Some art and a question
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I did a gradient on the background, and didn't notice the stripy effect till it was too late to fix. Grrrr...
Have some golfing Bertie. I did this when I was trying out my different inks.
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I've been keeping an eye out online for photos of men who look as close as possible to my mental image of Bertie, so that I could point to one and say "There, that's what I see him looking like in real life". I've collected many pictures of men who look similar to him in one way or another, but it wasn't till yesterday that I found a near perfect match. I did a bit of manipping, adding a suit & hair (the man was bald)...and it turned out he bore an unsettling resemblance to one of my cousins, who is not someone I want to be reminded of in porny situations). All this is to say that my mental image of Bertie is currently undergoing a slight shift, for that reason among others. It seems my mental real-life Bertie just doesn't look as close as I thought to my drawn Bertie. He'll probably be undergoing some subtle alterations in my art now.
So, this whole thing got me wondering: what does your mental Bertie look like? Is your image influenced by fic? The tv show? For me, the consistent features are a lean face, prominent nose, slightly receding chin, large blue eyes, sunny smile, hair anywhere from golden blond to sandy brown, nice looking but not in a head-turning way. The details keep shifting, though, which is very frustrating.
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Date: 2011-04-20 11:31 am (UTC)But the problem is, working on the same thing for a longer while can make it stiff and then you get annoyed/tired at it and don't like it anymore. 95% of my sketches are just that, bunch of crappy sketches.
(I looked through my sketchbook during maths' (what? I should study? PFFFF) and there was a random sketch of a face, but it looked so stupid it was hilarious, I had to swallow down laughter like an idiot)
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Date: 2011-04-21 12:09 am (UTC)I really wish I had a tablet. When you screw up with ink, you can't just erase it from the paper. I can neaten things in Gimp, but I'm still left with a messed up drawing on paper.
But the problem is, working on the same thing for a longer while can make it stiff and then you get annoyed/tired at it and don't like it anymore. 95% of my sketches are just that, bunch of crappy sketches.
Ain't that the truth. :(
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Date: 2011-04-21 01:10 am (UTC)That's a typical method and I use it too + eraser. The marker method I started pretty recently, as I got annoyed at how stiff my art looked.
Tablets are like one of the most amazing things ever, I think you could find ones pretty cheaply! I'm using a Wacom Bamboo, I think it's the cheapest wacom on the market and I paid about 70€ for it. I'm sure you could check out Ebay and find even cheaper.
Indeed 8'(.
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Date: 2011-04-21 02:00 am (UTC)As for the paper...okay maybe it's not all that expensive. ;) But one other problem is that sketchbooks take up room, and I have very very little storage space. I live with family, my bedroom is teeny, and I certainly won't be storing anything that contains porny or fannish sketches where others could come across it! So I have to be conservative in my paper use lest I run out of places to store it.
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Date: 2011-04-21 02:07 am (UTC)Don't I know it? I have tons of sketchbook since 2005 and while it'd be wise to throw them out I... I just can't, you know? That's too bad, though 8( Not only is a sketchbook convenient that you don't have to carry tons of detached paper, they also- .... I forgot what I was going to say...
Anyway! You get my point!
"Honey, what is this?"
"It's my porn sketchbook 8O."
"... oh."