10-31-2020, 10:58 PM
WOW! Actual people responding - that's neat!
I've been focused on portraits for the last, oooooh maybe 9 years or so. I guess I'm just fascinated by the challenge of making images of people the their friends and family recognize - it is such a gas when that happens and such a challenge!
I haven't really done drawing from imagination in a very long time, I guess I'm just not really interested in that sort of thing. I mean I can surely appreciate it, but just can't see myself doing it.
Now, mind you I have, and do, make work from my imagination through the use of reference images (for poses details, backgrounds etc.) that I compose (recompose), but purely from imagination the way a lot of folks here do - No just not something I do.
As for references I only have a few of the photo refs I used for the posted drawings. Sorry, it's been a while, but here they are:
I've been focused on portraits for the last, oooooh maybe 9 years or so. I guess I'm just fascinated by the challenge of making images of people the their friends and family recognize - it is such a gas when that happens and such a challenge!
I haven't really done drawing from imagination in a very long time, I guess I'm just not really interested in that sort of thing. I mean I can surely appreciate it, but just can't see myself doing it.
Now, mind you I have, and do, make work from my imagination through the use of reference images (for poses details, backgrounds etc.) that I compose (recompose), but purely from imagination the way a lot of folks here do - No just not something I do.
As for references I only have a few of the photo refs I used for the posted drawings. Sorry, it's been a while, but here they are: