Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

whew so im not gonna hold back on the big booboos i was making but i think i can offer some insight. these were posted in the order i did them, each goin about 25 mins to 1 hr. 

So by the first one i was already to give up on the charcoal/finger blending technique i was like ill never understand this and its totally fucked. so i flipped the page and said, that outta be fun to draw, so i tried again. I figured a lot more stuff out on the second one but the eyes look really bad and the drawing overall is a complete piece of shit, but stuff was learned! The third was another proportion goof on the width of the head, and some sloppy rendering here and there.

Then the fourth went a lot smoother, a lot more controlled, im hitting the strokes in the right direction, theyre blending better, using finger only when its necessary. 5th was the most successful i feel, got good proportions, i think one eye is too far over or something but its the best proportionwise and quality wise. 6th i think was the best control of the medium, the eyes arent exact likeness and the mouth is jutting out weirdly but its nice and clean and some of the shadows have that smudgy look but its the best ive controlled it so far

So big tip for this stuff is, yes there is oil in your finger, if you dip it on the page, it will NEVER erase out. the trick, make big blocks heavy where its most needed, and then go into the heavy pool of charcoal first then smear, it dries your finger and if it leaves a mark itll be dark anyways so its harder to see. i live in the south, its hot here, no matter how good your AC is, but im gettin the hang of it!

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goal after this is do full copies of loomis head book, the female masters of anatomy book, and try to copy each head sketch john grello has on artstation