Rocker (early stages)

[Bob Hahn]

Still very early, I'll post finished drawing when done.

Based on a photo of my cousin. Some minor changes made to give it a cartoon look - mainly the head is larger than normal, because cartoon heads usually are. The face is still very rough, but the finished drawing will have clean lines. I do a rough sketch to get the form I want, then use that as a guide to do the finished drawing.

-Bob.

[tomcat]

Beautiful. You got the face (especially the eyes) really good. I like that kind of style.

[Intbel]

A Rocker ... hope that skirt is in leather!

Look forward to seeing the final image - and interim images if you care to post them?

[Bob Hahn]

I work on this drawing now and then.

As you can see I started working on the eyes. My original idea was to do a sketch-like drawing as the finished drawing. As you can see in the first image, the black lines are pretty heavy for the most part. Normally, my sketches aren't that heavy. They're more like the light blue sketch you can see underneath.

Then thought I'd do it with a cleaner black line. Now coloured lines. Anyway, this is it so far.

-Bob.

[Egg Bramhill]

Please keep posting as many stages as you can Bob, it's just great to see how folks slowly build up an image.

[Bob Hahn]

Two eyes now. As I go along, I make little tweaks here and there.

What would be her left eye, has been repositioned slightly and compressed a bit (not so wide). What I do is flip the image (mirror) and doing so, things that once may looked okay may now look slightly off. So you make those adjustments, flip it back and it "should" look better.

-Bob.

[Bob Hahn]

Just to show the layers at the moment. Makes it easier so you can turn off the edit feature on layers you're not working on, so you're not constantly moving things you don't want to.

Hair front and back, is hair that appears infront of the face and behind. Makes it easier, instead of having everything in one layer. When you're done, you can have it in one layer, but when creating and editing - best to use layers.

[Intbel]

Coming along nicely, Bob.

I agree with the use of layers in this way .. I tend to use too many, perhaps, but s'long as they are labelled appropriately keeping track of stuff is okay.

Thanks for posting the interim images ... it makes for a most interesting thread and is useful for us wannabe portrait artists.

[Bob Hahn]

Not a whole lot done since the last image, but I'm getting there

As I go and add the rest of the drawing, I'm also editing the parts that I've already done - like the neck line on the shirt has been adjusted. The head has been slightly resized (smaller) and repositioned. The face has the most work done on it as for shading goes right now. Until I have the whole drawing drawn in, that's when I'll add more shading effects, highlights, extra detail and so on to the entire image.

-Bob.

[sallybode]

Very good development of the Rocker, from concept through all the stages of development. Looking forward to your next edition.

As people have pointed out to me from as long as I remember, that I have a high forehead: nevertheless, people come in all shapes and sizes. Glad to see your drawing.