OC Commission: Diane

My first fullbody commission :D

Here, I've tried out a new method for pose sketching.

Then sketched  some details over it.

I'm going to attempt foreshortening in this one.

Dear God, please help me.

Just a note: The character is wearing a corset, so her waist is much smaller than it would naturally be.

Stylization

I've kind of given up on figure studies for now. Just trying to relax between my busy schedule, and just draw.
So here's the framework for a stylized personal piece I hope to work on when I return from my trip late next week.

Half asleep. Will make alterations at a later point in time.

To the Birds

Spring Break this week, but I've been feeling very ill and spending most of my freetime sleeping lol

So here we have a pose developed from my mind. No reference, though I will go through and use some when I do this again for a digital piece.

The camera must have been at a weird angle, because this looks way more out of proportion than it does in my sketchbook... I'll try to scan this later to get a better image.

Don't mind the messy feathers, I'm just planning out the image. Need to do wing studies.
Also lol, claw hand.

Edit: So, I totally tried to redo this in SAI. With a mouse. I really need my tablet lol

Wonky

Half awake doodle. The anatomy's off. No reference.
An idea for a full drawing popped in my head, so I wanted to test out the pose I had in mind for it...

4.10.11 - Bellydancer Pose

I did this this morning before heading to bed, while half asleep.
Also, the picture came out blue for some reason lol

My stylization is creeping back in with this one, but I'm hoping to turn it into a finished piece. I should be drawing it exactly how I see it, but I was tired and frustrated and just wanted to have a little fun with it I guess.
I messed up on her right arm, as usual. I think the model's hair is really messing me up with the arm/shoulder area.
Will retry this pose in a bit.

Reference:

4.9.11 - Foreshortening Fail

Dat arm
I'm having some issues with foreshortening ):
I've always had issues with it I guess, so any help with that would be great.
I swear I've redrawn her right arm 4 times, and it just gets messed up even more each time, so I gave up lol

First wonky attempt:

Foreshortening Fail 2:

Electric Boogaloo.

Reference:

3.31.11 - Pose Study

Reference

Winter Studies

These were the first two entries in my new sketchbook. I'm using this new sketchbook strictly for studies and poses. It's one of those hardcovers with the book mark, pen holder on, and elastic strap to keep it closed.
Makes me feel fancy.
The three poses in my last blog post are from the same sketchbook.

1.15.11 - Hand Study

used my left hand as a reference.

2.17.11 - Airplane Faces

On the ride out to Seattle, I was bumped up to first class, so spent the flight doing quick doodles of the passengers around me. They're very stylized, which is something I'm trying to avoid now when drawing from life.

Pose Practice 3.27.11 - 3.28.11

This is the very beginning of my pose practice.

The first set, was just me making up poses out of my head and trying to draw them without references, as I wasn't near my computer at the time. I'm still very weak with anatomy, so this didn't turn out so well. But it was fun! I also apologize for the quality. I need to learn to draw darker so it shows up on my scanner better...

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This second one, I wanted to try a more dynamic pose. I pulled a few pictures of ballerinas up as references. I'm still very weak with foreshortening, so there are quite a few errors in this, but I feel like it's a start.

Main Reference:

Oldish Art

Older art from... Anytime before I started this blog.
Just going through my sketchbook at this point.

8.20.10 - My little robot Verse.

8.24.10 - A steampunk Locus

Never got to finishing this one ):

Jan. '11 - Samuel from Diary of the Dead

This came out horrible lol

But alas, charting my progress.

3.20.11 - A character sketch