A random comment on my art page totally changed how I post my work

About 6 months ago, someone named 'PixelPete' commented on my Instagram art post saying 'Your lighting is off, the shadows don't match the light source.' It was a digital painting of a city street at night. I was ready to get mad, but then I looked again and he was 100% right. I'd been so focused on the neon signs I messed up the basic light physics. Now I always check that first before posting anything. Anyone else get a piece of advice that made you totally re-check your process?

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val9494d ago

But is perfect lighting really that important for art? Sometimes the vibe matters more than being technically correct.

alex3073d ago

Perfect lighting is the vibe a lot of the time though. Look at old film photos with weird color casts or Caravaggio's paintings. That dramatic, "wrong" light is what makes the mood. Getting the lighting right technically is how you build the feeling you want. It's not about being correct for a textbook, it's about being correct for the story.

jesse_williams623d ago

Forget perfect, @val949. Light tells the story.