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drawesomeTitle: That was a stretch
Artist:yhlee
Rating: Teen (firearm pose, shirtless gentleman but no naughty bits)
Fandom: original work
Characters/Pairings: a guy with a gun
Content Notes: Fountain pen sketch from reference, wherein I learned that the Pelikan M1000 fountain pen is lovely to write with but terrible to sketch with (which is fine). I finished with a TWSBI Eco that was much better behaved for sketching. Doing this without any kind of undersketch was a little tricky but I suppose 5+ years of life sketch with a fountain pen has helped? I did draw a bounding polygon as a general guide for proportion landmark, plus a bit of gesture. I've got to review the surface muscles of the legs and forearm while I'm at it.
Preview:
Sketch behind cut.
Artist:
yhleeRating: Teen (firearm pose, shirtless gentleman but no naughty bits)
Fandom: original work
Characters/Pairings: a guy with a gun
Content Notes: Fountain pen sketch from reference, wherein I learned that the Pelikan M1000 fountain pen is lovely to write with but terrible to sketch with (which is fine). I finished with a TWSBI Eco that was much better behaved for sketching. Doing this without any kind of undersketch was a little tricky but I suppose 5+ years of life sketch with a fountain pen has helped? I did draw a bounding polygon as a general guide for proportion landmark, plus a bit of gesture. I've got to review the surface muscles of the legs and forearm while I'm at it.
Preview:
Sketch behind cut.
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Date: 2024-04-04 01:27 am (UTC)I have the same issue, especially if drawing larger than I'm used to. In digital, I'll often be resizing heads especially, but I would rather get it right to begin with. The "boundary box" is a general technique I learned from Bargue, and I often find it helpful. I've seen the recommendation to draw the head LAST because then it's easier to put into proportion with the rest of the figure; my weird psychological issues is that if I don't have even a vague face, the figure doesn't feel like a person yet, so I keep putting the head in too early. :p