Shall I leave the face?

I think I may have finished the face... Not sure, but I'll check with miss to see what she thinks.



If I've finished the figure I'll move onto the background and make it all black. Still tossing up whether I should put tone in the shirt too...

Refining... Again -_-

Further refining lolz... It's actually pretty good now! Just that right eye I may need to work on. I've been mainly focusing on that area and it is extremely difficult. Perhaps a little more work on it and I'll finish the drawing off entirely, and next move into some interesting effects!!! xD



Note: I accidentally cast a shadow over my work in taking the picture.
As whole looking good xD

Trying to Refine...

Smoothing it out now, still trying to add the smaller details.



Whole picture, yeah when I took it, it was kinda not straight lol.

Progress has declined...

Argh!!! It's killing me now... I'm so close yet sooo far away! The intricacies of the face are very difficult... Plus it doesn't help using an overhead sheet to look at the tone. I had a look at the original picture too but it's in colour and very dark so I can hardly see the tone, and to add to all that the size is blown up so it's deceiving when I try to copy it.
A note on the equipment- The smudging tool has been so difficult to use. Every time I use it, it removes the charcoal rather than smudging. So annoying...



In the close up of the face, you can see that the left side is much more refined due to the absence of highlights. Getting the shadows and highlights right in the right side of the face has proven difficult. Points for noticeable expression on the face xD



An overview of my work shows that I'm beginning to darken up around the figure and filling out the door. I love my door... How about I cut the rest and keep the door? : p

Art Fun xD

STAY AWAY!!! I'm Dirty... :(




Grrrr!!! Art Attack!!! Hehehe xD




I seeeeeeeeee yooooooooouuuuuuuuuu....

I was focusing on the door here, and in particular the knob. Also Started to darken up around the door and arm just to see how the figure and the door contrasts to the background.



Focusing on the door knob and beginning to tone it up therefore its beginning to show depth.

Developing 1st Piece from BOW

Coming along, I'm liking the progress. You can see the area where I am having difficulty; the eye on the right, and the lips but I will continue working on them till I get what I want.



Hehehe looks like I'm pouting!!!

Ideas

Ok I had a vision of how my BOW is gonna look like.

My first piece the one I'm currently working on will just be a plain charcoal drawing; I'll work on the effect of manipulating the charcoal in different ways while also exploring with water colours. The focus will be on the figure looking down, and the how the figure essentially fades out into the darkness.



The following pieces are still in the developing idea stage:
The second piece will be another charcoal drawing of the figure. If I decide to not go with the same composition as the first drawing I will crop the picture I want to use so there is a large focus on the face. I was thinking of colouring the eyes, so they'd be blue. It'd be a prominent contrasting feature to the rest of the work and it would making it more confrontin as the figure looks out.



The third piece would be the most dynamic piece. The composition would be likewise to my first piece of work apart from the actual figure which will be in a different pose. I'd then like to reflect the powerful pose structurally through the use of perhaps many colours or even just harsh strokes or rough drawing. This one would be my biggest challenge and I would at the least like to complete my BOW up to there.




If I can I want to produce a fourth installment, where the mood becomes less dynamic and resembles more of the first two. I would need Ms Higgins' help for the picture. Basically I'd like her to be holding onto the door knob and it should look like she just closed the door. The focus would be on the hand and that's all you'd see on the figure. However what would be recognised hopefully is that it's an older person (Not saying that your hand looks old miss!!! But similar to that of an adult woman). The colour would not be as apparent in this piece and it should leave a feeling of detachment .

First practical Post

Ok so this is the first look at my first piece of BOW. It's in progress, but I'm enjoying the whole "creating" phase.



With this one the tone is finally becoming more apparent, cept I'm not too sure bout the proportion of the chin. I feel as if either the lips should be lower or the space between the lips and nose should be larger.



Just a note: Background will end up being black



Close up of face with a bit of tone.



Starting to tone up :)



Outline of face




Outlining in pencil