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I try to draw on every opportunity I can get. Usually it means on lunch breaks and after work. Previously I’ve tried to improve everything at the same time – portrait, figure, hands, costumes, characters, landscapes, value, color – and I found that it does not work very well for me.
In this challenge, I will focus only on portraits, light/shadow, value simplification and shapes.
See you soon!
@Zhi Su Thank you! That was pencil sketch with some editing to remove saturation and fix areas where the photo had a few shadows/dark spots.
The following sketch is how they look like straight from the camera. Let me know what you like best!
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4th time’s the charm. I was trying to upload two images at the same time, one a process shot and the finished sketch. But all posts were not saved for some reason. Maybe it doesn’t accept more than one image being uploaded?
Anyway, here’s the finished sketch.
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Hi Jean,
I really like the second one especially the type of rendering with all those lost edges and the face being the clear focal point since it’s rendered the most.
I also like how you worked the edges but I’m not quite sure if it might look a bit to rounded since the cheek and jaw bones seem to be really dominant a more angular or sharper edge style could have been more suitable but I’m not sure about that.
Lastly even if I like the big out of focus shapes I think the hair could have a tiny bit more value variation. Your last picture has the same effect which makes them kind of look like framed masks, at least to me 😅
But I think you are on a good way and I really like your overall approach of rendering 👍
Huh, weird. I had posted this earlier today, but for some reason it’s not showing in the thread.
Anyway, here it is again. A process shot and the final sketch.
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Huh, weirdly enough this is the 3rd time I’m making the same post. The previous two are not showing up at all.
Anyway, here’s today sketches. A little process shot and the finished sketch.
Oops, seems like my posts were saved after all. 🙂
Hi @Christopher! Thank you for stopping by! I really enjoy playing with lost and soft edges – especially with graphite. Contrasting them with hard edges is very satisfying. I have to agree with you on the hair part, it’s something that I don’t usually have the patience to do with pen/pencil, mainly because it takes so much time. My current focus is on the structure of the head, shapes and value simplification. My strategy with this is so I can do it faster and more accurately so I can focus on learning/doing other things, such as hair, costumes and all that cool stuff. Primarily because I don’t have much time to practice. But taking your critique into account, in today’s sketch I tried to give the hair a little more love!
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These are very nice!
What kind of pen did you use for this latest profile portrait?
@Ian Thank you! The pen is a Micron 0.3mm
@Chris Thank you so much Chris! You’re such a huge inspiration and definitely one of the artists I look up to. I watched your lessons here on NMA several times and a few years ago your free tutorials on YouTube. The planes and shadows is something that I take from your own way of drawing, so your words mean a lot to me!
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