Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

Leonard: thanks bro, you shoulda heard the mom voice i read your name in when i saw the comment lol; I pretty much did what you reccomended and pinpointed the exact reason my shading was sloppy.

See, i have this portrait book by nathan fowkes where i had read a thing i misinterpreted over time. What he did was take compressed charcoal, put it in the darkest darks, then with the side of his hand in 1 motion, scoops the mass into the other side. I made the mistake of thinking i could do that motion repeatedly and in different directions, which as we all know, causes the shading to go against the form, which makes stuff look well, confusing. Its really interesting how the wrapping lines and hatching really turns the form.

So i did this piece for the upcoming show, and im gonna tune it up a  little more tomorrow before i head out and add some values to balance it. But yea, i figured out where i was going wrong is just i need to hatch in the same direction, duuuh. and for compressed charcoal, it has to be one intelligent motion. I worked on this portrait all day from a photo i personally took and i think it looks solid, even kinda reminds me of how i painted like my orangish winona painting about a year ago. Its really crazy how ppls mark making remains consistent in digital and traditional. 

Im glad I did a lot of those studies, because they helped me come to that revelation... my eye is bugging me on the face, but its only after i look at it for a while, i can shut the light off and on and nothing jumps out at me. that sensation kinda happens with me anyways on drawn heads. I especially cant look at a yearbook upside down, gives me nightmares