english school. So sorry mr "tiaticher"
oh, well sorry to you too
^-^
Victor Hugo Composition and Compositing are two very different things
You know what I miss when watching your tip videos? It's *animation* stuff, recently I have only seen stills and static imagery based content from you, I like it and I watch quicktips for those, I don't mean they're not important, but as a cg artist I always make sure to also check out what's good (and bad) in cg animations. Despite finding one or two animation tip here or there, it's kinda sad that these are rarely from you. I don't mean to be worshipping you Andrew, but you definitely are one of the best "teachers" I've found around regarding cg, and I'm sure that any tips and references, inside this context, coming from you wouldn't be a bad gift at all. ;D
Oh, and Great stuff (yeah uppercase G!) on the screen above, by the way, will definitely take it in consideration on my projects! :) )
For animation, other than rigging and animation commands, wouldnt it be largely the same as the basics of film? Unless you were looking for the stuff about rigging and stuff :)
tolebelon
Exactly, everything you said, my friend. :P
There is a huge amount of techniques to be achieved within animations, and rigging, etc, I just wish some of these were from him. Expand the horizons, you know? :)
milordarkantos Although there are many more things in the realm of animations than there are with stills, most concepts you learn from stills are building blocks to concepts of animation
For instance, it is important to have structure in an animation as in a still. However, in an animation, you can shift from a rule of thirds to a golden rule approach by moving your objects.
I also agree, there should be more info about animation techniques. Scene layout and criteria is very different when you have to consider animating the final product with reasonable render times.
Although I am replying to an old comment, still needs to be said...
Composition applies to animation, as well. You may already know this, but you made it sound like this video had nothing to do with animation, and just another one of those 'still' image videos.
I know this is also a business and that’s totally fair enough, but you also seem a really generous chap, like you really want to get ideas across and help people build and improve, combined with a really positive and encouraging attitude, so thanks very much for your excellent help and advice.
Best video on composition on TH-cam, even for other types of artists
At 3:25 i was looking at the middle two, for that old school stereoscopic, cross-eye 3D effect ;)
That aside, good video and I agree more emphasis should be put on this topic so thank you for giving it a push in the right direction.
that's funny, cause I usually do that too, but in this instance I was looking at the far right one mostly. Actually I had focused on all of them each one at a time and made a mental decision that the far right had the most pleasing shape/angle
10:36 my eyes were actually drawn to the dragon first.
It isn't what you were drawn to "first." If you notice the dragon at first the lines from the axe draw you to the viking .
John Locke I know what I was drawn to first, John. But thanks for your effort to try to tell me what I really meant.
I didn't literally mean what you yourself were drawn to first. I meant "you" as in the viewer. and again. his point isn't about what draws you in first. but more so where all the lines are leading.
John Locke I was just talking about what I was personally drawn to. Not what anybody else is or should be drawn too. The TH-camr himself admitted that it wasn't the best example in reply to a comment below...
Jep, same for me. I didn't even notice the viking at first! Example of how we react more strongly to faces than what any guiding line can hope to achieve.
Thank you very much for explaining the complex composition techniques. As an amateur photographer this video helped me much more than all the videos of those renown photogtaphers!
You are an amazing teacher. I keep coming back in case you have added any more "theory" classes. I've learned so very much from you, thank you!
Im actualy working as a photographer but Im still learning from you
Just been reading through some of the comments.....some positive and some negative, some have pointed out errors and contradictions, but all this is only guides (although we call them rules ) and we have to look at setting our composure with these 'rules' in mind, we can allow ourselves a little 'cheat' if it looks advantages to the outcome. And Andrew ! remember...... "you can please some of the people some of the time", ..."but you cant please all of the people all of the time " ???.. Lolwit
THANK You for this video I LOVE how you explain it so easily and I love how you outline it on the screen THANK YOU
Sir, this, alongside the understanding colors video, are the most clear and informative videos on the subject I've ever seen. I've finally understood this subject and I'm already seeing mistakes when looking back at my drawings (and will be more careful when starting up with Blender) Thank you so much for sharing this! And now, off to Understanding Lighting.
Great, I love your videos! Question: in the picture with the house, I would also add another element, the leaves from the trees are more saturated than the house in the center.
Another thing: at 10:45, I first noticed the dragon face. I am watching this on my mobile phone. I had to force myself to see the viking’s face. 🤷♂️
7:42 ....My eyes immediately went to the belt.... o-o Chameleon wearing a belt xD
10:00 I also saw the dragon face at first o-o
Thank you for the good tips! And I think I am kind of getting it! ^-^
Could you also explain why and or how some of us focus on different things in certain photos?
For example, I think for the dragon and the viking, it made sense that I focused on it because it was a bright color and the eyes are big and round and are looking at me (which made me think of a friendly playful dragon). The flowers at the bottom (which are mostly white) also kind of frame the dragon's face. My eyes, after registering the dragon, went to the viking's belt. It was shiny and round on the bigger part of the body that looked to appear "closer". Then my eyes made my way upward to the head which was also partially in shadow, and finally registered the entire form of the viking.
Also! Your explanation of Rule of Thirds really clicked!
I like the analyses. It makes me understand why we like what we visually see. Could sometimes understand it intuitively, but could not put it into words.
Thank you Andrew. You have a skill to explain things cleary without boring teaching. I more or less know all this already but after watch your videa I also remenber most of these things next time I take my camera. Good feeling.
