10-20-2018, 12:29 PM
Shin/Baldgate: why thanks for the kind words!
First one is a commission, learned a few things about how you gotta make sure your lay in lines arent too heavy, and how the pencil strokes should follow an intelligent design, preferably the same direction, or at least in a way that follows the form. Im really gonna buckle down for this gallery show, yes im gonna be drawing the same subject matter alot for a while of just trying to refine my figure drawings/portraits.
The two studies in here are after erik gist, the female portrait looks better in person because it was night when i finished it and the flash kills the tones. Need to watch jeff render ears again, i was struggling with those in getting those nice form shadows and the changes in value in the shadows. The subtelty in the jawline just killed me, i cannot comprehend how to get edges to transition that soft. I think i have a semblence though of an idea. All comes down to that well sharpened pencil, ey.
More goin crazy tomorrow, stay tuned. Gonna put caricature on hold for a while, hopefully forever, and see what i can do this winter.
First one is a commission, learned a few things about how you gotta make sure your lay in lines arent too heavy, and how the pencil strokes should follow an intelligent design, preferably the same direction, or at least in a way that follows the form. Im really gonna buckle down for this gallery show, yes im gonna be drawing the same subject matter alot for a while of just trying to refine my figure drawings/portraits.
The two studies in here are after erik gist, the female portrait looks better in person because it was night when i finished it and the flash kills the tones. Need to watch jeff render ears again, i was struggling with those in getting those nice form shadows and the changes in value in the shadows. The subtelty in the jawline just killed me, i cannot comprehend how to get edges to transition that soft. I think i have a semblence though of an idea. All comes down to that well sharpened pencil, ey.
More goin crazy tomorrow, stay tuned. Gonna put caricature on hold for a while, hopefully forever, and see what i can do this winter.
70+Page Koala Sketchbook: http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3465.html SB
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]