Dominicque's Sketchbook

[Dominicque]

Ok, after drawing I feel better. This following R63 Gambit is where I took a real slump and I found it really hard to finish. I paused for a long time, because I just really wasn't feeling it. I was just riding the moment and trying to learn how to draw people sitting down. I found one pose and I kept on drawing it and started to have fun, again. I then used this a character. 

I know the arm doesn't look right, but not sure how to fix it, that might be where the impetus for the slump was.



After I did this an Idea of an Iron Fist image appeared in my head, that I quickly noted down. I then instead of putting this off, started drawing thumbnail sketches. I'd never really done this before, but it's so helpful! It also helped me relax and it didn't have to be the final image or the internal pressure to finalise the drawings. A sketch, can just be a sketch. 
I then started using PureRef, and actually getting straight front answers from Perplexity really helped not frustrate my workflow. 




Here is the refined version I ended up going with. I pushed it more with the eyebrow, but in the final idea thumb (or close enough) he looks more contemplative and I did like that. It doesn't feel finished to me, because I want the lightsource to be much stronger, which should mean more of his body obscured in shadow, so the highlights really pop. But, I'm not to sure where to map that out, so any help helps!