General Scribbles

I think it's just the harsh sunlight that makes it look flat.

The most annoying ones are the selfies that cut off the forehead. It's become a bit of a recurring joke over there and it never stops being astonishing how many people do it.
Also the "seatbelt selfie" phenomenon remains a mystery to me. "Here's a photo of me in a traffic jam!"

Some nice works... I really want to do something myself presently, but just extremely busy, and just getting over being sick for two weeks, not to mention the pollen hasn't been helping. Did doodle some ideas a few weeks ago (Before getting sick) but haven't got back to them since being laid up feeling like crap. ... But should at least post them....

I think this is one of those Pokemon things?
Maybe?

Couple of Saturday things.



Yes, that was the REAL sketchbook this time. But there was still a lot of digital finger painting over the top.



And I didn't do justice to the terrific photo in the second one. That type of style really needs a lot more time to layer and glaze the skin. And it took way too long as it is. I blame the awful hands.

Yeah, I certainly wish I'd done more work on that elaborate collar. As it is, it's a bit harsh and lacking in subtlety. I seemed to spend far too long on the face with this. I always have trouble when there's a big value range to the skin, it all goes muddy very quickly and it takes me ages to layer and rework it to bring back some warmth and make it sit well against the light of the background.
And I haven't quite managed that either.
But it was a fun reference to play with so I'm not too bothered by my nit-picking.

I didn't quite get this cat's eyes right despite numerous attempts.



And it could probably do with some more shading on the fur but...

Thanks.

The cat certainly had the big "starey" gaze, I just had trouble getting the angles right in relation to the nose. There was a lot of nudging going on.
That's the tricky thing with animals, when painting human faces it's easier to generalise the structure of the face but with cats and dogs (and all their different breeds!) they all have completely different planes to their faces and you have to try to study each individual one that you do instead of relying on knowledge of a "generic" head. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

But it was fun doing the elaborate flicks of the guy's hair!