Thursday, August 30, 2012

Aug 30th: Graphite Portrait



Made some progress today.  He went from goofy looking to almost like the picture.  Almost.  I did a lot of work on the nose and teeth today.  Teeth are always a challenge because you don't want these dark lines in between.   They'll look creepy and just weird.   The best way is to imply separate teeth with subtle shading and gum line. 
The nose is an issue because of the angle.  I don't want to make it look huge which is a real possibility at this angle.  The trick is shading it right. 
I added bushiness to the eyebrows and re-positioned the laugh lines.   I also chose to add freckles even though they aren't visible in the picture.  I just know he has them and it wouldn't be him without freckles.   My thoughts of completing a kid every two days are gone!  Oh well. 
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