Value and Contrast assignment

Starting off the contrast assignment, I sketched over each of the two designs that were chosen from the previous round, and then sketched out a third design that was a revamp of one of the other red riding hood designs. After I finished my sketches, I went over them with clean lines, making sure to add variation and weight.



When I was done with my linework, I moved onto blocking in my values underneath the lines. Later on in the project, I realized that my shading wasn't showing as well when printing, so I added a contrast layer on top of things to make it all pop more. Here is the original values layer:


Here is the layer with the contrast filter applied:



Once I finished blocking in my values, I started shading, using a multiply layer and an eraser to block in where light hit. When that was done, I softened some of the shadows, attempting to add textures to the shadows. Then, following the requirements of the assignment, I added a gradient starting from the bottom of the characters up to the top. This is the original shading layer:

This is the final shading with contrast applied:


Here is where my work is located in Perforce: