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Submitted: June 23, 2012
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Calm Before the Stormby =bm23

Traditional Art / Drawings / People

I'd like to thank

for letting me use one of his many amazing photos as reference

Just in case you guys didn't know, which I doubt so, the model is the lovely Dora Lovey (quite aptly named, IMO

)

I'm particularly happy with how the hair turned out. I'd think it's a major milestone in my drawing progress since the hair looks waaay better than in any of my previous drawings. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it

The shading of the face was rather challenging as it was hard to gauge the actual skin tone due to the snow and bokeh effect in the reference. I kept going back to it because the shading may seem fine one moment, but when I look at it some time later, it suddenly appear off again

There were some minor hiccups, like dark smudges on the paper that would appear every time I blend an area. Managed to fix those by masking them with "snow"

I'm starting to think that adding snow to any drawing will make it a lot more beautiful

Stats:
35 x 26cm Daler Rowney 220g/m2
About 40 hours
2B, 4B, 6B and 8B
Mechanical eraser for snow, ~~mutilated~~ sliced eraser for hair
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WIPs:

Thank you for any fav. I may receive

Critique by *Jellyneau Jul 1, 2012, 2:06:01 PM

This piece of art caught my eye immediately and I realized after I'd written a short comment, that I wanted to give a bit more than that, as I feel this is a beautiful example of portrait art.

You've managed to capture the innocence of this girl so nicely and the snow falling all around her (rendered so perfectly) accentuates that so well.

The work on her hair is exquisite. You managed to catch the light so well - both in her hair and on her hand, which is also drawn with incredible awareness of light. Again - the way you rendered the snow accents the rest of the shading so perfectly.

If there are any suggestions I might humbly offer, I would consider texturing her lips just a tiny bit more, which would add a bit more realism to them that this piece so excels at. My own work often lacks the detail you've so painstakingly put into this artwork - you've inspired me to double my efforts!

Overall, I found this piece truly incredible. Thank-you for sharing it with us!

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