Composition rules for landscapes - Digital painting tutorial #5 [IT/EN]
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Regole di composizione per paesaggi - Tutorial sulla pittura digitale #5
Per composizione si intende la disposizione degli elementi che devono essere raffigurati, mettendoli in relazione nello spazio. È forse l'aspetto più importante che garantisce la riuscita o meno di un'illustrazione e merita quindi di essere ben ponderata prima di mettersi a dipingere.
Non ci sono delle regole ferree di buona composizione, ma ci sono degli schemi che soddisfano meglio le esigenze di armonia e percezione dell’ambiente da parte dello spettatore.
Sebbene questa spiegazione utilizzi elementi di paesaggistica, le stesse regole possono essere applicate a qualsiasi tipo di immagine, dai ritratti alla grafica pubblicitaria.
Vediamo alcuni esempi validi di composizione.
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Composition rules for landscapes - Digital painting tutorial #5
Composition is the arrangement of the elements that we mean to paint within the space of our canvas. It's perhaps the most important aspect that ensures the success or failure of an illustration and therefore deserves to be well thought out before starting to paint.
There are no strict rules of good composition, but there are schemes that better meet the needs of harmony and perception of the environment by the viewer.
Although this explanation uses landscaping elements, the same rules can be applied to any type of image, from portraits to advertising graphics.
Let's see some valid examples of composition.
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Evitare di inserire il soggetto al centro del disegno. Un'illustrazione simmetrica è troppo didascalica e poco interessante per l'occhio dello spettatore.
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Do not put the subject in the center of the painting. A symmetrical illustration is too didactic and not very interesting for the viewer's eye.
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Evitare di collocare l’orizzonte esattamente a metà dell'altezza del quadro. Il rapporto pieno/vuoto non dovrebbe mai essere 50/50 ma piuttosto 70/30.
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Avoid placing the horizon exactly at half the height of the canvas. The full/empty ratio should never be 50/50 but rather 70/30.
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Evitare la ripartizione dell’immagine in uguali porzioni contrastanti (bianco/nero, pieno/vuoto). Movimentare utilizzando elementi grigi, magari, che non siano né pieno né vuoto, etc.
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Avoid the distribution of the image in equal contrasting portions (white/black, full/empty). Use gray elements, perhaps, which are neither full nor empty, etc.
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Lasciare un po’ di aria intorno al soggetto principale, evitare di affollare il focus dell'illustrazione. Ciò si può rendere anche attraverso giochi di illuminazione e non necessariamente tramite il cielo o "aria" in senso letterale.
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Leave some air around the main subject, avoid crowding the focus of the illustration. This can also be done through games of lighting and not necessarily through the sky or "air" in the literal sense.
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Evitare l’equilibrio simmetrico. Si creerebbe la stessa situazione dell'unico elemento al centro del dipinto.
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Avoid symmetrical balance. This would create the same situation as one only element at the center of the painting.
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Non usare solo linee orizzontali, ma spezzarle con elementi verticali o viceversa. Spezzare trame o motivi con il soggetto principale è sempre sinonimo di buona composizione.
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Do not only use horizontal lines, but break them with vertical elements or vice versa. Breaking textures or motifs with the main subject is always synonym of good composition.
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Evitare, in una prospettiva centrale, che tutte le linee convergano verso il centro, ma spezzare la monotonia con elementi di sfondo.
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In a central perspective, avoid that all lines converge towards the center, but break the monotony with background elements.
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Cercare di dirigere lo sguardo dello spettatore verso l’interno del disegno, invece che fuori.
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Try to lead the viewer's eye towards inside of the frame, rather than out.
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Complimenti davvero ben fatto. Mi è piaciuto molto come è impostato, con gli esempi pratici e la sintesi grafica di fianco.
Grazie mille, sono i tutorial che preparo per i miei studenti, su steemit li formatto un po' meglio :-D La composizione è la parte più importante di una qualsiasi creazione grafica. Sicuramente metterò altre cose a riguardo! :-D
Ok! Dove insegni?