Allenthelost's Sketchbook

[John]

Hey Allen,

Seen you work with portrait studies! I love doing them myself. And I believe you starting with values is a smart way to go at it. Here's a tip! If the pictures you're copying from are in color, turn them into grayscale to check values. It's harder to be accurate with the values when the colors are turned on. Here's one way how to turn photos gray: http://www.artofscholes.com/checkingvalues/

Not sure if you know this... but here's another tip (more of a shortcut on where to place the facial features):

Overpaint:


Notes:


Of course, these aren't hard rules to follow. Like when the head's in perspective, you'd have to adjust the proportions accordingly.

Keep up the good work!