Thought I'd do another still life of a skull. So, still face related. The proportions are a little different. Probably in part because the skull is not anatomically accurate, and in part because removing the flesh makes the eyes bigger and the nose too. Here's a pic of the skull. Of course, the sun rose up between when I started drawing and when I took the picture... What did you do today? ...
More faces. Tried a different tutorial following the same basic concepts as before. I didn't really mean her to look like an ancient Peruvian, but there it is. I guess it's a good thing I intend to mostly draw monsters! This one I did the square jaw and smaller features on purpose. Maybe I did not intend them to be quite THAT small... Maybe it's the ears, but this reminds me of Orlando Bloom. ...
Back in May I wrote a little entry based on a letter from Teller to an upcoming Magician. The gist of that was to find heroes outside of haunting and to let them guide you. Today I would like to make a case for Buster Keaton to be one of those heroes. I can only put one video per blog entry, so I ask you to take 20 minutes to watch ...
Faces! I knew going in this was going to be rough, but I figure i'm almost halfway through this experiments and I'd better start trying to do faces, since that's a big part of what I want to be able to draw. Not only is a face in my target picture, but I'd like to be able to draw character concepts. I followed a couple of tutorials on drawing faces. Both focus on getting the proportions right rather than details. Both followed the familiar "draw a circle and ...
Switched to a simpler candlestick. Then I added a skull. I actually think I am getting worse? Maybe it's just not my day. Here's my subject: What did you do today? Happy haunting!