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UltimateHurl
Ireland591 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/hiLBU.jpg) This was based on a picture I took of White-Ra for TL during Dreamhack, and was a big challenge. I was also thinking, I usually paint, either digitally or with acrylics, would TL prefer streaming painting or Youtube videos after? Will be making the sort of things I've blogged previously    | ||
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iamperfection
United States9642 Posts
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KalWarkov
Germany4126 Posts
try to make it "cleaner", maybe by using finer lines or using a rubber to smudge the lines. Also, the eyebrowns could be darker. That would be my guess, not like im an artist or something :D like this, he looks a bit like he just got rescued from a burning car and lost his wife or something :/ | ||
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Denzil
United Kingdom4193 Posts
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
On April 14 2012 01:17 iamperfection wrote: I know hes smiling but for some reason im getting sad from this pic. I think its the shadows on the left side and the eyes. White-Ra's left, the artist's left, or your left? | ||
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
Other than that good job, better than what I can draw for sure XD. | ||
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brachester
Australia1786 Posts
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Utinni
Canada1196 Posts
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SiguR
Canada2039 Posts
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Brosy
United States254 Posts
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Xiron
Germany1233 Posts
btw DAT smirky smile. | ||
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iamperfection
United States9642 Posts
On April 14 2012 01:42 3FFA wrote: lol yeah what they said. However, I like the look for him. Makes me think if I was him "am I really that old?!? O.O". White-Ra's left, the artist's left, or your left? My left | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
Ok, are you looking at it upside down or sideways? | ||
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fire_brand
Canada1123 Posts
Good stuff, you're going in the right direction. | ||
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UltimateHurl
Ireland591 Posts
On April 14 2012 07:52 fire_brand wrote: A good try my friend, but it needs work. You've got the start of a good drawing, just work it. You have establish your darks and lights. Right now there's not any real distinction between your lights and your middle tones. Either hit the darks way harder or incorporate some white pastel in for those highlights and leave the paper to act as your mid tone. As you've seen in Gliders pictures, he reworks his pieces to get that next level of finish and detail on his work. Good stuff, you're going in the right direction. I think this is common with a lot of my stuff, I'm self-taught so I rarely work to the level of pros, definitely working on this. I think it's the reason iamperfection sees a problem on his left-side, I wasn't clear enough with the shading on that jaw. Only have a HB pencil, thinking of investing in some charcoal to be able to smudge and that, has been a lot of fun to experiment! Thanks for the advice guys! | ||
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Bayyne
United States1967 Posts
Good job nonetheless! | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
On April 14 2012 08:59 UltimateHurl wrote: I think this is common with a lot of my stuff, I'm self-taught so I rarely work to the level of pros, definitely working on this. I think it's the reason iamperfection sees a problem on his left-side, I wasn't clear enough with the shading on that jaw. Only have a HB pencil, thinking of investing in some charcoal to be able to smudge and that, has been a lot of fun to experiment! Thanks for the advice guys! I'm still confused... which left  edit: I feel the same as the poster above me. | ||
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GreatFall
United States1061 Posts
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
Becareful of the tendency to subconsciously straighten things out when you draw. Feels like certain parts are tilting one way (ear-to-ear, jaw, neck tilt) while the center features are being forced to align(looking head on). I have problems with this too esp with people whose features angle up and down, its easy to confuse the angles. Also the way the chin goes into the jaw on his right ( the dark side) seems like its missing some volume or something. | ||
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UltimateHurl
Ireland591 Posts
 3FFA I'm talking about the shaded side, which has problems because the shading was awkward due to a rim-light sort of lighting condition that I didn't render too well Thanks GreatFall ironchef yeah White-Ra was tilting his head, which introduced a few challenges I found really interesting to try and tackle | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
 . I wonder how hard it would be to try to make a tilted head straight in your mind while still making it realistic... | ||
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fire_brand
Canada1123 Posts
On April 14 2012 08:59 UltimateHurl wrote: I think this is common with a lot of my stuff, I'm self-taught so I rarely work to the level of pros, definitely working on this. I think it's the reason iamperfection sees a problem on his left-side, I wasn't clear enough with the shading on that jaw. Only have a HB pencil, thinking of investing in some charcoal to be able to smudge and that, has been a lot of fun to experiment! Thanks for the advice guys! I find people who are mostly self taught just need to learn the most effective ways to improve. Most of them are just drawing in large amounts to get better and not concentrating on the things that they need to improve most, whether that be structure, shading, line quality or whatever. I would definitely invest in some more supplies, but before you do look at how other artists do it. If you're really inspired by glider and really love his work watch his videos and try to learn from his process. Don't copy it, but just see if you can incorporate some elements of how he works into your process. I think that would be very helpful to your improvement. Most important thing though is just to keep drawing and keep looking at stuff. You've got some good talent and obviously some passion too. Keep nurturing it : ) GL. | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
 . in other words: It isn't what you draw that makes you an amazing artist, it is how you draw it. Glider is the perfect example. If he drew with just paper and pencil or crayons or markers or w/e he would probably be much less respected. However, he does his work with intense technique and perfection and draws with charcoal, something rarely seen in everyday life. | ||
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UltimateHurl
Ireland591 Posts
On April 15 2012 07:09 fire_brand wrote: I find people who are mostly self taught just need to learn the most effective ways to improve. Most of them are just drawing in large amounts to get better and not concentrating on the things that they need to improve most, whether that be structure, shading, line quality or whatever. I would definitely invest in some more supplies, but before you do look at how other artists do it. If you're really inspired by glider and really love his work watch his videos and try to learn from his process. Don't copy it, but just see if you can incorporate some elements of how he works into your process. I think that would be very helpful to your improvement. Most important thing though is just to keep drawing and keep looking at stuff. You've got some good talent and obviously some passion too. Keep nurturing it : ) GL. This is really great advice, thanks fire_brand Thanks 3FFA, I figure it's only polite to respond! I usually do either acrylic or digital painting (http://ultimatehurl.com/art/ has examples), feel like I'm trying to find a good way to approach pencil sketching that suits me. It's a lot of fun to explore | ||
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