Monday, December 31, 2007

Color_profile


Back with another all color painting. Still learning... and I hope to continue getting better into the next year. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Color Face


Today I did a little more with with color painting. I still begin with a basic sketch, next I do a general gray scale of some of the main shadow areas, then...that's it. From there it's all color. I'm trying to get better at recognizing the colors in human skin. The biggest gain from working in color is that I can do a painting much faster. So it's important that I get more comfortable with it. Again thanks to idrawgirls.com for inspiring me to draw again.

Thursday, December 27, 2007

The Eve of '08

Hello everyone. As 2008 approaches I begin to reflect upon this year. What have I done? How have I progressed? Well, not as much as I expected but I have done a lot and learned a lot. Not just in art but life in general. As for art, this year was largely one of experimentation. I still haven't found my niche market, but I feel I'm getting closer. I've opened my ears to suggestions as far as selling my work and such, but it may take the biggest piece of advice to get going, relocation. There are many great cities out there where the art scene is bigger, but moving to anyone would be disastrous without knowing what I'm looking for. Then again. Maybe what I'm looking for will find me? All I know is something's gotta happen. My situation has instilled in me a feeling that I"m running out of time, but now as I type this, the feeling is stronger than ever.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas with Dani.


Merry Christmas everyone! Thought I'd get up this morning and post one of my latest ANTM paintings, Danelle or now Dani from cycle 6. Peace to all!

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Tank Top


Hi everyone. Nothing huge today...i continued with my black and white sketches and decided to add color to this one. These drawings have a nice quality to them but I'd like em to be a bit cleaner. Gotta work on that.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Khalen



More ANTM but only one this time. Khalen from cycle 4. I think this is one of the better ones as far as likeness. I'm reallying liking my hair painting as of late too.

ANTM Girls





Firstly, I'd like to thank Xia Taptara for inspiring me to draw again. I had been doing some doodling since the Lollipop project, but nothing serious. I recommend anyone visit www.idrawgirls.com and see his work and learn from his tutorials! By his site name you can tell we share an appreciation for the female gender. But on to the drawings...I am an admitted watcher of America's Next Top Model. Though the recent seasons haven't been that great, the show over the years has produced some interesting reality characters. I took the opportunity to draw various contestants from the show. Hopefully, you can tell who they are as I'm trying to increase my ability to capture a likeness. These are all done in Photoshop which I'm beginning to like more and more for sketching.

I was surprised at how fast these came together. Xia talks about how important it is to be loose early on in the drawing and to consider the entire composition. One of the techniques he mentions is to picture things as "shapes." It certainly helped me place the elements of the face quicker and got me to lay down some values fast. Expect more drawings.