[NeoFun]

Drew this on a boring trainride-- why does it look so wrong? Help! Oh, and I just noticed-- Are we finnaly rid of Stniell?
How I miss him...

[NeoFun]

I always forget the image...

[Eshara]

The only thing I see wrong with it is the eye closest to the viewer. Other then that I think it looks great

Er, I forgot to say.. The eye is to high, it needs to come down some.

[ August 08, 2001: Message edited by: Eshara ]

[maximus]

Sweet drawing. The only thing I can see that may give you that sense of “not quite looking good” (no disrespect) is the fact that it’s done in pencil. Pencil doesn’t come out well in that amount of shading that you have unless you use a certain type of paper. Also the shading is kina erratic lines are one way then another try to keep it all in one direction and try not to put so much shading it becomes distracting use the white of the paper more. And you might want to try crosshatching or stippling with darker pencils maybe a black ink pen. Other than that it’s a grate drawing the eye is a little of but that’s not a big deal.

Maximus

[andrew]

Structure and the understanding of a solid structure in bith the figure and the head is the key to hitting a solid portrait in porportion and with likness- if you are interested in the head, Andrew Loomis published a book years ago. It will cost you hundreds for the original and it has not been reprinted, though there is an abridged version that is available through the Walter Foster series of how to draw books. This, along with Bridgeman, Vilpu, Vanderpoel,- careful with Hogarth (elastic bands...) will give you a starting place. Do the "stupid" planar drawings of the head for a while untill you can do them out of your head in an position with good porportion- then ask yourself what details fall within this structure that will create a resemblance- then slightly exaggerate those key factors- I'm still dealing with structure- one of my instructures states that "...it takes at least ten years of focus on structure to be a master..." and i agree, rendering ontop of a poor fondation will only create at best mediocracy, we all want more....
-check out Andrew Loomis though...good luck-

[ichiban]

pencil != digital...