• Hand-drawn portrait of girl friend.
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It's pretty good for a first drawing, almost seems like you got natural talent. You have a long ways to go, now hurry up and finish it!
It's just lines though? also, reference would be nice, so we can point out discrepancies.
Your first drawing? My ass. Good job so far though, needs more nose work.
lol, okay so I've drawn maybe one other picture before, no lie. The nose is giving me some trouble, so I'll work on that. Reference picture coming up in a second. [editline]04:20AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Voice;16449079]It's just lines though? also, reference would be nice, so we can point out discrepancies.[/QUOTE] That's what all drawings are. Lines. They come together to form a piece of art though.
Lines need to be more defined although I'm sure you'll fix that in the final rendition.
[QUOTE=Parky;16449118]Lines need to be more defined although I'm sure you'll fix that in the final rendition.[/QUOTE] Of course. On paper, they look dark, but then the scanner lightens them. I had to darken the image in PS first.
Here's some tips: Don't try to define the hair since the image quality is so crap--it just looks kind of stringy if you do, and seems to lack volume. Mind the shape of the eyes, pay attention to where they actually curve--there are about 4 major points on the outline of every eye--the top curve, the lower curve, and the ends. Also, brown eyes tend not to actually do that crazy starburst effect in the iris. Just fill it in solid, but make sure to make the pupil a little bit darker and emphasize light where it is on the eye--otherwise, it makes the eyes look dead and soulless. Also mind the way the eyes are actually pointing--for instance, in the left eye (from the artist's perspective), you have the eyes pointed in such a way so that they are sideways and angled diagonally down and to the left, while her eyes are actually marginally horizontal and parallel to each other--the upper left corner of her eye is higher than the right edge of her eye in the actual picture, but you have them pointed downwards, so the reverse is true in yours. Another way to look at it is to observe the curve of the eyelid above the actual eye--does it match up, or curve funny? If so, there's something to be fixed. CAREFUL when defining the nose--you can make any beautiful girl look like a witch. Where there's a lot of light, don't bother to put a line at all--where there's darkness, outline the nose in such a way that you get the feeling of the nose. The only way to properly draw a nose in its real likeness is with light and shadow--otherwise, you really have to generalize to get at a nose that's not very pronounced and obvious. For instance, she seems like she has a bit of a hawknose here because you've drawn the bottom of the nose as a plane rather than following the shape of the nostril. Careful of the edge of the chin--her chin [i]is[/i] a bit angular, but not that angular. If this is only your second drawing or so, I'm not sure how much all this will help since it is a buttload to take in at once, but I hope it helps anyhow. I do like the drawing, and you seem to have a really nice grasp on contour line drawing (following the edges of an object to draw it--its contours). Keep drawing!
[QUOTE=Scyze;16449905]Here's some tips: Don't try to define the hair since the image quality is so crap--it just looks kind of stringy if you do, and seems to lack volume. Mind the shape of the eyes, pay attention to where they actually curve--there are about 4 major points on the outline of every eye--the top curve, the lower curve, and the ends. Also, brown eyes tend not to actually do that crazy starburst effect in the iris. Just fill it in solid, but make sure to make the pupil a little bit darker and emphasize light where it is on the eye--otherwise, it makes the eyes look dead and soulless. Also mind the way the eyes are actually pointing--for instance, in the left eye (from the artist's perspective), you have the eyes pointed in such a way so that they are sideways and angled diagonally down and to the left, while her eyes are actually marginally horizontal and parallel to each other--the upper left corner of her eye is higher than the right edge of her eye in the actual picture, but you have them pointed downwards, so the reverse is true in yours. Another way to look at it is to observe the curve of the eyelid above the actual eye--does it match up, or curve funny? If so, there's something to be fixed. CAREFUL when defining the nose--you can make any beautiful girl look like a witch. Where there's a lot of light, don't bother to put a line at all--where there's darkness, outline the nose in such a way that you get the feeling of the nose. The only way to properly draw a nose in its real likeness is with light and shadow--otherwise, you really have to generalize to get at a nose that's not very pronounced and obvious. For instance, she seems like she has a bit of a hawknose here because you've drawn the bottom of the nose as a plane rather than following the shape of the nostril. Careful of the edge of the chin--her chin [i]is[/i] a bit angular, but not that angular. If this is only your second drawing or so, I'm not sure how much all this will help since it is a buttload to take in at once, but I hope it helps anyhow. I do like the drawing, and you seem to have a really nice grasp on contour line drawing (following the edges of an object to draw it--its contours). Keep drawing![/QUOTE] Thank you for the help and CC. For the nose, I understand not to use pure lines to create it. I'm working on getting it just right. The hair, I really just threw the lines in so it looked like a face while I draw. I plan on perfecting it later. For the bottom of the nose, could you explain what you mean by i drew it as a plane and not by following the nostril? Thanks again.
