Practice question · True or false
Working from negative space helps because the gaps are simpler shapes than the object itself.
Hints
- Ask what is actually different about looking at a gap.
- The gap is often a more awkward shape, not a simpler one.
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False
Why
False, and the real reason is better. The gap between two fingers is frequently a more awkward shape than the fingers, what makes it useful is that you have no stored idea of it, so you look at what is there instead of drawing what you know. Simplicity has nothing to do with it.
Practise Modelling From a Referent
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