♣♥♦♠ realistic-ish portrait, other things

[Gedeon]

You should design some tribal clothes for Sut's manga OAO Alo love the hevvanih pic........the shading is..........delicious

[Cloudy]

○ Son: Thanks!
○ Bacon: I used a hard pencil to sketch the figure first, but then I want back with charcoal to shade in black. I think that's the only thing keeping me clean! ¡^¡
○ Sy: My university offers weekend lifedrawing sessions to the public for only five dollars (though I get it for free in my classes during the weekdays). You could probably call up your local art department and see if they do anything similar. It's awesome.
○ Cloudy: Thank you! And yeah, it's great fun.
○ Gunz: I've done it before, but never with a man, haha. Maybe one day. XD

♦ l i n e . v s . v a l u e
Still working out the composition of the final project images, but I did get Hevhninh's head worked out--which was a greater ordeal than originally projected.

Anyway, each of these image styles have their strengths. I'll choose one soon to use for the final.

Shes sooo pretty!

I really love the shaded one!

[Son44]

I gotta say that those character concepts are really cool. Somehow I get a sort of Art Deco style from the design.

The line vs. tone picture. Hm... I'd have a hard time choosing one over the other xD

[Celestial-Fox]

○ Son: Thanks, that's what inspired me a little bit. I think art deco/nouveau is fun.
○ Cloudy: Ahh, thank you~
○ Gedeon: Rei's manga is amazing. He and I have piddled around with character design together before. It was great fun. <3
○ Erika: asdr;lkjdo LOOK WHO'S TALKING
○ Afro: Yeah, I like the details of the lines, but I like the dark feel of the shading, too. :U DECISIONSSSSS~ And oh, goodness, a clothing line would be amazing. You'd have to promise to model for our lookbook every season, though. ;D
○ Bacon: Haha, thanks. Fashion croquis proportions are hilariously bad; it took a while for me to develop a style in it. But it still bothers me too. >.> I should have made the shoulders and head a little bigger. (Things to keep in mind next timeeee)
○ Josh: Thank youuuuu <333

♣ W I P
How to shade hair like a boss:
Step one: Disregard all better judgement
Step two: Cancel all your plans for the next two days.

It's that WIP of Frei I posted a while ago, who is also from the same storyline as Hevhninh, Arouzh, Urophia, and friends. I'm still working on it.
But, UGH, I made the eyes waaaay too small by accident~ I'll try to edit around that to make it less obvious. Unfortunately I can't erase it, though. :<
18x24"

I cannot get the right lighting to photograph this for the life of me. Soooo, uh, yeah, have two photos that are equally bad. >.> I promise to get a better photo once I actually finish it, though.

[Cloudy]

wow look at that detail! drawing and shading all those little bits of grass would have taken forever, loving your new stuff!

[Bacon_Barbarian]

She looks like she came straight out of 'Nam.

[Celestial-Fox]

○ Cloudy: Thanks a lot! <33 Shading the grass is difficult! I only have it mostly sketched in.
○ Bacon: LOVE IS BATTLEFIELD. :'D

♥ s c a t t e r b r a i n e d
Had a figure drawing session today, but the model didn't show up.
Twiddled thumbs in studio, because I left every last WIP of my coursework back at the dorm.

Flipped open my laptop > Went to Pixelovely > Started up an hour figure drawing session online

... This is all I came up with that was worth showing. :<
Weeeeh, the bottom one filled up my scanner--I DRAW SO LARGE NAO~

[Bacon_Barbarian]

Don't really have much anything to crit, but the one girl who's standing ... Her head seems a little small. And Pixelovewhatnow?

[Celestial-Fox]

Yeah, I have a really bad tendency to make heads too small. DX I TRY SO HARD, TOO! Lol.

But yeah, Pixelovely is a site with a figure drawing tool that is simply amazing.

[Gedeon]

They seem kinda squashed to me. Everything else............. gold, also the hand's seem a bit small.

Also a question if i may........Where do you draw during your Pixelovely tests?