[QUOTE=lil JJ;16450132]Thank you for the help and CC. For the nose, I understand not to use pure lines to create it. I'm working on getting it just right. The hair, I really just threw the lines in so it looked like a face while I draw. I plan on perfecting it later. For the bottom of the nose, could you explain what you mean by i drew it as a plane and not by following the nostril? Thanks again.[/QUOTE] For the hair, I mean don't even draw anything inside of the whole hairshape--in this picture, her hair is not in strands so it's best if you leave it as an outline so it looks like it has volume. For the nose, take a look at this: [IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/Scyze/emili32.jpg[/IMG] The red is what's drawn, and the blue is how the nose actually goes--notice how the red causes her nose to seem like it's tilted upwards and then as it approaches the tip of her nose, back down? That makes her nose look really bent and angular, which is why I called it a hawk sort of nose. The blue actually outlines the nostril as best I can see it from the picture, and makes it seem a little bit more subtle and real to life, while also having the added bonus of implying the nostrils without being too obvious.
I see what you mean about the nose, but when I draw it like you say, it just doesn't look right to me. I'll keep trying things until it looks right though.
I don't know about the drawing, but she is damn cute. Hope she likes this.
[QUOTE=Skippy!;16450427]I don't know about the drawing, but she is damn cute. Hope she likes this.[/QUOTE] lol yea she really is. I hope she does to, thanks.
If she's supposed to recognize it as herself, you should add more details.
I'd hit it.
I think if you want to make a decent picture you might want to work with a higher quality photo.
You should work a bit on the eyes. I know it's and early draft so you'll probably get better shading done on it but at this point it looks like the eyes from 28 days later. And the left eyebrow seems to be set a little higher than in the picture. And Scyze is right about the nose. It's one of the defining parts of a face since it's dead set (usually) in the center of someone's face, he already summed it up correctly. It's hard to tell from the picture but the teeth can also be a problem. I still haven't mastered drawing them well yet. If you just draw lines to define the teeth it can look pretty freaky. And I know it's early on, but once you get close to finishing and you're going to add shading, find the lightest area of the face and shade from there. The face usually gets darker the farther from a light source so it's a logical progression. Don't shade an area too much without shading any of the other areas as well. Once I shaded the cheeks without shading anything else and the face looked emaciated. It was actually pretty funny. Actually, how much time do you have for that drawing. If you have a while, finish it and let it sit. Then come back to it with a fresh set of eyes and find any faults. It's a good way to work small details that majorly detract from a picture. Other then that, if this is your first drawing, it's pretty good. My first drawings were of boxes just so I could learn perspective and 3d. If you practice some more you could get a lot better.
