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Penguin-Factory
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I posted here awhile back. Since then I've been practising as often as I can, which for the next two weeks will be a whole lot more often.
So, I bought a little notebook thing and I've resolved to do at least two drawings from life a day in it (one portrait and one full body). This may go in my portfolio, since the guidelines allow for a "visual diary".
Here's the first one that I deemed good enough to post:
One criticism of my earlier drawings was the lips, so I tried to work on that. The nose is still giving me problems.
EDIT: Okay, that was supposed to be smaller..... photobucket's resize can be a bit unreliable, I've noticed.
So, I bought a little notebook thing and I've resolved to do at least two drawings from life a day in it (one portrait and one full body). This may go in my portfolio, since the guidelines allow for a "visual diary".
Here's the first one that I deemed good enough to post:
One criticism of my earlier drawings was the lips, so I tried to work on that. The nose is still giving me problems.
EDIT: Okay, that was supposed to be smaller..... photobucket's resize can be a bit unreliable, I've noticed.
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I think it's the fact that since the rest of the portrait is built using shapes of shade (for instance, the dark chunks designating shadow on the left cheek), but the eyelashes don't use that method, and are instead just lines. I can almost guarantee no one has eye lashes like that either. The shape of the eyes themselves are a little iffy. People tend to draw eyes the way they think they are, which is almond-shaped, when instead you have to think about them as round objects, with a slotted window (the eyelids) opening and closing to reveal them. Check out a picture, or look at a friends eyes.
Also, her nose is massive.
It is.... I don't know how I missed that :oops:
Back to work I go
And don't stop after #1, go on and on
- great animation focused website http://www.catsuka.com
Eyes aren't too horrible from the start, although yes less detail in concerns to the eyelashes would help, especially if the nose was smaller and showed more dimension, more depth.
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.†- Thucydides
between the eye level to the nose level looks slightly off.
do you have the real picture of it?
maybe it will us a better judgement to compare between your art and the photo.
That looks very useful, thanks
Less detail? I thought they weren't detailed enough :?
No, I didn't save it. From what I can remember, you're definetely all right about the nose being too big.
Anyway, thanks for the comments everyone. If I draw anything half-decent I'll put it up.
What he means is you shouldn't really draw every eyelash individually like that. They're all just too uniform. Eyelashes tend to "clump" (especially on girls, due to mascara) and they're also shorter and thinner near the corners.
I posted a previous self portrait attempt here before, and I think this shows some improvement. As in, I don't look like a scumbag here and my nose is now 3 dimensional. The eyes are still weird.
But I'd say you've got some great potential! Keep it up, buddy.
this is gonna help you get some better flowing lines, and teach you about facial structure and porportions. but dont just draw your face, draw bodies and watever else, to give you a good general experience with the pencil, this will help you grow.
Shading is time consuming. Draw with lines to get the proportions of the features correct first, then worry about giving volume with value later. Do a lot more than one portrait and one fully nude/clothed a day. If you don't shade you can get dozens done. Do hundreds of quick sketches. When you understand proportion and you establish proper anatomy you'll be good to go because your shading isn't bad.
Specifics : Work on Noses[huge] chins [tiny] mouths [edges of mouth should meet inner corner of eyes] eyes [cartoonish]