Monday, December 15, 2008

Cartoon

I've also been returning to my comic-style roots, copying from a few originals before applying the approach to real faces:

Simple lines

Shading

I've been experimenting with some blended shading, as opposed to the exclusively hatching approach previously used. I think it worked well in this picture.

Shading

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Looking up

This is where all the practice finally starts to pay off. There are all sorts of weird proportions because of the angle of the shot, plus hands in weird positions, so the fact that I love how this turned out is very satisfying.

Looking up

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Middling darkness

Wherever Fenforth roamed, the misery followed him. It cast a pall over his waking, and tormented his dreams. Horrible visions of cute puppies and sweet lollipops, smiling children and glorious sunrises! The fact that his suffering was deserved did little to ease his agony, nor dry the cold sweat from his brow. He trudged on.

THE END

Smattering

I've actually spent  around 30 hours drawing so far this month, working hard on various fundamentals as well as trying out different things. Most of the output isn't really postable, but I thought it was about time I showed a handful of what I've been up to.

Bubblegum

Shading

Sketch

Another day at the office

Shaded eye

2D from Gorillaz

Monday, December 01, 2008

A bunch of faces

My drawing was almost non-existent during November, largely due to ill health, but now I have no such excuse so here's a sample of my output from Sat and this evening.

A quick sketch to warm up:
Face

A more detailed exercise from Drawspace.com to practice my shading and attention to detail:
Shading

A really rough sketch, aiming for simplicity:
Happy face

and a more subtle expression:
Shy smile

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Girl with glasses



This is my attempt to restore some patience and detail to my drawings. While doing sketches is fine, and I think I've been getting some good results, I was getting frustrated with my output getting worse not better. Luckily, that seems to be purely a product of rushing, which I avoided with this.

Another perspective

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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Sketch

This is a scene I've had in my "to draw" folder for ages, as a good exercise in perspective giving the picture depth. I'm really happy with how it turned out, so felt no need to fill in the detail. Job done :)

Sitting
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Monday, September 15, 2008

Distracted

I've done very little drawing the past month (too distracted by my Wii I think), so I've returned to the familiar, and will hopefully get back into the flow.

Face
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Listening at the wall

Listening through the wall
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Blowing a bubble

Hard to convey the translucent properties of the bubblegum!

Bubblegum

I also drew just one eye on its own, larger scale, to try to get the shading of the iris right:

Eye
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Another action sketch

Leaping
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Matrix

A quick cartoony style pic:

Matrix

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Wink

This didn't quite work, with the winking eye being out of alignment in a way I couldn't even correct by moving it around after scanning...
Wink
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