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

A few nose attempts

This didn't work out too well at all. I'm fairly confident that I have the shape down fine, but my chinese white pencil [which I was attempting to use as a highlight on the creme paper] just ended up smudging everything ):

...That and the 2nd one is a little crooked. I'm still trying to get used to working with soft shapes like this. Trying to break out of my hard lineart comfort zone, because noses are soft features. The lips were more successful.

Disembodied facial features.

Just trying to study from life more, and do something a bit more involved than just sketching...
I guess it was just to see what I'm capable of currently.
Terrified to add anything else on the page, for fear that I'll mess up and totally ruin the rest of the studies xD

So for now, I give you an eye, and a pair of lips.

Sorry for the quality on the lips. I think I should draw faces on plain white paper, instead of the off-white/cream paper I'm using currently. I think it'd help with highlights and whatnot...

Feedback and critique is always welcomed (:

I'm here to learn!

4.11.11 - Interacting with Objects

...Sort of.
Going way out of my comfort zone yet again here. I drew a ghetto chair. Please don't laugh at it ):
I just wanted to try a pose of someone sitting on something, instead of just hanging out in mid air or some other nonsense. I am so horrible with scenery and objects and... just about everything.
But I'm trying x_x

Also my scanner is really bad... I hatched the chair so that you can tell what's the model and what's the chair, but it's a bit difficult to see on this scan. I need to learn to draw heavier... I edited this in GIMP to make the lines as dark as possible, but it's still really light in some areas, as you can see. I apologize for that ):
Fixed up a few spots, and tried my best to make the lines heavier.

Also, the negative spaces don't match up quite as well as I hoped they would [thanks to Miri for that tip!], but ugh. Other than it being a little wonky, especially compared to the reference, I'm pretty damn happy with it.
That right leg took forever.

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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:

3.31.11 - Pose Study

Reference

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.

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