All language subtitles for 02. What is Composition

Hello, everyone. Thank you for watching my video.

In the previous section 1, I explained my self-introduction and the flow of this course.

In this section 2, I would like to explain the composition.

What is a composition?

There are four elements that make up a composition.

Screen, space, line, brightness.

Composition refers to choosing the right elements to display on the screen to effectively convey what you want to convey or the emotions you want to convey to the viewer.

The meaning of the composition changes greatly depending on what elements you choose and how you place them.

Depending on the composition, it can be an interesting picture with a strong appeal, or on the contrary, it can be a picture that is cluttered and overlapped.

The composition basically combines the form and the space to create a harmonious screen with a meaningful expression.

The placement of the elements of the picture is similar to composition.

For example, it is like arranging notes and themes to create a song with a good reputation.

The elements that make up the picture are the placement of the objects on the screen, the size and brightness of the objects, the relationship between the object and the screen.

A good picture is not something that can be made by chance.

It's not easy to make a good picture even if you gather random things without thinking about anything and draw the background.

Also, no matter how good the depiction of the object is, it is difficult to make a picture that satisfies the viewer if the plan is not sufficient.

On the other hand, a picture that is well thought out and composed can make the viewer feel a sense of satisfaction and beauty, even if they do not know how it was made.

We express various things to the subject we are given.

For example, some people try to express the picture in a fantasy way, and some people try to draw it in a realistic way.

For example, some people try to emphasize the texture, shape, and form of metal and cloth.

No matter what the perspective is, each subject has its own meaning, and each subject has its own composition that emphasizes that perspective.

A composition is a tool to express what you want to say, and it is also a tool that can be used freely.

Let's take a look at an illustration here.

This is a still illustration of Honkai Gakuen.

When composing a picture, you emphasize the most important element for your subject.

In this picture, the big figure in the center is the most important element, and by drawing it large, it catches the eye first.

The small and inconspicuous element is the background structure.

By blurring these and lowering the contrast, it becomes less conspicuous.

Also, by changing the size and position of the object, you can make it stand out or make it less conspicuous.

Let's draw a little.

Let's say there's a person here.

If you put it in the center of the screen like this, you can control the screen.

If you look at this screen, you can immediately see that this person is the main character of this screen.

On the contrary, let's make this person smaller and put it in the corner.

Then, it is suppressed by the surrounding space and becomes a weak impression.

By doing this, the impression of the person can be greatly changed depending on the location and size.

Drawing skills allow you to keep the viewer's gaze fixed on a certain part and let them know the most important part.

By placing the object on the screen, you can create the focus of the picture and indirectly or intuitively direct the viewer's gaze.

Let's take a look at this illustration.

This is a fan art of Hadesolhi's First One Man Live.

This is a work that uses the tone of the light and shadow to direct the viewer's gaze.

To make it easier to understand, let's lower the saturation.

How is it?

I think the viewer's gaze goes around the head.

By making the contrast between the dark background and the head with the spotlight stronger,

the brightest part stands out, making it easier for the viewer's gaze to go around.

Also, the composition, the shape of the screen, and the size of the subject may be decided well in the natural form of the subject.

For example, let's take a look at this free-material picture.

The subject is a wide meadow or sea, or the sky.

If you want to emphasize the width of the picture, you can use a horizontal screen.

Let's take a look at the next picture.

This is a picture of a tower.

If the subject is a tall person or a church tower,

the longer the screen is, the more effectively the height is conveyed.

In this way, changing the shape of the screen depends on the subject's form, which is also very useful as an expression effect.

And before you draw a picture, you have to decide what to draw.

Choose a subject, then compose it to make it as effective as possible.

The first important thing is the image of the picture.

First of all, the image comes to mind, and the picture starts from there.

If you listen to a word or think of an idea, your imagination will work right away.

For example, let's say you heard the word Hawaii.

Of course, the image that comes to mind is one or the other,

but if you hear Hawaii, you think of a blue sea, a blue sky, a palm tree,

or a person relaxing on the beach with a parasol.

And some people may think of looking at the red sea in the evening from the hotel window.

In this way, the image that comes to mind about what we hear, read, and think of becomes the material of the picture.

The first thing that comes to mind about an image is just one way.

Try to expand your thoughts and choose the one that seems to be the best picture.

There is a clue to developing ideas when choosing what seems to be a good picture.

First, what kind of atmosphere do you want to express?

Next, what kind of emotion do you want to express?

Next, what should I write to convey my thoughts?

And what is unnecessary?

Finally, which one is the best?

Let's try to arrange the objects that come to mind one after another.

At this stage, let's draw a lot of rough sketches without fixing our thoughts and develop various methods.

Now, let's take a look at the basic idea and arrangement.

If what you want to draw comes to mind in a good image,

I think it's okay to say that the composition of the picture is halfway done.

The rest is to arrange each object as effectively as possible.

The most basic way to think about the composition of a picture is to simplify the object.

