Does anyone do portraits? My question is, is it posible to draw a person's eyes loking at you (try to understand what I typed). I am trying, but I just can't.
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The only thing I can think of is do not be afraid to draw something. Even if you know it will be ugly. Because it may turn out wonderful. ;)
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this may sound ridiculous, but pen shades very well on ink or pencil drawings. if you find a good new pen (biro), you can really manipulate the shading to your liking.
also, with it being pen, it seems more 'realistic' to use for shading than pencil, say. but pen is shit for shading in big area's, as you can see as clear as day where the shading has overlapped. also good for metallic effects. |
Another small tip from uncle Havoc. If you're afraid of a blank piece of paper (not knowing what to draw or where to start or being afraid to fail) try starting by sketching an already existing image (no not by tracing lines you lazy wanker). It won't be perfect but the more you do it the more skill you develop.
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Okay, I need some help making realistic artwork. At the moment I am trying to make multiple portraits of people using small references. These portraits will only include mainly the head, shoulders, and chests. These will be done in black and white on white, sketch paper. Right now I am only using pencil, but I might use other materials. I am doing pretty well so far, but I have some troubles. I will list them, so none of them are lost.
1) Teeth. I can't draw them. How exactly do you draw accurate teeth that don't look like a bunch lines? Also, how do you fit the gums into this? All of my attempts so far make the people look really, really dorky. 2) How exactly would you guys suggest to shade hair? To me, that is a huge issue, as hair seems like the kind of thing that is shaded, not drawn. Would you suggest thin led on pencils, or pens? Also, with some hair, it gets really dark, like really black. This isn't black hair where there is a shine to it, but dark, dark brown hair. How would I shade that? A really really dark shade? 3) Suggestions? |
Hey people, I found this really impressive online image editor... It's very similar to photoshop, so if anyone wants to use more than paint, but doesn't have Photoshop, here's a link to try out :)
http://www.pixlr.com/app/ |
Holy hell, nice. That's indeed very similar. Lacks a lot of the advanced options but enough for some decent colouring.
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Can someone tell me if this looks like who it's supposed to look like, please? If you don't guess who it is then that means it's crap and needs more work :d Any tips are welcome!
http://i54.tinypic.com/2vbu16a.png (Left to right, in order of progression) |
I know who it is, but I may be biased.
Clint Eastwood |
If it wasn't for the hair I'd say James Galway. I, too, am not biased.
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I thought Clint Eastwood as soon as I saw it.
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Im in a sharing mood, so I thought Id show you the links that have previously helped me to understand anatomy in humans better amongst other things.
this is an incredibly good tutorial on eyes. After reading it, I tried it out and my eyes became instantly much better than they used to. http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/05/draw-eyes/ Here's a general anatomy article. But its really good cos the illustrations used are simple yet helpful. I also find the writing really understandable. It's a furry tutorial though, but the thing is.. Its human-anatomy part is really great. I dunno if the furry-part is just as good cos I skipped that. The article also touches up on the basics of drawing and such. http://hippie.nu/~unicorn/tut/xhtml/ |
Casually bumps this thread to share reference material.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu...2bno1_1280.jpg |