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Sarenji · Feb 27th, 2012, 12:00:50 AM

Haha. I definitely have a long way to go still. See this post! I sort of backpedalled in quality since I spent ~4x less less time on each picture. If you hate sketches, there is a mediocre colored picture at the end.

My faces take way too long to get right, so I've been practicing lips/noses/other faces to try to get faster at drawing them correctly. Also I'm best at drawing humanoids now and not much else (what a turn). Which means it's time to work on environments/items!

speed sketches (ranges from 10-30 min)

this was supposed to be a girl. i forget who. ask Matthew.

my friend's birthday was one day before mine, so I drew him eating some pie.

I was trying to draw Kaylee from Firefly, but it seems I drew a barbie doll instead. Which happens to be the opposite of Kaylee... and the lips are terrible.

Christina Hendricks as requested by PKGaming. She already looks sort of inhuman so it kinda works.

Christina Hendricks for PKGaming again. I still can't believe those breasts are real. I couldn't get the face right, so I just erased it and moved on. I need to work on noses/lips

some fat mobster bro in made-up environment (Dune?). i need straighter lines. i should spend a few minutes each day doing this.

lips/noses

lips. i tried to get faster at drawing them as i went.

noses

"original character": a girl called Girl. Maybe I'll really call her that.

I definitely need some guidance coloring. I've been reading up on tutorials like mad. I think maybe this is something I should start slow with -- more basic shapes etc. like what Ritter suggested with circles/pyramids. (ok, just tried this.)

sketch. By far the most time went into getting her face right. (and the gun, but it wasn't really a focus)

lineart. still thinking about how to improve line-arting. something to try is using a same-width brush then tapering maybe?

color attempt #1. guhhh.

color attempt #2. slightly better?

Feb 27th, 2012, 12:00:50 AM	#56
Sarenji leaf-faced Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 362 Tristram	Haha. I definitely have a long way to go still. See this post! I sort of backpedalled in quality since I spent ~4x less less time on each picture. If you hate sketches, there is a mediocre colored picture at the end. My faces take way too long to get right, so I've been practicing lips/noses/other faces to try to get faster at drawing them correctly. Also I'm best at drawing humanoids now and not much else (what a turn). Which means it's time to work on environments/items! speed sketches (ranges from 10-30 min) this was supposed to be a girl. i forget who. ask Matthew. my friend's birthday was one day before mine, so I drew him eating some pie. I was trying to draw Kaylee from Firefly, but it seems I drew a barbie doll instead. Which happens to be the opposite of Kaylee... and the lips are terrible. Christina Hendricks as requested by PKGaming. She already looks sort of inhuman so it kinda works. Christina Hendricks for PKGaming again. I still can't believe those breasts are real. I couldn't get the face right, so I just erased it and moved on. I need to work on noses/lips some fat mobster bro in made-up environment (Dune?). i need straighter lines. i should spend a few minutes each day doing this. lips/noses lips. i tried to get faster at drawing them as i went. noses "original character": a girl called Girl. Maybe I'll really call her that. I definitely need some guidance coloring. I've been reading up on tutorials like mad. I think maybe this is something I should start slow with -- more basic shapes etc. like what Ritter suggested with circles/pyramids. (ok, just tried this.) sketch. By far the most time went into getting her face right. (and the gun, but it wasn't really a focus) lineart. still thinking about how to improve line-arting. something to try is using a same-width brush then tapering maybe? color attempt #1. guhhh. color attempt #2. slightly better? __________________ bracketmaker \| diff \| fixevs \| art