Clothed, head and shoulders (Heresy)

 Last of this batch. This one probably took me longer than either of the others by a long way, mostly on the eyes and the hands. The left hand isn't quite right to me - it doesn't quite look as though she's resting her cheek on it. Does it need to be a smidge higher, or is it something else?

Heresy knows there isn't really any solace at the bottom of that bottle. Bonus points if you know what's in it.

Clothed, sitting (Meredith)

Decided to have a go at something with legs, 'cause I need to practise them. Meredith has a big bum and thighs. She resents this deeply. I don't think she cares in this picture though. Am better pleased with the boots in this one, but I still need to stop being lazy and find one and sketch it a lot til I can draw the buggers. Her left hand looks wrong - I can't seem to get it right so that it looks like it's taking the weight of her body being pulled up straight by it, and it's not really a position I can reference from myself. Hmm.

Tell me what's wrong! :)

Meredith is looking at something. Possibly the sky.

Clothed, sitting (Sophia)

All this lying around healing is making me draw a lot. It's still Megan's fault.

I hate this one most of this batch, so it goes first to get it out of the way. Her face looks too far forward, and her left shoulder is totally fucked AFAICT. Cannot get puffed sleeves to look anything other than wrong. Also, horrible drapes of fabric. Curse you Regency fashions!! Legs were/are a bugger, though the "draw it as a volume/designate front" did help make it less of a bugger. Gave up on the shoes as I got bored and I'm dedicated like that.

Sophia has a flower. Not that sort of flower, you perv.

Lying 3/4 (Heresy, clothed)

And to finish, it's this old cow, once more in a setting more familiar to her than some might assume. This was difficult, but at the time of posting I think I like it the best of any of this batch, at least from her waist up - first time I've drawn Heresy and been even remotely happy with her face. The legs are fucked, and I can't work out how to unfuck them. Boots are my new nemesis. Any ideas on how to unfuck them? Anything else that's wrong? Goddamn breasts. Breasts are difficult.

 Pencil.

The (ex-)Ishmundi did not, do not and never will like Heresy Smith.

Sophia and Cerine, faces

Here we have Sophia, my M&M character, and her little sister Cerine, played by Chess. They're very close. Very close.

Pencil. This fills a side of A4. I like Cerine (on the left) much better than Sophia, who I can't seem to get right. Obvious caveats for my own mental image of someone else's character. I think Sophia's hand is too long or something. Also, I apparently have real difficulty drawing closed eyes. Any tips? Please tell me what's wrong :)

Sisterly affection...

Undressed, sitting, back view (Heresy)

*  *  * Self-Injury TRIGGER WARNING  *  *  *

And here we have Heresy as she has spent too much of the last few weeks: having a spectacular breakdown in gory fashion. Probably not long after her flogging. Pencil.

I don't like this one. It's weak. It looks wrong, and I can't seem to correct it. Any thoughts?

Let no crime go unpunished...

Rosamund, face; Rosamund, standing, clothed

Rosamund is by far the most difficult of my characters to draw. I don't know why. Maybe it's all the bones. I'd have thought regular classic features would be easier, but they're apparently not. Both of these are pencil.

The first one is horrible. It's awful. The jaw is wrong, it's too far forward, and the wrong shape, and why do I insist upon doing this 3/4 stuff when I can't execute it properly? Oh wait, I can't execute anything properly. Lulz. I hate the full length one slightly less. Tell me why it's all wrong! Criticise the drawing, term used loosely! I will not cry, indeed I will pile on hugs and gratitude! :D

Rosamund face, 3/4

Rosamund does not like big parties.

Taking a pulse (Meredith, clothed, ink), disgusted face (Meredith, ink)

So these are the two attempts I made at using ink. Well, two of three; the first one was too embarrassingly dreadful to post. These are also dreadful. Have I mentioned that ink terrifies me? It's all indelible and one shade and black and stuff, and as will become apparent, I have no clue how to use it. It's scary! I did these in pencil first and then went over it, because I'm too cowardly to try sketching in ink from the outset.

This is what happens when I draw hands without a reference. Le sigh.

Meredith wants a pocket watch.

"Ewwwwwwww." Even doctors get squicked sometimes.

The degree of stylisation is not a deliberate choice, it's an artefact of my not knowing what to do with ink. :P Tell me what's wrong! How to fix it/tips on using ink is a doubleplus bonus!

Hand, sitting, perspective of horror (Heresy, anonymous Ishmundi)

I hold Megan entirely responsible for the tidal wave of shite that's about the begin. She very kindly gave me a very nice sketch pad, mechanical pencil, rubber, a fineliner and a brush pen when I was on my tod in hospital, and doom occurred. Posting these in the order they were drawn in. This first one is a hybrid though, as I modified the face today because it was all wrong. It's probably still all wrong. Tell me what's wrong!

Well, the perspective on the hand is wrong, I know that. What I don't know is what possessed me to even try combining the twin horrors of hands and an awkward perspective. Also, God I hate this scanner. It looks almost like biro from the scan, but it's actually pencil.

Heresy Smith has spent at least as much time in the dock as she has on the bench...