Peter's Sketchbook

[Peter]

argh well, the blue drawing is a ton better, then when you shaded it, the once strong face got really weird and lopsided, the cool value patterns got washed up from the shading, same with the hand. In the blue one the hand is really clear and has a cool shape, then as you shaded it it looks mushy, you just lost alot of those cool shapes, and it having the same value as the shirt isnt a good way to make it read.

Also the shadow under the sleeve, blend those two values together instead of that skip of light between it. Its weird its like the drawing went from a 7/10 to a 4/10 its so weird how impactful those shapes are... its really got me thinkin about some things myself...

Not gonna lie I was getting abit antsy wanting to move onto the final drawing that I kinda rushed the bottom half of the drawing, I know I shouldn't have but I felt like I was spending far too long on a value study (maybe 4-5 hours?).

Regarding the slip of light under the sleeve you mentioned. Just to be clear are you referring to the bit directly below the sleeve just above the belt? (the curve/s shape) or are you talking about the slip of light just to the right inbetween the sleeve and bottom of the sword?