Week 15: Progress 06 - Almost There

Okay, so it's not finished quite yet, but darn it, it's close. I also keep forgetting about the cigarette in her hand so I should probably do that next. The background's going to be rather generic, I can say that already. Spent too much time on her for it to be overly detailed.

It will be finished tonight, and I'm not planning to go back to her face unless someone points something out.

Background noise: Strange Brew

Week 15: Progress 05 - Face Value

Finally to the part I wanted to work on most. The lips took forever and then I realized that the eyes didn't line up with them right. So they're both being adjusted; haven't made it to the far one yet.

Background noise: Playlist, general

Week 15: Progress 04 - Shuffle Forward

My computer was being... itself today. Photoshop was running incredibly slow and I didn't have the motivation to deal with it for too long, so Bit's arms and some of her shirt were all I worked on. Also, for the sake of space and to keep my main page from looking too redundant, we're just going with a close-up of an area I'm having trouble with.

Week 15: Progress 03 - A Leg Up

Done working on her legs for the most part. Worked on her shirt and her other hand. Just truckin' right along.

Background noise: Don Bluth's Thumbelina

Week 15: Progress 02 - Underestimating Your Opponent

Don't you hate it when you do that? I sure do. Several hours were put into this piece today and it feels like there's not a lot to show for it. Someone on DeviantArt also gave me tips on how to use Photoshop different and... it looked awful. Maybe I was doing it wrong? It ended up being a combination of their method and mine, and things look the better for it.

Also, take a good look at the hand that's on the floor. Here, I'll help:
Does it look good? It'd better. It took forever. The other one's in a more complicated pose so it'll probably take even longer. Looks like I'll be working more on this later tonight. I don't think I can afford not to.

Background music: General from my music folder

Week 15: Progress 01 - Shortcut

If the background of the image above looks like a photo... that's because it is. Of course, that's not the permanent background, but I have yet to erase all the elements of what I based the image on. Namely, the photo below (of yours truly, specifically taken for this drawing).



The face in the drawing is not based on mine at all, and I gave her more curve, plus the lighting is totally different and I had to add her lower legs by eyeballing a different reference altogether. At first there was some paranoia that this was cheating, but after fussing with the camera a bit to finally get a good shot and realizing how much work there's still to do even with the traced outline, I don't feel guilty about it.

Actually, as mentioned in the last entry, her face will have some influence pulled from Queen Latifah. Also, some of her dreadlocks will be in her face, but I'm saving those for when I have more of everything else done.

Yes, that's a cigarette. I'm the original photo I have a really stubby pencil.

Background Noise: Various anime - Spriggan and Fullmetal Alchemist

Week 12: Done

Okay, hopefully that's good enough for everyone else, because it works for me. Really, the point was to get this character down on paper because I'd be able to relate to him more in role play if I had a visual. His droid, AK-47 (yes, that was deliberate) probably won't be drawn any time soon considering how well mechanical details and I get along (see "not at all").

Also, I'm glad that my Star Wars-loving friends are enjoying this week's installment. That factor gave me more motivation to at least color it.