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Nonsense portrait of one of my friends.

Hey, nice work. It looks like you've been studying the masters-- And if you haven't, you should! I think it would only serve to improve your particular style of drawing.

(08-06-2015, 10:39 PM)Bookend Wrote: [ -> ]Hey, nice work.  It looks like you've been studying the masters-- And if you haven't, you should!  I think it would only serve to improve your particular style of drawing.

I've been doing some heavy study of painters in the local gallery - we're lucky enough to have a broad selection of Edwardian and turn-of-the-century portraiture available to us. More recently, I've looked to Kopinski, Thompson and Cai for inspiration in my work. I've found it really rewarding, but I'm also conscious of the fact that I need to grow into my own working style as time goes on. But I've got time for that - no worries on my end!

Sweet. That's some serious line work, there. I'm jealous, haha. Keep it up!

Great studies-- And it's nice to see that you're taking notes. I think that's probably a pretty important part of the study process that many people neglect. I'm not excluded from that list-- It's something I should do more of.

Lately I've been drawing red lines over the mistakes in my memory studies, and my notes have been mostly mental. I think I'll take a page from your sketchbook, so to speak, and start writing notes to remember the issues I'm having more concretely.

Keep up the great work!

Nice! Keep at it.

I love your linework!

Beautiful, just beautiful. Before long, you'll be drawing illustrations for Dante's Inferno.