So, midterms are here, and it would seem that I only have one midterm this quarter. This makes me terribly pleased with the universe.This is a sketch, fairly complete, of a friend of mine - who heroically allowed me to take pictures of her. There were a couple which would have worked well for this project, but I had to chose only one.
The project is just your basic "draw a face using pen strokes" assignment. I'm using loose cross-hatching. I'll be damned if I do another stippling project. I'd rather set myself on fire, really.
But since I haven't set myself on fire (yet), I should probably add that I used Photoshop and my beautiful, lovely, wonderful Wacom tablet. As I said in my write-up for the assignment, I feel more confident using Photoshop. Besides, part of the assignment was to trace the image, and I don't actually have access to a good preinter. Or a light table.
First of all I hear you about Stippling, I have a life size portrait of Jimi Hendrix that I've been working on for 10 years, and I Haven't touch it in a couple of years.
ReplyDeleteSecond, that is a awesome piece, but if I were to make one small critique I would lessen the hatching on the face, to give more of a contrast between her face and her hair. But regardless, it's wonderful.
@Parrish:
ReplyDeleteyeah, i had the same idea about the face. it's still in progress, though. i need to darken the hair, the shirt and sorta re-work the face.
also, tracing is the best thing in the world.