07-13-2014, 05:13 AM
Still trying to figure out what's making the pose I'm leaning towards come out stiff.
Playing around with refining, adjusting, retracing, redrawing, etc to try and make the strokes look better. And maybe stumble into how to improve my strokes.
![[Image: tumblr_n8m3nrAAHG1sbh1fro1_1280.jpg]](https://31.media.tumblr.com/3f8f1525f5041918812a6e7165601e7a/tumblr_n8m3nrAAHG1sbh1fro1_1280.jpg)
Ongoing polishing and study in colors from last weeks portrait.
![[Image: tumblr_n8m3xzB7AE1sbh1fro1_500.jpg]](https://31.media.tumblr.com/a1d7f937c995212fcfa171bea9de4fb0/tumblr_n8m3xzB7AE1sbh1fro1_500.jpg)
Still trying to struggle with that nagging at the back of my head that whenever I try to polish and correct something with the painting it ends up looking/feeling different from the previous sketch.
Stroke dynamism/life/vibrance seems to diminish with each polish and correction, and on really bad cases looks a lot worse than it's previous iterations. (this is probably a big contributor to the lack of stroke confidence)
Quick semi-realistic sketch attempt that I had to get out of my system after I picked up a series a friend has been recommending me for quite some time now.
![[Image: tumblr_n8m42vf4JF1sbh1fro1_r1_500.jpg]](https://37.media.tumblr.com/6c88b95b8076e81dd7372968291ea09f/tumblr_n8m42vf4JF1sbh1fro1_r1_500.jpg)
Trying to reach that a point where I'm comfortable with my portrait, figure drawing and my brush strokes so I can start tackling backgrounds, integrating my figures into a background, and composition soon. Hopefully before or by early next year.
Playing around with refining, adjusting, retracing, redrawing, etc to try and make the strokes look better. And maybe stumble into how to improve my strokes.
Ongoing polishing and study in colors from last weeks portrait.
Still trying to struggle with that nagging at the back of my head that whenever I try to polish and correct something with the painting it ends up looking/feeling different from the previous sketch.
Stroke dynamism/life/vibrance seems to diminish with each polish and correction, and on really bad cases looks a lot worse than it's previous iterations. (this is probably a big contributor to the lack of stroke confidence)
Quick semi-realistic sketch attempt that I had to get out of my system after I picked up a series a friend has been recommending me for quite some time now.
Trying to reach that a point where I'm comfortable with my portrait, figure drawing and my brush strokes so I can start tackling backgrounds, integrating my figures into a background, and composition soon. Hopefully before or by early next year.