So is rendering just exaggerating the value you see?

>>3084945
No, rendering is depicting form and texture through tonal changes and edges. Whether you want to exaggerate, simplify or accurately portray those values is up to you.

>>3084954
So, as a brainlet, is pic related a decent approach to rendering?

>>3084945

In some ways yes.

Rendering in visual art and technical drawing means the process of formulating, adding color, shading, and texturing of an image. It can also be used to describe the quality of execution of that process.

Rendering or image synthesis is the automatic process of generating a photorealistic or non-photorealistic image from a 2D or 3D model (or models in what collectively could be called a scene file) by means of computer programs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_rendering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendering_(computer_graphics)
See this article for good visuals explaining rendering.

rendering seems to be a terribly confusing word

Value is going to vary based on the texhnique, medium etc you are using. Using pointillism with a pencil isn't gonna get you the darks using thick black paint is

>>3084959
No because lines

>>3087081

Well, at least she did it. Pretty famous here in Germany.

>>3084945
No, how on Earth did you come to that conclusion?

Rendering is the process of describing form in more detail (color, light, reflectivity and texture), after its placement and proportion had been established.

>>3084945
ewww such a bad drawing!!!