What I mean by that is...

For example, let's make the screen vertical.

Let's draw a character like a monster with a sword.

And let's draw a tree.

It's a very simple rough sketch.

Let's make it a forest.

Let's say there are three elements.

And let's prepare a rough object.

I think it's easy to find a composition that you like if you arrange it in various places and find the right position and interrelationship.

The composition of the picture shown here is completely omitted in detail.

It's mostly just the size, shape, brightness, and background.

To find a good composition, I think it's a good idea to move the composition of the picture in various ways.

First, let's arrange it.

Let's arrange a big demon like a devil.

Next, let's arrange the tree around here.

And let's arrange the swordsman around here.

If you arrange it like this, the demon will dominate the whole screen, and other elements will feel cramped.

So next, let's move the demon a little bit.

And let's arrange the swordsman around here.

And let's arrange the tree around here.

And let's arrange the tree around here.

In this case, there is no center, so the three elements seem to interfere with each other.

Next, let's move the tree around here.

Let's make the demon bigger and put the swordsman around here.

Then, I tried to overlap the demon in the foreground with the tree, but the tree's dominance looks a little intense.

And it looks like it's confusing the movement of the scene.

So next, let's move the demon around here.

And let's move the swordsman around here.

And let's move the tree around here.

In this way, I think it's easier to understand the movement of the scene.

I think each shape is well related.

Now, let's look at another pattern.

Now, let's turn the screen sideways.

First, let's use this and these three elements.

What is this?

This is a mountain, this is a yacht, and this is a rock.

First of all, let's put a rock, a yacht, and a mountain.

This is a lake.

I tried to place it like this.

I made the rock and the yacht smaller and compared them to the large shape of the mountain.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry that the video quality is bad.

In this way, I made the rock and the yacht smaller and compared them to the large shape of the mountain.

If you take a look at the whole thing, it's like a situation explanation.

Next, let's make the yacht bigger.

Bring the rock to the front and place it like this.

And let's place the mountain.

What do you think?

I made the yacht bigger and moved the rock to the right as the main shape.

The mountain is treated as just a background.

In this way, I think the yacht's presence has increased at once.

The yacht is the main character.

Next, let's make the yacht smaller.

Let's put it around here.

I placed the mountain like this.

I placed the rock in the foreground and made the other elements smaller.

I think the yacht and the mountain have lost their western meaning.

For example, after this, let's put the yacht on this cliff.

And let's put the mountain on the cliff.

And let's put the yacht on the cliff.

And let's put the mountain on the cliff.

For example, after this, let's put the mountain on the cliff.

And let's put the yacht on the cliff.

And let's put the mountain on the cliff.

In this way, the layout changes completely.

Next, let's look at the four major elements of the composition.

In order to study the composition as easily as possible,

I will explain the four basic elements here.

The four major elements of the composition.

The first is the screen.

The second is Okoyuki.

The third is the line.

The fourth is the maid.

I will explain the meaning of these four elements in my work.

The first is the screen.

It is a plane that draws a picture divided into four areas.

When thinking about the screen, the size and position of the object are important.

The first thing that comes to mind when looking at this picture is this character.

This is because it is drawn in the most prominent position on the screen.

This character completely dominates the screen, and the other elements are like a rainbow.

The second, depth, is the sense of distance.

What does this mean?

Since the picture is flat, it means that it spreads out to the back due to an illusion.

In this picture, you can feel the depth from this hand in this way.

Depending on the sense of depth, the object seems to be in a three-dimensional space, and you can feel the sense with the viewer.

The crane in the front view.

This object also emphasizes the sense of depth.

The sense of depth is expressed by overlapping the front and the back.

The third, line.

The line here refers to the direction in which our gaze is guided when looking at the picture.

When composing a picture, you have to consider the arrangement so that the shape of the object and the main line lead the gaze to the center of interest.

In the case of this picture, the center is the head of the character.

And the line is roughly shaped like this.

The line of the arm leads the gaze to the back in this way.

The gaze flows like this using the flow of the hair.

There is a way to guide the gaze using the shape of such objects.

The fourth, brightness.

There are times when a certain part of the picture or a shape is pointed out, and there are times when the whole picture is bright or dark.

To make it easier to understand, I'd like to monochrome this picture.

The contrast between the head of the character and the brightness of the left arm leads the gaze to the center of the picture.

This dark part, this bright part.

This contrast makes the bright part in the dark stand out.

The above is a simple explanation of the four elements of the composition.

How these elements are combined to create a picture.

I think you can understand it by learning it in Section 2.

Next time, I'd like to dig deeper into the first element of the four elements, the screen.

Yes, this is the end of this video.

Can I make just one excuse?

Actually, weight training is my hobby.

Today is the day of my forearm training.

After training, my arms are shaking.

So my strokes are not good.

After training, I wake up and get motivated.

So I'm doing this recording after training.

Thank you for watching until the end.

See you next time.