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someone asked me how to paint leaves being backlit by the sun so here’s a pretty simple process for that.
while i’m painting this i’m looking at a reference, of course, and thinking about the physical properties of light and how they interact with things, specifically leaves:
leaves are translucent; some light passes through and some is bounced off. it’s technically really complicated but basically, when light bounces off of them into your eye, they look… idk, normal? maybe a little glossy. but when light passes directly through them and into your eye, they’re super bright and saturated. here’s what it looks like with a guitar pick.
pretty dull. almost white.
woa.
i don’t play guitar
anyway, i started with the leaves furthest away. they’re getting hit directly by the sun, and let’s say they’re slightly above us, so light is shining through and they’re bright as hell. then as i add more and more layers of leaves on top, working toward myself, they’re getting hit with less and less light. the leaves in front of them are blocking it all so they get darker. then you have the leaves closest to us which are actually a little lighter than the layer underneath. they’re being hit with some ambient light (the light that’s reflected off of other things in the environment). not enough to be really bright and colorful, so they’re pretty grey, too.
as for the shapes, the whole time i’m really just playing around and seeing if what i come up with looks okay. there’s a balancing act going on regarding how much of the lighter leaves in the back are showing and how/where i place the darker leaves in front to make it look as interesting as possible. it’s a lot of trial and error but you get a sense for it the more you do it. that should also be considered with the entire picture in mind, as opposed to what i have here in this little grey void.
ok hope that helped ?? or was interesting a little?????
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Today, Hori shares an interesting fact through his author’s note:
The poem is called Ame ni mo Makezu in Japan, written by Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa, and it is a very famous poem. The verse Horikoshi is referring to is [ミンナニデクノボートヨバレ] (originally written in katakana) or “minna ni deku-no-bō to yobare”. Translated straight, means “Called useless by all.”
I’ve always wondered why Izuku never really gets credit or widespread acknowledgement whenever he wins villain fights, of how he doesn’t seem to be known more than being ‘the boy who broke his bones during the U.A. Sports Festival.’ The shared victory against Stain was credited to Endeavor, his personal fight against Overhaul was never televised, and his defeat of Gentle Criminal was never relayed to his classmates.
Even now, he’s known as ‘the cryptid who saves people.’ In the span of the entire manga, Deku never really sought popularity nor money. The closest he did this was when he was told by All Might to announce his presence to the world via the Sports Festival, but even then, he prioritized saving his classmate over winning and wasn’t recognized for his previous victories. He didn’t even receive a single internship offer aside from Gran Torino. Plus, Deku doesn’t exude a natural charm when it comes to scripted interviews.
The poem:
The poem illustrates a person who lives simply, who helps those who are in need of help, and doesn’t get praise for it (nor desires to be praised.) So aside from it’s other meaning ‘dekiru’ or ‘I can do it!’, Deku as a hero name means that he doesn’t seek credit for doing what should come naturally.
But since Izuku choosing it for a hero name is yet another statement: he still hopes to become someone that everyone aspires to. That is, by asking people to call him Deku, he becomes a ‘No One who can save everyone.’
And that is the theme of BnHA. Izuku is supposed to symbolize the turning point, the revolution against the broken Hero Society, the society which is built upon the self-interests of “Heroes” barring a few. Izuku choosing Deku as a name means to impart that anyone who ‘helps/reaches out a hand to those who needed saving without expecting anything in return’ is already a hero.