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ODIE, YOUR FACEScenic Illinois FlatlandsRegistered User regular
ODIE, YOUR FACEScenic Illinois FlatlandsRegistered User regular
yo. let's see if I can stop lurking so hard and make myself try to do more art simultaneously.
here are some things I've done relatively recently.
Gouache on illustration board
Acrylics on canvas board
A group portrait of characters from my last DnD campaign.
Ink on bond paper. I never did get around to adding the strings to the guitar, I was super wary of messing it up.
Random gestures I kind of liked from life drawing last year.
So I am doing daily self portraits to get myself drawing more often. Here are the first three, in order.
here are some things I've done relatively recently.
Gouache on illustration board
Acrylics on canvas board
A group portrait of characters from my last DnD campaign.
Ink on bond paper. I never did get around to adding the strings to the guitar, I was super wary of messing it up.
Random gestures I kind of liked from life drawing last year.
So I am doing daily self portraits to get myself drawing more often. Here are the first three, in order.
so I just type in this box and it goes on the screen?
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Also, some good work here, I can't find any glaring faults. The nose is looking much better in the last one.
thanks for the comment though.
Also...
also hahaha god dammit I am well aware I have a douche hawk. I indulged myself 3 weeks ago with a coin flip. I am getting rid of it soon so I don't have to look douchebaggy for job interviews.
tonight's sp:
Can we actually get a photo of you? I still think your not foreshortening the nostrils enough, they seem to hang a little low in comparison to the tip, which seems a little short. The only other thing is the red you used on the lips is too intense.
All in all though, I think this is your best one yet and a pretty nice portrait.
here is a pic of me in all my douchebaggy glory: http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1390/img1992p.jpg
@cakemikz: none of these are photo referenced, I work from a mirror. and yes, I have the hands of a 90 year old woman, they are simultaneously really fucking weird (90 degree hitchhiker's thumb, can bend my fingers back to touch my wrist, etc) and really fun to draw because of it.
here is yesterday's. I couldn't spend very much time on it, I wasn't home most of the day. I saw modest mouse last night, it was fun times.
I used a mirror propped up in front of me with another mirror held on my shoulder to draw a profile portrait. It was interesting
this one, I took off my glasses because I felt like I was over-rendering/paying too much attention to the shapes of things and avoiding color.
my goal for tomorrow is to actually draw something besides these damn things because I am getting burnt out. I should do a bunch of hand studies.
this is actually the second portrait today, the first one had me smiling and is a total abomination. even though this one is stretched vertically and not very well drawn I like that it is semi loose, which is tough for me.
I wish I had something worthwhile to post besides these but my sketching has been pretty much fruitless lately. means I should be trying harder, I guess. ohhh wellll here's today's:
tried painting without blending at all. it was an interesting experiment.
also: i laughed out loud at your 'durr' pic
also also: modest mouse live? you lucky whore
@themorningstar - thank you, my mother is a giraffe
@mensch-o-matic - thanks for the crits dude, I definitely appreciate it. I tried to pay more attention and correct myself more often with the relative positioning of my facial features on tonight's. also yes, modest mouse was fucking great. if you have the opportunity, see them.
portraits are serious business
So in honour of your achievment I bestow upond you the "Bi-Annual Mustang Award for Not Punching Yourself in the Face", it's very prestigious.
@xal, haha, yeah, I can see the resemblance.
my last two have been total jokes, basically. I have been helping my sister move in to a new apartment and have been totally wiped by the time I've gotten home, so both of these are terrible but worth posting anyway, I guess.
also a rough sketch of an epic illustration I am doing of my last dnd campaign
tonight's
Have you ever heard of Andrew Jones? Check out his self portrait threads for inspiration.
tonights got botp'd
Great self portraits though, I try to do self portraits myself but it can be very frustrating, so kudos.
Am i mistaken or would practicing with a mirror be better for actual observation skills (since a mirror is not a flat projection like a picture. You have two eyes, the camera has one.).
I always saw practicing with a mirror as a much bigger challenge. The photographed ones always come out with more of a resemblance because the camera does all of the flattening for you.
Altough i'd appreciate oppinions on that from other commenters on this subject.
You sir are correct.
@cakemikz - thanks, I agree with you on the chin, I kind of liked it on the cheeks but I may have overdone it
@the_glad_hatter - I have used a mirror for all of these, and 2 mirrors for the one of the profile view (one on the wall, one held on my shoulder)
Basically went a similar direction as 2 nights ago, but did it better. Also, I did not use a picture for this or any of these. For this one, I closed one eye at a time so I could do a portrait of myself with my eyes closed.
I am tired.
That hand is hells of wonky
here's yesterday's and today's (today's is incredibly lazy but I am once again falling asleep at the keyboard. I should not put these off until night time).