[QUOTE=markfu;16466814]You should work a bit on the eyes. I know it's and early draft so you'll probably get better shading done on it but at this point it looks like the eyes from 28 days later. And the left eyebrow seems to be set a little higher than in the picture. And Scyze is right about the nose. It's one of the defining parts of a face since it's dead set (usually) in the center of someone's face, he already summed it up correctly. It's hard to tell from the picture but the teeth can also be a problem. I still haven't mastered drawing them well yet. If you just draw lines to define the teeth it can look pretty freaky. And I know it's early on, but once you get close to finishing and you're going to add shading, find the lightest area of the face and shade from there. The face usually gets darker the farther from a light source so it's a logical progression. Don't shade an area too much without shading any of the other areas as well. Once I shaded the cheeks without shading anything else and the face looked emaciated. It was actually pretty funny. Actually, how much time do you have for that drawing. If you have a while, finish it and let it sit. Then come back to it with a fresh set of eyes and find any faults. It's a good way to work small details that majorly detract from a picture. Other then that, if this is your first drawing, it's pretty good. My first drawings were of boxes just so I could learn perspective and 3d. If you practice some more you could get a lot better.[/QUOTE] I have all the time I want for it. And that's a good idea too. I woke up this morning and looked at it and found some things I didnt like and I'll work on them. I didn't have lot of time to draw today, but tonight I will. [editline]12:24AM[/editline] [QUOTE=KlapTrap;16466221]I'd hit it.[/QUOTE] :downs: But you won't
So yeah you made the outline, most people do that in a few minuts. Are you planning to shade it at all?
[QUOTE=kaskade700;16467709]So yeah you made the outline, most people do that in a few minuts. Are you planning to shade it at all?[/QUOTE] So yeah you looked at the picture, most people actually read the OP. Are you planning on reading the thread at all?
[url]http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photoshopmonster.com/tutorial/photoshop-moter-bike-crabon-copy-effect/photoshop-moter-bike-crabon-copy-effect.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.photoshopmonster.com/Make-a-sketch-or-drawing-of-a-motor-cycle-photograph._95.html&usg=__DPq7SCj9IujpTIpMmpi_7FQxUAA=&h=394&w=493&sz=60&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=X0jxh7ADJeo6JM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dphotoshop%2Bdrawing%2Beffect%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1[/url] just trace here photo (she will never know)
Don't show her
[QUOTE=dgigliello;16469019][url]http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photoshopmonster.com/tutorial/photoshop-moter-bike-crabon-copy-effect/photoshop-moter-bike-crabon-copy-effect.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.photoshopmonster.com/Make-a-sketch-or-drawing-of-a-motor-cycle-photograph._95.html&usg=__DPq7SCj9IujpTIpMmpi_7FQxUAA=&h=394&w=493&sz=60&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=X0jxh7ADJeo6JM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dphotoshop%2Bdrawing%2Beffect%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1[/url] just trace here photo (she will never know)[/QUOTE] Haha, I'll pass thanks. [editline]01:46AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Gl0balize;16469109]Don't show her[/QUOTE] kthnx.
[QUOTE=lil JJ;16469178]Haha, I'll pass thanks. [editline]01:46AM[/editline] kthnx.[/QUOTE] No really, don't. Some girls get a little creeped out by things like this.
[QUOTE=Bredirish123;16469723]No really, don't. Some girls get a little creeped out by things like this.[/QUOTE] Seconded She'll just say thx and throw it into a dumpster
Honestly, I probably won't even finish the damn thing. In the amount of time it's taking me to draw it, I've already moved on ha.
Well provided she won't be creeped out by this (i.e. she doesn't know you at all, but you said you were friends so that's cool.). I think she'll really like it. Looks good so far. Are you going to color it? I would recommend not but I am a terrible artist so don't listen to me.
[QUOTE=redonkulous;16470528]Well provided she won't be creeped out by this (i.e. she doesn't know you at all, but you said you were friends so that's cool.). I think she'll really like it. Looks good so far. Are you going to color it? I would recommend not but I am a terrible artist so don't listen to me.[/QUOTE] Me and her are good friends, and if I do finish this, I'll probably leave it black and white.
Sounds good bro
Where did you get the reference picture.
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