three new portraits :O

ok first of all,
i know you missed me,
i missed you too
;D

anyways
so i haven't been drawing much lately cause (insert valid excuse here)
so within the last three days i've done three portraits for my friends
the first two are both of the same guy, dalson, and the last one is of a guy named josh

i really want cnc about backgrounds, the dalson one with the brick wall i'm pretty (sortof, for the most part) satisfied with, the other two i'm just like "fuck this i give up" so yeah i need some methods for coming up with backgrounds to draw for all these

i really hope most of you know me, but idk how much the void has grown since i stopped being regularly active, so for those of you who dont know me, i draw this stuffs... yeah just clearifying :3





http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/u...ND4/dalson.png










http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1582224_n.jpg







http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/u...P4ND4/josh.png

why'd everything get deleted? O.o

i still didn't get full access when i subscribed >:(

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why'd everything get deleted? O.o

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It seemed a little too spammy, so it got removed.


As for the portraits, you got the anatomy done nicely, as well as the perspective, just work on the diner details like the facial features, shadows(mostly good, just missing some, and some look ou. Of place)

thanks darlin but any advice on backgrounds?

Ok, I like the concept youve used here pandy :). Though you need to focus on your detailing with shadows and your lines. They look a bit choppy in some areas but overall I like the drawings. I think you also need to work on your quality. Good job overall. kiu mate :D

yeah i have issues with quality cause i'm using photoshop 6.0. i'm saving up for the new photoshop but it'll be a while longer :\

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Originally Posted by gr4ph1kP4ND4

yeah i have issues with quality cause i'm using photoshop 6.0. i'm saving up for the new photoshop but it'll be a while longer :\

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i mean i have CS3 and it works just fine, i love it, and you can find it cheap on ebay im sure, unless you realllly want CS5...with your style of art, i realllly dont think you should get photoshop CS5...CS5 helped mostly to improve digital photography in my opinion

as for your pieces, you need to work on your shading and composition, try making darks and lights with the pen tool, it looks like you use only small soft brushes for your shading and the shades are exactly the same value on the whole body, work on your values of your lights and darks, dont be afraid to use very light shades and very dark shades, and try out the pen tool!...it works, trust me

for your backgrounds, it looks like you take 5 minutes on each of them, they are LQ, try working on blending the person you draw out in the foreground and blend it more with the background, make the piece come together, and take your time! make it work :)

hope that helps!

no i mean i have photoshop 6.0 lol. not elements, not CS anything xD

backgrounds i just never get any inspiration for them. likeeeeeee yeah... they take less than five minutes usually :3

i'm still trying to figure out the best way to do shading, but thanks for the advice

:3

BUMP :3