Self portrait - Structural drawing with optional tone

For my Heads and Hands class, we were given two weeks to draw a self portrait using structural lines. Tone was optional but I ended up toning my hair in WIP 2.

The nose and eyes were adjusted from WIP 1 and I still couldn't get my right eye ( left in image) to look right , the pupil and iris were in tangent with my glasses so it was pretty difficult to determine where the pupil stopped and where the frame of my glasses started. 

I gave it my best and worked on toning the hair, shadows and highlights included. It turned out pretty well in my opinion but I'll have to see how the group critique turns out ! 

Self portrait - Structural drawing

As part of the Heads and Hands class I'm in, we're to draw a self portrait. I haven't decided yet if I want to tone anything yet, aside from the eyes that I've done. I could tone the hair to show that it's dark hair , rather than light. 

Self portrait - 5.28.14 - painting

sketch (cleaned up)

 Values

 Base colors with layer filters (overlays)

Attempted self portrait based on actual photo of myself

For a while I've been wanting to have a new profile picture but one that I would draw of myself. So far it looks like that's still in the future since the one I attempted today didn't turn out satisfactory.
Maybe I should try a cartoon style rather than realistic since it doesn't look like I have enough skill for realism yet.

Scarf - part 4 (finished)

2:59 pm EST

I fixed up the hair ( made it darker and less reddish brown). Just for the sake of not having a pure white background, I decided to add a gradient in the back.

Originally I had the background as a blue gradient but it didn't look quite right, so I changed the hue to a yellow-brown-gold sort of gradient.

updated hair color and added background

Scarf - part 3 (more colors)

7:46 pm EST

Once again I added more color layers as well as darkened the hair. It's still too reddish brown rather than dark brown...

Scarf - colors (part 2)

10:47 pm EST



I actually finished applying the base color and most of the further layers of color about an hour or so ago. I need more saturation though.

base color + layer of overlay + layer of partial fix ups

Self Sketch - pencil and airbrush

Used a photo taken by a friend during a Spring Semi Formal this year as basic reference; Hard 4H pencil sketch - Blue = basic, red = detailed



Hard 4H pencil. Purple = final outlining and markers.



Soft Pressure Airbrushed rest in.

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