Improvements on the first rough assignment

In this project my requirements were to use grey to indicate the values of my image and also the lighting and the shadows. I am also suppose to indicate the direction and perspective of the characters. In this image I decided to go with a one point perspective to bring more focus to the new guy and the boss. I also used the different shades of grey to highlight certain objects in the room and indicate the shadows and the lighting. I also used the two paintings to frame the boss so the audience could immediately identify who he is and I used the table to serve as a leading line that they could also follow. The focal point of my image is the new guy because he is much closer to the audience. I feel that I did achieve into making the audience notice the new guy first because the lighting on his head and his body differentiate from the foreground and the background which makes him more noticeable. In my previous image, the legs of the table were a bit too short which made the boss seem small in size. I fixed this by making the legs of the table more longer and I added the foot of the boss so it could match with the horizon line. The neck on the new guy needed to be more inside to his head so I moved the neck line to the left. The perspective of the plan sheet was off compared to the perspective of the environment so I had to realign it to match it up. I also decided to fix my scribbles on the plan so it could make a bit of sense to the audience. 

First Rough Assignment

 

In this rough frame, I needed to create a scene where the new guy is going to meet the mafia boss for the first time. I had two options when it comes to what perspective I want the frame to be at so I chose the one point perspective. I was also suppose to indicate the light direction in this frame as well as the direction that the characters are facing. 

The intended composition of my scene is that the lighting is suppose to guide the viewer to the characters in the frame. By darkening the heads of the characters and making the top walls of the room a lighter color, the viewer is drawn to the heads. I also used the rule of thirds to make the viewer look at the closest person in the scene first and leading lines from the table and blueprint. In order to make the boss more noticeable at first, I used symmetry by using the two paintings to frame the boss at the center. 

The focal point of the scene was the new guy and I felt that I did a decent job at making him more closer to the viewer's eye. I had a few problems into making this image and one of them is the shading. It was difficult to get the correct shadows for each object so what I did is that I lowered the opacity on my brush. Another problem that I faced is getting the perspective of the table to match the character's direction. I solved this problem by creating a bunch of orthogonal lines from the vanishing point of the image.