Not too sure on the golden ratio part, pretty sure i can scale and rotate the image of a golden ratio to fit any image
an we not all images, just the natural ones. That's the point it looks natural
you can also scale the rule of thirds
If you scale it you just kill the ratio
Lol not all images tho, only some 😂😁
I never saw the viking, only the dragon's face. Until you mentioned the viking. So clearly, we saw different things in that image. In my opinion it is cluttered and not a good image.
I CAME HERE TO WRITE EXACTLY THIS. Composition is the hardest aspect for me to understand, I get what they say but looking at these examples, I don't see what he says is supposed to be seen.. What the hell. That image especially was terrible.
even i didnt notice the viking first my eyes went on those huge dragon's eyes but yea the directions took me to the vikings face
Same here. I barely noticed the Viking. It was only after he pointed it out that I could see viking. That image was a terrible example.
@@kznck The image it's self is not terrible rather the compsition. But I do agree that the image could've been better.
I think the biggest problem is that his analysis is off.
Analysing composition is very hard, and humans are very very good at comming up with explanations and finding patterns where there are none.
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The composition is part of the image. If the composition is terrible, the image is terrible.
This is exactly what I like to watch - especially hard to find in this great quality and structure! So THANK YOU very much.
Thanks for putting these Theory videos together; extremely helpful both as a refresher and for those looking to expand their skills.
Kudos!!
In full frame ( 22:00 ) the eyes are at 1/3th of the image and, because it is a face, it is mirrored along the Y-axis. If I saw that picture I'd say it is using the rule of thirds and symmetry. Am I right?
And if I'm wrong, could you please explain to me why?
I also noticed something else at13:20.
"this doesn't fit in any one of good photography principles, but you'll agree that it is much more pleasing then this."
That also uses symmetry, right? That is probably why it looks better. Anyways, I understand what you try to say here :)
you are correct about the chairs using symmetry, I don't know what he was thinking saying it didn't fit any of the principles.
Yeah, I thought the "full frame" is a lazy way to think about composition. Even if you fill the entire frame with your subject, the parts of that subject will start to build the guidelines of the composition.
Tbh I think it looks worse lol
"THIS IS IRRITATING! WE NEED ORDER!"
Great overview! Just hope for your sake you don't feel as OCD about your sock drawer :D
Thank you so much for explaining composition so expertly. I can honestly say I understand composition much better. The examples you used for each element was outstanding, Thank you
Just watching this 2 years into 2d and 3d art, very big eye opening information. Thank you!
Thanks for this!!!!
And these tutorials are insanely interesting and useful, I´d absolutely love to see more!
I've found something !!!! At 28:28 , the light at the right of the robot looks like the Blender sign. Maybe it's an easter egg from the artist.... What do you think ?
Awesome lesson, thank you! I especially enjoyed the diverse choice of examples and that you included your own work to make the problem more relatable!
loved the way you explained everything clearly. GOD BLESS !
Check out this awesome Tutorial by Andrew Price - Understanding Composition
Want to know how to make your renders more interesting? This video should help you do that by understanding composition!
Erm... Thanks you..?
Is this like an ad you copied to share on social media but accidentally commented it?
With the chairs where you were talking about structure, I preferred the chaotic one with no order because (for me) that was more fun to look at.
Call me crazy
Im with you on that one
Agreed. The "Structured" pic made me uncomfortable. the chaotic pic seemed more natural.
I really appreciated how you explained by showing a bad example and then showed how it was fixed. I learn best that way. Thank you.
This is still one of the most valuable videos ever uploaded to youtube period.
*Clicks on this video to entertain myself for a few minutes*
*looks at duration*
*looks at date published*
Idk if i commented this already, but every time I work in Blender, my inner voice turns Australian
God, that was awesome. That's how I like my lessons. Super clean, objective, precise, full of clear examples (and anti-examples). And, most of all, no "you have to try it out for youself and see what works, there are no rules (and I only say that because I want my secrets to a successful composition to be my own)."
Best TH-cam video I have ever seen!! No crazy intro, clear and concise. Thanks so much
10:07 - nope: focus brought to dragon ('s head)
('later' I checked the guy's head, but didn't feel important enough for focus to even linger there)
same here. Dragon was more interesting to look at :D
I think the main problem is lighting. If the viking’s head was lit properly then you could see the details property. If the lighting was better the Viking would have been the main focus.
The golden ratio is not only usable as a spiral, as they only show in these videos but also in making shapes, using the 1,618 ratio. The human body has multiple parts in that have this exact ratio. And it is also there in old greek buildings. So if you make a shape and put another 1,618 bigger, it has a pleasant feeling connection to it. I am sure there many ways of aplying it.
Best presentation on picture composition I have seen up to now. Thanks for that great video.
Thanks for taking the time out to explain this. It's an oldie but a goodie.
C'mon, how could you NOT notice the dragons face ???
Thats what i noticed first
Me to
Hey Andrew, i just want to make a small objection about the balance at 23:00. (chair on the right side / white area on the left)
I've read something around, a few years ago, which says that the left side (white area) is so heavy and massive as the right side. Using symmetry, the left side have a huge contrast with the right side and that's how it get a balance.
I've asked my teacher at that time like "how dafuck do we have balance here, there's nothing on the left side!" but now i think it makes a lot of sense. What do you think?
-Alvaro
When it comes to balance it doesn't matter if there is an object or empty space, it's about the *shapes*. For example when the space on the left side is broken up into multiple smaller shapes and the space on the right is one big shape, the weight will be on the right side.
Overall positive and negative shapes are balancing an image, not the ratio of objects to "empty" space. Because there's no such thing as empty space on a 2D image, it's a compilation of shapes.
I love your comprehensive lectures. I wish these were available when I was at art school. Thank you! :)
Truly a very comprehensive guide about composition. Great!