So, I've decided to stay up late again drawing this, I feel good because I don't have to be guilty for staying up, because its for a good reason. I'm gonna see what progress I've made so far, thats what this blog is for. I totally didn't keep track of my time. This is the first photoshop drawing/painting that I've worked on with a wacom to a more finished level, lotsa experimenting ahead! Lets see, I started with Penelope's head shape, hair, drew an eye, a little big, maybe it coulda went in an anime direction. It does look a little desaturated because of the textures on top being a whitish color. The nose was smaller, but I'm taking my own liberties instead of making a realistic copy. Needs work on the anatomy of her nose, cheek bone, chin's a bit small. Also needs another eye probably. Lets see what I've done so far.
I'm thinking now that I've spent like 4 hours each maybe, so lets say 8 hours so far, thats a good start for a first time I say, its still not even half way, hmmm maybe not, but I'm having fun so its all good. Cooled down and darkened the background. Finally made layers for stuff just incase I messed up. Decided to make the background, hair, and eyebrows into new layers. Got rid of her eye lashes because it looked weird and made a new layer for it later so if I mess up I can just delete it. Warmed up the face texture to help pop things up. And gave more contrast for the scarf texture to see the design. Added that eye, aha! I spent some time trying to figure where I wanted to go with this one. After drawing the other eye I decided the eyes were too big and so made them smaller, I think it works better that way, who knows maybe I'll change my mind later. Fixed how her eye, nose, mouth was aligned. Her eyes are a big askewed in the actual picture, I kinda like it that way. Made her nose bigger and did some anatomy/structure for it, its good to have planes. So I started out splotchy to see what I could do and thought nothing would happen but then started liking this Penelope drawing. Now I'm progressing and starting to figure out planes and making things simpler and more concrete for later. I posturized and grayscaled the original reference to see value better plus how the colors and planes were placed. I guess there were stuff from school I would end up using outta no where yay! Haha I just noticed, it looks like she's aged, just like how it progressed through time, so has penelope in this picture. She looks like she was about 7 before and now she grew up to like 14 and getting a stronger defined facial structure instead of that baby fat. Well the other one looked like a lack of fat actually. When you grow up you're eyes don't look as big either, oooh. I think I need to make the bottom eye lids work together better, the left side looks a bit droppier than the right side. But getting an eye transplant can do that to you maybe. Plus instead of looking innocent before she now has more character and individuality to figure out who she is, like in the movie Penelope. :3
I wonder if I'll have time tomorrow to draw this some more, meh it seems unlikely, heres to me wanting the weekend to come to relax, and coming back to this in the future. I think I started it on sunday and now its tuesday.
My second to last homework for my comics class, its a scene adaption from Penelope. See I got to do a painting kinda and a comic, yay! Used levels to clear up the contrast and cleaned it up from the scan. Its in page 1-2 order. The black border is for print later.
I'm thinking now that I've spent like 4 hours each maybe, so lets say 8 hours so far, thats a good start for a first time I say, its still not even half way, hmmm maybe not, but I'm having fun so its all good. Cooled down and darkened the background. Finally made layers for stuff just incase I messed up. Decided to make the background, hair, and eyebrows into new layers. Got rid of her eye lashes because it looked weird and made a new layer for it later so if I mess up I can just delete it. Warmed up the face texture to help pop things up. And gave more contrast for the scarf texture to see the design. Added that eye, aha! I spent some time trying to figure where I wanted to go with this one. After drawing the other eye I decided the eyes were too big and so made them smaller, I think it works better that way, who knows maybe I'll change my mind later. Fixed how her eye, nose, mouth was aligned. Her eyes are a big askewed in the actual picture, I kinda like it that way. Made her nose bigger and did some anatomy/structure for it, its good to have planes. So I started out splotchy to see what I could do and thought nothing would happen but then started liking this Penelope drawing. Now I'm progressing and starting to figure out planes and making things simpler and more concrete for later. I posturized and grayscaled the original reference to see value better plus how the colors and planes were placed. I guess there were stuff from school I would end up using outta no where yay! Haha I just noticed, it looks like she's aged, just like how it progressed through time, so has penelope in this picture. She looks like she was about 7 before and now she grew up to like 14 and getting a stronger defined facial structure instead of that baby fat. Well the other one looked like a lack of fat actually. When you grow up you're eyes don't look as big either, oooh. I think I need to make the bottom eye lids work together better, the left side looks a bit droppier than the right side. But getting an eye transplant can do that to you maybe. Plus instead of looking innocent before she now has more character and individuality to figure out who she is, like in the movie Penelope. :3
I wonder if I'll have time tomorrow to draw this some more, meh it seems unlikely, heres to me wanting the weekend to come to relax, and coming back to this in the future. I think I started it on sunday and now its tuesday.
The girl in the middle with the fairy is a Claire Wendling drawing. Maybe the ballerinas too.
Ahh good ol Pans Labyrinth is a good place to go for inspiration, I have the eye monster somewhere, and I will hopefully know the characters names by then.
Saw Penelope yesterday, gonna use a scene for my comics homework after my Alice one. Decided to go and draw her in photoshop, used photo reference and slapped some texture on. Gonna finish this one later. I made the eyes a bit bigger, but she does have the most expression in the eyes, so I say it helps, the mouth looks good from here, gotta work on the pig nose some more.
James McAvoy! <3
More Wendling study/copies. Cut off some limbs because the scan was blurry.
Wendling again.
