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what have you started noticing in your surroundings more since becoming an artist?

for me it was paying more attention to the folds on clothing and realising not very standard profile views are truly beautiful and shape wise more interesting
Aug 12, 2021
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Body shapes, bone structures and muscle composition of any living thing.

The way that certain lights can dramatically change the warmth of a location/item/person.

The way everything is just made of smaller things.

The way certain emotions cause differences in your WHOLE body and behavior, and not just facial expression.

Probably more but I cant think rn
Started paying attention to how light reflects and reacts with certain objects
For me it was the color of shadows and anatomy haha
Lighting and shadows and also how folds and creases of clothes interact with the body
I notice how certain colours work together and maybe the composition of a view I’m looking at.
composition is something i noticed a lot despite only recently trying to practice it in my art
I look at a lot of face shapes lately. I also focus on height and leg shapes 😅
folds, hair and outfits😂 i find myself staring at people a lot trying to memorise their clothes, so sometimes they notice and i have to stop staring ajdhejsj like maam im sorry you look amazing today i just need to memorise your outfit😭
I started noticing more how things are shaped and can be broken down in small shapes , the lighting and shadows ( bounce light ) ,how certain objects look in different light angles . How weird our toes are xD it's just me on the last one.
I started noticing how intricate the colors in trees are. Depending on the lighting they can look so beautiful 🤧
lighting and shadow, especially stuff like bounce light and subsurface scattering are the most significant but i've started just playing more close attention to stuff around me and trying to burn the images into my mind.
I notice how people pose a lot more like I saw someone who was really animated when they were speaking and I took little mental notes on how to draw that xD