realism stuff

[Horus]

yeah, so been trying some more realism stuff so i can work up a real portolio. i dont have a scanner anymore so the quality and colour is crap and it distorts it a bit, so bare with me.

graphite pencils:

charcoal pencils:
this one is acctually a sweater and scarf draped over a chair

[MartinBabies]

Looks pretty good! :] But you might want to use smaller pencils to achieve more detail. The teddybear could need som fur for example.

But keep it up, realism isn't the easiest thing..

[Dale]

Nice, good attention to detail on teh bear Also... again, scan at a higher resolution to get the blacks black, and then resize it down The 2nd one has black though

Keep it up, it's hard.. takes fuc*ing ages!

[Nephilim]

Youre better than me

[Deadloader]

she said she doesn't have scanner!!! D:

good though.. and yeah rabies has like hit it right on the head.. use smaller pencils and then large ones for shading and such.. i hated my art teacher in highschool, "use 2B!!! nothing else, you won't do good art without a 2B" .. =/ gayyy

[Dale]

no, i thought she said she had a crap scanner?

[Horus]

thanks everyone
i used to use my boyfriends crap scanner, but i havent been there lately so i had to take a pic.

@rabies, the bear didnt have any fur, its like, porcelin or something, by smaller pencils im guessing you mean harder ones? like the h's? well, i used an hb, 4, 5, and 6 B. tbh, i prefer the softer pencils, easier to add contrast and easier to manipulate after putting it on the page.
@ deadloader, i think thats what i did do, used hb for outline, then the other 3 for the shading. and your teacher is a knob, thats why i wont change school acctually, cuz right now i have a good teacher and i risk getting a crappy teacher :P