Friday, January 1, 2010

The Process - A New Portrait continued ...

I had Eddy take some more pictures of me working on my latest portrait - I think it's great to have a history of the process to look back on and to be able to share with others.  So I am sharing some now.  The portrait is 3/4 the way done.  I will hopefully have it finished at the beginning of next week or at least before the new semester starts.






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  1. OrlandoJanuary 2, 2010 at 11:48 AM

    It's so cool to see the process of work. Did you take the reference photo yourself? it's looking great.

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  2. Robot GeishaJanuary 2, 2010 at 12:09 PM

    Thanks - actually it was a couple of photos that someone had taken for this person that wanted her portrait done. I took the best one and cropped it down in photoshop to make it more interesting. I also tend to map out the lights and darks in shapes. It makes it easier for me to create the cartoon - first foundational sketch. I use it like a road map. I use this method when I need to get it as close to that person's representation as possible. When it isn't as important, I loosen up a little more - but still kind of map it out. This has always worked best for me.

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  3. OrlandoJanuary 2, 2010 at 1:28 PM

    Yeah i noticed that mapping too. i do something similar when I draw portraits. it's easier to draw when you can see things as flat shapes.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2010 at 4:56 PM

    Wow- that's a lot of pencils in one hand!!!

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