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Daily Art 2011: Days 003-004
Jan. 4th, 2011 11:24 pmI didn't actually post a piece of daily art yesterday (failure already, on day 3! Woe betide me! Also, I just said "betide"!) because the project I was working on for the evening was actual paid work (gasp!) and so isn't really free to be posted yet. So I thought I'd make up for it today with a new piece and an additional catch-up piece for yesterday. I draw fast, so it all worked out. :D
In honor of my *mumble*teenth viewing of all of the episodes of Spirited (oh season two, why aren't you here yet?), I thought I'd make today's daily art postings a little rock and roll. Just... not quite as rock and roll as I'd intended.
Brush pen & Sharpies / 15 minutes
I'm often told I'm very negative about myself because I always have criticisms for my art, but I think of it more like a post-game wrap-up, personally. I'm not (usually) berating myself, but especially when I'm doing quick sketches and experimenting with new mediums like I'm already doing a lot with this project, it's really helpful once a piece is finished to give it a good looking over and think about what you'd do differently if you were going to do it over again... it's part of what helps the next piece be better.
So with this one, I'd obviously fix the shadowing on his face that makes Henry look like he's chewing gum. I'd also give him something a bit less odd to sit on; I didn't want to spend a lot of time drawing an ornate and boring chair, but my quick sketch-in looks a bit odd. Other than that I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Might've been even better as a digital vector... maybe next time.
Colored pencil on tinted paper / 35 minutes
This was my first attempt at doing a piece on tinted paper with just colored pencils, and my first time working with colored pencils since high school. So it came out kind of how I wanted it and kind of not. I was hoping to do a more hard-core punk-rock-y ink wash portrait with another of the photos from this series of stills, but discovered I'm nearly out of ink. Curse you, fates! Maybe next time. Anyway, this might've turned out better if I'd done it larger, because it was tough to keep a tip on the colored pencils to do any finer detail. Sort of cool anyway.
In honor of my *mumble*teenth viewing of all of the episodes of Spirited (oh season two, why aren't you here yet?), I thought I'd make today's daily art postings a little rock and roll. Just... not quite as rock and roll as I'd intended.
Day 003
Brush pen & Sharpies / 15 minutes
I'm often told I'm very negative about myself because I always have criticisms for my art, but I think of it more like a post-game wrap-up, personally. I'm not (usually) berating myself, but especially when I'm doing quick sketches and experimenting with new mediums like I'm already doing a lot with this project, it's really helpful once a piece is finished to give it a good looking over and think about what you'd do differently if you were going to do it over again... it's part of what helps the next piece be better.
So with this one, I'd obviously fix the shadowing on his face that makes Henry look like he's chewing gum. I'd also give him something a bit less odd to sit on; I didn't want to spend a lot of time drawing an ornate and boring chair, but my quick sketch-in looks a bit odd. Other than that I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Might've been even better as a digital vector... maybe next time.
Day 004
Colored pencil on tinted paper / 35 minutes
This was my first attempt at doing a piece on tinted paper with just colored pencils, and my first time working with colored pencils since high school. So it came out kind of how I wanted it and kind of not. I was hoping to do a more hard-core punk-rock-y ink wash portrait with another of the photos from this series of stills, but discovered I'm nearly out of ink. Curse you, fates! Maybe next time. Anyway, this might've turned out better if I'd done it larger, because it was tough to keep a tip on the colored pencils to do any finer detail. Sort of cool anyway.