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Shade & Shadows

Shade & Shadows

Academic Year 2013-2014

Dr. Abeer Mohammad Mostafa

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Introduction

Why? Course Aims& Objectives

Shade
&Shadows

Understanding the significance of shades& shadows in perceiving

compositions.
Developing skills
of representation
and rendering via
casting shades and
shadows in
architectural
drawings for
efficiently
expressing
architectural
compositions.

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Introduction

Why? Course Aims& Objectives

Shade
&Shadows

Understanding the significance of shades& shadows in perceiving

compositions.

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Introduction

What? Definitions

Shade
&Shadows

Shade

Shade (or self shading) is the shade
created by an object on its own
surface (s) due to its own form or
projection (s))

Shadow




Shadow is created by an object on
other surface (s) (due to its
obstructing of light)
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astronomical unit (AU)

The average distance from the Earth to the Sun; 1 AU is 149,597,870 kilometers (92,960,116 miles).

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Introduction

Shade
&Shadows

How?
Casting Shade/ shadow

Expressing (drawing) Shade&shadow

2D

3D

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astronomical unit (AU)

The average distance from the Earth to the Sun; 1 AU is 149,597,870 kilometers (92,960,116 miles).

Introduction

How?
Side View
(Elevation or
Section)

2D

Shade
&Shadows
(orthographic Projection)
Front View
(Elevation)

Ground Line

Top View (Plan)

3D
Front View
(Elevation)

Ground Line

Top View (Plan)

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astronomical unit (AU)

The average distance from the Earth to the Sun; 1 AU is 149,597,870 kilometers (92,960,116 miles).

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How?

3D

3D Isometric
Front View
(Elevation)

Side View

30o

Front View
(Elevation)

30o

Top View (Plan)

30o

30o

Shade
&Shadows

Top View (Plan)

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Shade
&Shadows

How? Light Beam Direction& projections

2D
Side View

45o

3D

Front View
(Elevation)

45o
45o

Front View
(Elevation)

Ground
Line

Remember
light beam
projections
angles: 45o

Top View (Plan)

Top View (Plan)
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Introduction

How? Light Beam Direction& projections

3D Isometric

3D

Shade
&Shadows
Front View
(Elevation)

60o
30o

0o

Remember light beam angles in

Isometric:
30o
In front (vertical projection): 60o
In Plan : Horizontal
0o
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Top View (Plan)

Introduction

How? Light Beam Direction& projections

3D

2D
Side View

Front View
(Elevation)

Side View

Shade
&Shadows

Isometric
Front View
(Elevation)

60o
45o

45o
45o

Light beam
projections
angles: 45o

Ground
Line
0o

30o
Top View (Plan)

Light beam angles in Isometric:

30o
In front (vertical projection):
60o
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In Plan : Horizontal 0o

Top View (Plan)

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Shade
&Shadows

How? Objects that cast shadows

Three
dimensional
forms
Points

Planes

Lines

+
+

+
+

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Shade
&Shadows

Shadows of Points

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Shadows of Points

Shade
&Shadows

3D

2D

A+

+A/

+A
A

A+

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Shadows of Points

3D

2D

Shade
&Shadows

A+

+
A

+
+A/
A

A+

A/

+
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Shadows of Points

Shade
&Shadows

Virtual shadow

3D

2D

A+
A

+
A/

A+

+A/
A

+A//

A//

+
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Shadows of Points

Shade
&Shadows

3D

Virtual shadow
2D
A

+
A

A/

//

+A

A+

+
/

+A
A

A+

//

+A

Rule: The shadow of a point on a plane that it lies in, lies at

the same point

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&Shadows

Shadows of Lines

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Shadows of Lines

Shade
&Shadows

A
A

B/
A/

B
A/

B
B/

B
B

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Shadows of Lines

Shade
&Shadows

B/

B
B/

A/

A/

A//

A//

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Shade
&Shadows

Shadows of Lines
A
A

A/

A/

B
A

B/

B//

B/
B//

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&Shadows

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Shadows of Lines

Shade
&Shadows
A

B
A

B/
A/
B

A/

B/
B

:
Rule: The shadow of a line on a plane thats parallel to it is a
line whose length and direction are the same as the original line.
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Shadows of Lines

Shade
&Shadows

A
A

A/
A

A/

A/
B

A/

B/
A
B

B/

B/

A
B

A
B

B//

B//

B/

A
B

: ( ) :

: ( ) : :
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&Shadows

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