Tag: woman

  • A quick draw to get in a creative mood for this new beginning of a year. I just picked what colors and themes that came natural. 30 minutes, and I’ve got something that makes me feel good, and helped me to step away from some anxiety I was feeling inside. (I’m sure that’s how that […]

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  • This was a simple exercise using the line symmetry tool in Sketchbook Pro. I was trying to represent female hair in as many non-hair shapes I could imagine. I like the simplicity of this–and the view as if from behind.

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  • Did a small, little unfinished figure drawing today. I enjoyed making lots of lines and just letting my brain come up with whatever it felt like. I used a reference photo for a girl in a wrap as a very loose concept. The colors in the wrap and various other squiggly lines that I seem […]

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  •   ABOUT THIS PICTURE Digital art. This is a modification of a hand-drawn portrait I made months ago called Samantha. I’ve been submitting to a lot of literary magazines lately, and have been noting some fantastic cover art. Looking back at my own work, and manipulating some colors in this (originally graphite) picture, I saw a lot of […]

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  •   ABOUT THIS PICTURE 9″ x 11″, graphite portrait. Another short portrait study. What drew me to this picture was the profile view, and the wispy pieces of hair going away from her face. Using a stick eraser, I removed graphite (pencil) dark-shaded areas to create light strands of hair near the top of her hairline. […]

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  •   ABOUT THIS PICTURE 8.5″ x 11″, graphite on paper. This portrait was made from a reference photo I found online. I spent about an hour on it, paying extra attention to the properties of her hair. I took care to also focus on the nose, softly shading. I’m not happy with her left eye […]

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