Re: Portraits - help, tips, advice please anyone?
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Originally Posted by
Soquili
You are making great progress, Intbel.
Try feathering the shapes you used to make the nose. You may have to exagerate the shapes to achieve the effect you want but the feather makes smoother transitions. Use of blends can also help smooth transitions for colour variations and/or shadows on the face
Yes ... I should have paid more attention there.
But see the previous images ...
This one I was focussed on the hair ... the next one all the different bits will, I hope and expect, come together.
I resisted the use of a brush for the hair - I need to be able to do everything myself. Once I can do that, then I'll probably use a brush for quickness.
Also, in the process of drawing hair (or anything else, fo that matter) one gains an understanding of the texture and construction of things ... one begins to understand them and get a feel for them ... I have some difficuly finding the words to explain this.
I suppose it's like a person saying "I can't draw faces" ... by the time they have traced 2,000 pictures of faces they will be able to draw reasonable faces ... the proportions and so on will automatically be absorbed as they go.
Thank you for your support, 'tis most welcome.
Re: Portraits - help, tips, advice please anyone?
Good work Intbel, she is "real" looking I think the hair is very good.
***** Norman.
Re: Portraits - help, tips, advice please anyone?
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Originally Posted by
parahandy
Good work Intbel, she is "real" looking I think the hair is very good.
***** Norman.
Thank you Norman.
Apart from the clump in the centre I am happy with the hair.
There are not as many lines in there as it may seem at first sight.
Ah .. having just written that a light bulb just glowed in me 'ead.
What I want to achieve is maximum effectiveness with minimal shapes/objects/lines.
I knew what I wanted, just wasn't able to define it until now.