I noticed that painter Henry Farrer constructed the shadow angles based on the position of the moon in the sky which is incorrect. The sun, not pictured, is apparently off to the lower-left of the frame based on the brightness profile but this is at odds with the shadowing (the three trees in the foreground are not shadowed correctly in my opinion -- these use dark blue, and look to be added last).
On the other hand, this is where writing (and ore-writing) skill comes in. We might be excellent artists/writers, but if we get facts wrong or our storyworld, characters, and plot are in other ways implausible, we risk breaking the spell we hope to weave in our fans’ minds.
Just as Henry Farrell did in this otherwise-classic painting…
My friend Erich Kring responded to this saying:
Hello Nic,
I noticed that painter Henry Farrer constructed the shadow angles based on the position of the moon in the sky which is incorrect. The sun, not pictured, is apparently off to the lower-left of the frame based on the brightness profile but this is at odds with the shadowing (the three trees in the foreground are not shadowed correctly in my opinion -- these use dark blue, and look to be added last).
Best regards!
…to which I replied:
Ack! Don’t deconstruct the magic! ;-)
On the other hand, this is where writing (and ore-writing) skill comes in. We might be excellent artists/writers, but if we get facts wrong or our storyworld, characters, and plot are in other ways implausible, we risk breaking the spell we hope to weave in our fans’ minds.
Just as Henry Farrell did in this otherwise-classic painting…
;-)