I don't know this guy
As part of our previous class, the teacher taught us the basic topography of the human face – the usual bits about the eyes being halfway down the head and measuring things in relation to eyeballs and all that. She just had us start sketching without any particular subject in mind. I was curious in seeing who the face I was sketching actually turned out to be. I can honestly say that I don’t know this guy.
I think the most important bits I took away from this practice was the inner contour of the ear and the lower contour of the nose.
Posted in Sketches
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Tagged charcoal, face, shadow
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is she cylon, human, or something else?
Seriously, if you don’t watch Battlestar Galactica, you’re really missing out on some good science fiction, and by “good science fiction” I mean “it’s better than Lost.”
I found myself using the eraser more than I would have liked for this one, but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. The profile angle definitely brought to light a new dimension (for me anyway) of the relationship of facial elements to each other. I need a little more practice with the positioning of the mouth to the nose – after that, I’ll be cooking with fire.
p.s. – A coworker noted that that trick I do with the Gimp is called “posterizing.” I checked out the posterizing tool in the Gimp, and it’s effectively the same thing as toying with the contrast. So… grayscale posterizing is what I’ve been doing.
hot sci-fi chick? check.
This is the first value study that I’ve done of a figure (as opposed to a face / upper torso). I have to admit that I was pretty worried when I started, but I think everything came together in the end. I’ll definitely need to do more of these if I’m to be an artist worth his salt.
By the way, I just did a cursory search for what “worth my salt” means, and it seems to be a reference as to how soldiers used to paid. Can someone confirm this?
And also, Farscape is a bizarre but fun space opera worth checking out. It’s one of the most recent Jim Henson Company shows that comes to mind. It’s available from the Blockbuster mail rental service, and it wouldn’t surprise me if Netflix had it too.
have you hugged a cylon today?
I need to come up with a term for what I do with the Gimp (the B&W and cranked contrast thing). If anyone knows what that’s called, give me a heads up.
The hand was pretty darn hard, but I think I’m pretty happy with the way it turned out. Now, I need to start doing value studies of lady folk.
he's a real police
I did that B&W contrast thing with the Gimp again. It’s super effective. I’m getting a little better with doing these quickly and loosely. It’s helping me appreciate the presence of value even when there’s no obvious shadow.
