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invocations) wrote2008-07-13 12:34 am
invocations) wrote2008-07-13 12:34 am
Graffiti + drawings
I've been out and about lately, which means (well, usually means) more graffiti photos. There's some 20+ new ones that I've added, and they can be found here. My favourite out of the recent lot:
YAY FOR ROBOTS!
Aside from that, I finally got off my butt and drew some stuff! They're just random bits from the last month or so.
Charcoal, A3. My sister, playing the piano. She won't sit for me otherwise!
Odd self-portrait, A3, pen. Doesn't really look like me.
James, A4, marker. James had two Copic markers so I stole them to draw him! It would have been nice to have more than two shades; maybe five. It doesn't quite look like him (angle is a bit off; he kept moving, how inconsiderate) although his mum could recognise him easily enough! Have to work more on this capturing likeness thing. I keep wondering if there's a special something I'm missing or whether it's just more observation and practice?
Self-portrait, A3, marker. This one is a decent likeness. Something a little off about the angle; should really work more with charcoal or pencil or something so I could correct it instead of committing to it with marker. Plus, I'm drawing the same-old; time to do something different!
YAY FOR ROBOTS!
Aside from that, I finally got off my butt and drew some stuff! They're just random bits from the last month or so.
Charcoal, A3. My sister, playing the piano. She won't sit for me otherwise!
Odd self-portrait, A3, pen. Doesn't really look like me.
James, A4, marker. James had two Copic markers so I stole them to draw him! It would have been nice to have more than two shades; maybe five. It doesn't quite look like him (angle is a bit off; he kept moving, how inconsiderate) although his mum could recognise him easily enough! Have to work more on this capturing likeness thing. I keep wondering if there's a special something I'm missing or whether it's just more observation and practice?
Self-portrait, A3, marker. This one is a decent likeness. Something a little off about the angle; should really work more with charcoal or pencil or something so I could correct it instead of committing to it with marker. Plus, I'm drawing the same-old; time to do something different!
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Obviously, it isn't done. If I added tone to the hair, it would change the shading on the face and I'd go in and darken areas (like the nose, side of the face). Also, I think I abandoned this for the same gripes you had about ink—I'd committed that dark line near the corner of my mouth and didn't like it. And, I was nine months pregnant and my ankles were probably getting swollen. :p
Anyway, there you have it. Maybe after the workshops are over I'll have that self-portrait thread.
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I see what you mean about the shadows under the nose- what I've left out is the fold you get just above the lip and the bottom curve of the nose. I wonder if part of the difficulty is the shape of my nose? It's relatively flat (but sort of bulbous in shape- wide at the bottom) with no clear definition for the...bumps at the side. Around the nostrils. Or it could be the direct fluorescent lighting I had. Either way, this is something I'll pay more attention to!