For this task I chose this photo, as I liked the way the hair added an interesting form to the general silhouette. I also love the strong, unique character of the model.
I started by measuring and blocking the proportions, the space each part of the face occupies, using boxes. One of the challenges was trusting my measurements: even if I had checked and rechecked them, it's hard to say if they are accurate by looking at the boxes, so I had my doubts during the process:
I then sketched the features:
And started shading by blocking out the main shadows:
I then detailed them and added the rest of the values for the face:
The hair was my favourite part to work on.
This was the drawing before the feedback:
The shading on the collarbones, shoulder and chest was quite strong, making it look like very dark cuts, so I had to tone them down a bit by replacing them with wider, softer shadows. Also, the highlight at the top of the eyes made them look unnatural so I moved it. The shadow at the bottom of the nose was too light and the straight shading on the clothes made them look flat so I erased it completely to keep the focus on the face.
This was the final work:
The portrait is quite a complicated thing to understand, the way the planes of the face work and how they are affected by the lighting. Making it resemble the model is quite a challenge too. Taking all of this into consideration, I am quite pleased with how this turned out.
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