Sketchbook: Almighty_gir - painting practice

[almighty_gir]

so anyway, i'm a pretty sub-par painter/sketcher.

but my girlfriend asked me to paint her, so i did =]

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3376/staceypaintlk3.jpg

crit away! (she said that was fine, as long as "she's famous" haha)

[Japhir]

looks great! she has a sortof "pointy" mouth, but i don't know how it compares to the real deal so no crits on that.

[almighty_gir]

so anyway, finding a picture that she'll actually let me show you = not fucking easy -_-

i don't get women, they'll let you paint them, and show everyone the sitty painting. but when it comes to a real pic, they are like... the pickyest people EVER.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4732/stacey2zp7.jpg

[J Randall]

I would add detail to her hair, and tan her a bit, compare and contrast from photo vs paint.

[Rens]

Some pointers that may help,

Try using hard brushes, this will prevent the drawing from becoming blurry.

For smooth transitions/ skin, i start out with hard brushes with x% to create the contrast, and then use the smudge tool to smooth it out a bit.

The biggest thing that is missing are the shadows, this makes the face look plane.


Good start gir :)

[almighty_gir]

sketching practice turned into drawing a ref of a female, i think the hip transition in the front view is off, also, ignore the face :P

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4642/refn.jpg