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amberdreams) wrote2018-07-31 01:52 pm
amberdreams) wrote2018-07-31 01:52 pm
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Remixing art for fun
Ages ago there was a meme on tumblr (or somewhere) to take an old drawing/painting and try doing it again to see what differences there are, if any, in your style, competency, etc. I'd been meaning to have a go at this challenge for ages, then for some reason this old drawing from 2012 got my attention, so...Remix time!
Here's the old pencil drawing which is fiddled with in photoshop or GIMP, because I remember the eyes were in the wrong place. I know I added white highlights too, and some digital shading.
It's not totally awful but it's not that good either.
Today I had another go using the same reference photo.
It's still not quite right - the nose and chin are slightly larger/longer than they should be, and I made some of the same errors initially which I spotted and corrected on paper this time...but I was relieved to find it was better than 2012! Phew.
This was the reference I used both times (I think it's one of my own JIB photos that I cropped and monochromed, but I'm not 100% on that).
Here's the old pencil drawing which is fiddled with in photoshop or GIMP, because I remember the eyes were in the wrong place. I know I added white highlights too, and some digital shading.
It's not totally awful but it's not that good either.
Today I had another go using the same reference photo.
It's still not quite right - the nose and chin are slightly larger/longer than they should be, and I made some of the same errors initially which I spotted and corrected on paper this time...but I was relieved to find it was better than 2012! Phew.
This was the reference I used both times (I think it's one of my own JIB photos that I cropped and monochromed, but I'm not 100% on that).