My cousin, Ada, let me use her face as a reference while I practiced my realism skills. It’s clear she had fun with these expressions, and so did I. She calls the piece “Adapocalypse,” and said it looked like a movie poster. Somebody start making this film!
I drew A MAN! With FACIAL HAIR! You may be asking, “Why should I care?” And I guess it really doesn’t matter. But I’ve never done this before, at least not very well. This obviously isn’t perfect, but I think it’s an improvement on my past attempts.
This character is named Brendan, and he’s from a D&D campaign I’m running. I may or may not have used a painting of Jesus as a reference…shhh.
This tiger portrait I drew using Prismacolor pencils is likely my favorite (colored pencil) piece yet. It’s also my second time drawing on toned paper–a medium I’ve come to like a lot. I made this as a Christmas gift to my grandparents. If you stop by their restaurant, you might just get a chance to see it in person.
This took me FOREVER but here’s Eleven from Stranger Things! I love how my art teacher gives us so much room to express our own interests and personalities in our projects.
The goal was to create a colored pencil drawing from a reference, cropping it to create a unique composition. I realized soon after starting this drawing that I did not choose the easiest reference. The neon lights and unnatural colors on her face definitely created a challenge for me. I exaggerated those colors a bit more to create a bright and intense look.
It’s not perfect, but I’d say it’s a pretty good start considering I’ve never attempted a realistic human face in this medium before. I’ll definitely be doing more of it in the future!
Another project from art class! This one was really fun, surprisingly easy (although a little time-consuming) and I think it all came together really well. It reminds me a little of Dr. Seuss books.
My colored pencil skills have definitely improved through this practice. I’m going to be working with them more in the near future.
One-point perspective drawing for my art class—I did the drawing room from Downton Abbey!
I made this crochet “hat lizard” as a birthday gift for a friend of mine. Inside joke. This is the second pattern I’ve come up with by myself, and I will be posting it once I smooth out some of the details.
In case you haven’t noticed already, I’ve kind of given up on Inktober this year. But I’ll try again in 2021!
This was a project I did for school called “shattered value.” We could “shatter” anything we wanted, and I chose a rose as my subject. I wasn’t sure about it at first, but by the end I thought it looked really nice.
Through doing this project, I learned a lot about lighting, values, and shading techniques. Not to mention patience—coloring all of those boxes took FOREVER! But I think my hard work paid off, because the piece turned out very neat and clean (in my opinion, at least).
Inktober Day 9: Throw
It just occurred to me that I have no idea what this sport is. Some sort of…very intense catch?
