Challenge #28 - Makeover

[mific]

Title: Drawing of John Sheppard (on AO3)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Artist: @mific
Rating: G (fairly SFW - only the top of his chest's visible)
Medium: traditional art
Characters: John Sheppard
Summary: John in profile, bare chested.
Content Notes: Another makeover of an old drawing from 2017 (when I started doing traditional art again). Materials for the redraw: graphite pencil, charcoal pencil for the hair, a little marker for shadows. The old drawing was coloured pencils but I made it grayscale for an easier comparison. The old drawing started off as a doodle, then I decided to make it into Sheppard but didn't use a reference pic so there's no likeness, just the usual "code for Sheppard" spiky hair and elf ears. For the redraw I used a reference pic and drew the likeness freehand (OMG so much erasing and redrawing). And I remembered how much I hate charcoal pencil - it smudges like crazy! Doing this made me think about how I used to believe I couldn't do likenesses - that they weren't "my thing". But after joining in here on @Drawesome and watching a bunch of Youtube art tutorial vids, I gradually found that if I used a reference pic and really focused on the details, I could in fact manage a likeness. Need to practice more regularly, though.

The pics are posted to AO3 as above, or click through below.

old drawing	redraw

Comments

[minoanmiss]

The likeness is very much improved. (this comment is much too dry for your lovely art but I am stealing time to write this)

[goss]

This is wonderful! Very well proportioned and lovely details too. :)

Elf ears! Hee. <3

[amberdreams]

Practice is definitely the key, isn't it! I like both of those, even though they do look quite different both have a look of John about them. Your earlier one is more stylised, I think.

[yhlee]

This looks great--I love the details.

[mekare]

You can really tell that you used a reference for the likeness, well done. Also so much yummy chest hair. I also like the beard shading on his face.