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named for the song that inspired the image. :whistle:
You might've seen this up in the doodle thread, and I altered it based on the comments given. I'm putting the full version sketch and the close-up on the girl.
... I keep wanting to make the town smaller to make it seem more distant. Coloring is going to be kind of dark and drab, with the house being more lit-up than the others to stand out, along with the road. Not sure how to color the girl.
Her feet are currently shapeless blobs because after drawing and re-drawing them several times I've given up and settled on fixing them later. Any and all help on the feet is especially appreciated.
I'm aiming for finishing this sometime early next week, or at least by Saturday, since my family is going on a two-week trip to Serbia next Sunday and I would really like to have it finished by then.
You might've seen this up in the doodle thread, and I altered it based on the comments given. I'm putting the full version sketch and the close-up on the girl.
... I keep wanting to make the town smaller to make it seem more distant. Coloring is going to be kind of dark and drab, with the house being more lit-up than the others to stand out, along with the road. Not sure how to color the girl.
Her feet are currently shapeless blobs because after drawing and re-drawing them several times I've given up and settled on fixing them later. Any and all help on the feet is especially appreciated.
I'm aiming for finishing this sometime early next week, or at least by Saturday, since my family is going on a two-week trip to Serbia next Sunday and I would really like to have it finished by then.
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...that is one goddamn small house.
Wow, thanks mayday, I've never heard of that rule before. Granted, I've never studied perspective or taken an honest drawing course before, but still.
Heh, yes.
I actually was doing it with perspective lines earlier, but I took them out because I was worried I'd have to do the girl from a near birds-eye view, which I did not want nor did I ever imagine doing so. Still doesn't look quite right, though, does it?
I'm not sure what to do about bases. Not entirely sure WHAT they are, either... been a long, long time since my last art class covered that (since I haven't taken one in three years and never draw perspective). Suggestions?
She's supposed to be wearing a skirt (ends at her ankles when she stands up), but the way I drew it doesn't look right.:?
At the moment her upper body looks twisted towards us than the lower body so maybe the right elbow could be a little lower. Or the left one a little higher. Waheva
perspective O_O
Scary stuff...
I'm not very good at perspective myself, but I think...
Base lines are relative
Thus, A lines are relative
Thus, house is kind've small.
But I'm dumb. So maybe I'm way off.
EDIT: As I was typing how I still didn't get it- I had my own idiot lecture and managed to solve it
Hooray for threads back on track!
You might want to reconsider the position of the hands...if she were resting her chin on them, they'd probably have their fingers interlocked, and they'd be pressed down in the middle. I also think her right shoulder is out a little too far.
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Laid some basic, rough colors to sketch out what I want it to look like:
... except initially I wanted a light shining down along the road and on the house. Yet for some reason, I can't paint it out correctly. =/
As for the shoulder... you're the second person to mention that, at least. Thing is I had a friend pose for me while drawing this and her shoulder was sticking forward in her pose. Although she was sitting only two feet away from me, and it was kind of hard to get a good view, so I guess that doesn't do much. Shall fix that tomorrow.
It is a very wise rule to always start your work with the horizon line.
I like the mood and colours of the picture though I'm not sure what I understand what you're trying to achieve with the light.
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Current progress:
Altered the town and the hands of the girl, as suggested. Although now her right arm looks just... off.
That's really my problem. I'm making it bigger, as suggested, but I really think a smaller town would make it look more distant. But then it makes the houses look tiny. I want to fix BOTH these (and her feet ._.) but I don't know how. Which is why I'm posting here, eh?