One day I will manage a batch without Heresy in it. One day. But look! She's happy! And not in trouble or anything!
She hates me so much for this. Nobody is allowed to see Heresy singing. This one is A3 and unfinished. I'm in two minds whether to colour it or not. I don't know why it looks blue. What's wrong? I can even attempt to correct this one as it's WIP! :D
She's actually a good singer. Full size.
But not what she was thirty years ago. Top half.
Saturday, 9 July 2011
Colour, clothed (Rosien, sitting)
COLOUR!
This batch comes with the caveat that I am tipsy. :)
So after a fair old while of restricting myself to pencil only, I finally caved and got some pencils. Not expensive ones. I think they're Derwent academy ones. I've used much nicer, but these will do for the likes of me, as it's not like I'm producing anything stunning anyway. They seem kind of reluctant to give up their colour to the page. Am finding it hard to get a deep or even shade with them, which is probably me rather than them. The greens are the hardest though. Difficulty in getting them to blend or layer effectively. PRACTISE. I'm not going to buy expensive kit for now, I'm not good enough to justify it and anyway it's probably good for me. (See under why I'm not trying to get to grips with image correction on a computer. If I ever get actually good I might look into it.) If I can do it without all that then I know I can do it properly. Does that make sense outside my own head? I don't know, I'm tipsy.
Here's someone new: Rosien, who I chose partly because of the HAIR. I have colours, let's use them! :D Alternatively, "Adventures in attempting fair white skintone without an appropriately coloured pencil, and subsequently getting camera to report it." Scanner failed utterly. Camera variable, hence more than one shot - the daylight one is true-ish to everything but skin, the warmer one true to skin and little else. :P My current best effort for pale white skin is white-->yellow-->rose, as I can't seem to do any colour straight onto the paper pale enough, and the white pencil stops it laying down too much colour.
Any and all criticism and tips on this gratefully received. Things I have learnt: Colour offers 43567 new and exciting ways of getting it wrong! Woo! (Sodding bloody fabric.) Also her nose is too long, I just noticed that. I have an odd feeling this needs inking or something but am too afraid. Does it want inking?
Rosien does not like being interrupted when she's working. Daylight.
Not even when the colours are warmer.
This batch comes with the caveat that I am tipsy. :)
So after a fair old while of restricting myself to pencil only, I finally caved and got some pencils. Not expensive ones. I think they're Derwent academy ones. I've used much nicer, but these will do for the likes of me, as it's not like I'm producing anything stunning anyway. They seem kind of reluctant to give up their colour to the page. Am finding it hard to get a deep or even shade with them, which is probably me rather than them. The greens are the hardest though. Difficulty in getting them to blend or layer effectively. PRACTISE. I'm not going to buy expensive kit for now, I'm not good enough to justify it and anyway it's probably good for me. (See under why I'm not trying to get to grips with image correction on a computer. If I ever get actually good I might look into it.) If I can do it without all that then I know I can do it properly. Does that make sense outside my own head? I don't know, I'm tipsy.
Here's someone new: Rosien, who I chose partly because of the HAIR. I have colours, let's use them! :D Alternatively, "Adventures in attempting fair white skintone without an appropriately coloured pencil, and subsequently getting camera to report it." Scanner failed utterly. Camera variable, hence more than one shot - the daylight one is true-ish to everything but skin, the warmer one true to skin and little else. :P My current best effort for pale white skin is white-->yellow-->rose, as I can't seem to do any colour straight onto the paper pale enough, and the white pencil stops it laying down too much colour.
Any and all criticism and tips on this gratefully received. Things I have learnt: Colour offers 43567 new and exciting ways of getting it wrong! Woo! (Sodding bloody fabric.) Also her nose is too long, I just noticed that. I have an odd feeling this needs inking or something but am too afraid. Does it want inking?
Rosien does not like being interrupted when she's working. Daylight.
Not even when the colours are warmer.
Monday, 4 July 2011
Standing (Rosamund, cheesecake)
I. Er. I accidentally some very tame Rosamund cheesecake.
The books. Oh holy God the BOOKS. They took longer than she did. There are 130 of them visible if I counted right. I am never going to draw anything with a bookshelf in it again. It is an exercise pleasing only to the mad, the foolish and the terminally bored. This must be post-baby, because she's not that thin in this. her right leg is wrong and I can't seem to get it right. This looked better with the skirt seethrough - legs made more sense when fully visible. The ladder is wrong but I'd drawn too much by the time I'd put it in to tweak everything enough to get it right, so I left it. Or is that just me? This was mostly an exercise in fabric folds (ugh) and legs. And BOOKS.
Actually SFW. Contains (gasp) legs and (double gasp!) loose hair!
Rosamund must be teasing her husband...
The books. Oh holy God the BOOKS. They took longer than she did. There are 130 of them visible if I counted right. I am never going to draw anything with a bookshelf in it again. It is an exercise pleasing only to the mad, the foolish and the terminally bored. This must be post-baby, because she's not that thin in this. her right leg is wrong and I can't seem to get it right. This looked better with the skirt seethrough - legs made more sense when fully visible. The ladder is wrong but I'd drawn too much by the time I'd put it in to tweak everything enough to get it right, so I left it. Or is that just me? This was mostly an exercise in fabric folds (ugh) and legs. And BOOKS.
Actually SFW. Contains (gasp) legs and (double gasp!) loose hair!
Rosamund must be teasing her husband...
Sitting (Heresy, clothed, in prison again)
I swear I will one day stop drawing Heresy at various points in the criminal justice proceedings of Albion. It's just so much fun. Not so pleased with this one, but I got bored of it. I don't like the face, there's no real expression in it. Doesn't look like a person. Tell me what's wrong! :D
What Heresy Did On Her Holidays
What Heresy Did On Her Holidays
Kneeling from behind, sketch (Heresy)
This one is only a rough sketching-out but I thought I'd put it here for completeness. Trying to work out a) posture b) positioning c) fucking fucking fabric folds.
Sketchy sketch. Do I ever draw Heresy looking happy?
Sketchy sketch. Do I ever draw Heresy looking happy?
Lying sideways, head and shoulders (Meredith)
A new position for me. (Hurr hurr hurr. Though not hurr for Meredith, being Morvanian and all.) Trying to make all their faces actually distinct. Tell me what's wrong and I will cover you in noodles of glee! Um, internet noodles. Or something. I dunno.
Contemplation
Contemplation
Head and shoulders (Heresy, bleeding)
This batch are from over a couple of weeks. One day I will draw Heresy less. One day.
* * * SELF INJURY TRIGGER * * *
Religious fail is an amazing thing in CUTT. I'm trying to play with expressions a bit. Sodding hands, I can't seem to get these right. Tell me what's wrong, and optionally why! :D
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