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Day 7:
One week in! For today I decided to focus in a bit more on some of the facial features. I challenged myself to use mostly pen and ink and a chunkier brush pen for the so as to try and focus more on the planes than the minute details. I also like to incorporate a bit more of a Golden Age of Illustration and classic comics look into my work, so this was a good exercise in building dexterity.
Day Six:
Today I decided to do another animal portrait/figure instead of a human one, as I am fascinated with the similarities between humans and primates, and how to use the structure of the primate head to better understand parts of the human facial anatomy like the muzzle protrusion and brow ridge areas. I also like to study primates because for some reason I have an easier time indicating fur than I do hair. I decided to use a more classical pen and ink technique for this illustration rather than my typical more expressive linework, as I also want to strengthen my dexterity and rendering abilities.
Day Five:
Seeing as costume is a such an important part of portraiture, I chose to focus today on some costume quick sketch from the reference library, going freehand with my fountain pen to keep the sketches loose and expressive. I’m very fascinated with how simple mark making and indications can be used to suggest a face, especially when looking at a whole figure where there isn’t space for small detail. I’m going to continue these costuming exercises, and see if I can continue to develop my ability to suggest structure and detail without putting in smaller marks that clutter the image. For those who haven’t checked out Bill Perkins’ and Charles Hu’s lectures on costume design, I highly recommend it!
Day Four:
Today I decided to do an animal portrait instead of a human one! This was a great opportunity to explore pen and ink technique, along with a subtle treatment of water-colour just to indicate the warmth of the fur contrasted with the coolness of the skin. Throughout this challenge I would like to explore some more of these animal portraits, as I find it interesting how the pose of the animal can be used to tell a story!
Day Three:
Today I decided to do one of Chris Legaspi’s exercises that he recently shared in one of his live streams where you focus on getting a quick read by really zeroing in on the unique head shape of the person you are trying to draw. This is a really useful skill for my focus on editorial illustration and celebrity portraits, as the ability to get a likeness is even more important in those kinds of scenarios. I went really loose with these, and just thought of random celebrities that I haven’t really drawn before.
Day Two:
Today I did a sketch sketch on tonal paper of Jude Law as The Young Pope. This one was heavily inspired by the work of Drew Struzan and Mark Westermoe, and combines some black and blue prismacolor and verithin with white prismacolor. I didn’t take this one very far but I really liked the challenge of doing a white costume while at the same time not making it too much the focus of the image. Very interesting show by the way!
Day Six,
Today I decided to stick with figure drawing again, but I was interested in seeing how I could add some colour interest to a pencil sketch. I used photoshop to add a warm tone that is intended to capture the energy of her pose. I learned this colorization method from Chris Legaspi’s Photoshop for Artists series, and I am excited to experiment with it even more because I still prefer drawing manually rather than digitally.
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