Checking off another fulfilling day.
After my last post was made I kicked back and began to view my day in a different light. The weather was slightly overcast but not terrible. I suggested to @guthrie that we move to the front of the shop and doodle outside before it rains. We both sketched our own demonic looking characters, it was a good time. We were later joined by @mada and @dartstrife, agreeing that today was the day for leisure activities. It started to sprinkle moments after we settled back into our self proclaimed assigned seats.
@dartstrife and I played 3 games, I lost and decided to sit out just as @tarotbyfergus made his arrived. I picked up my iPad to draw again, an old anime series in the background and I shifted my eyes from one screen to the gameplay beside me. I began sketching lightheartedly and something amazing formed before my eyes. I showed off my new illustration to friends and got to chatting with another artist who regularly sketches life drawings at the shop. He told me that my sketch reminded him of The Gibson Girl. We chatted a bit about Charles Dana Gibson’s creative process and even the scale of his drawings. I love interacting with other local artists.
Going back to my normal habit of starting my sketch with the brown and then moving to the eye. I’m using my favorite reed brush tool which can be found under organic in Procreate. When I got to the second eye, I thought about subtle ways to draw the viewer in. I wanted this character to be beautiful but also have one eerie trait that’s hard to overlook.
If you can tell, I’m somewhat of a sucker for symmetry but it doesn’t rule me. I try my best to get my facial features to line up but I enjoy the imperfection. The ears are a bit crude but they’ll mostly be covered.
I imaged her with big hair and curly pigtails. It looks kinda funny but I started working on the draped pigtails first. I ran out of space so I had to shrink the image down. One great perk of drawing digitally.
Once I got the curls looking the way I wanted, I began to shape the hairline which looked extremely rectangular and the top of the head. I went back in with my liquify tool to shape the hairlines, rounding it out a bit so it looks like it actually forms around the head. I also too thought hard about the hairs structure, weight and how it would naturally fall.