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Challenge #28 - Makeover
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mificTitle: 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.
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.
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| old drawing | redraw |