Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Aaron Paul Drawing - WIP #5

I don't want to dwell on his "hoodie" but I'm really pleased with the way it's turning out. It has taken me longer to do, than the rest of what you see. It was important for me to try and create the wooly type texture it has, so it doesn't look like he has on a black wig? I've seen a higher quality photo than the one he uses on Twitter, and it's NOT pitch black.

Still not done with facial hair, shadows, tone, etc, but this hoodie took me over 4 hours so far! Glad to be almost done with it! What IS pitch black was easy, using my method described on my Blog Post re: same HERE

The rest required using much softer 3B and 5B, minor blending and graphite removal using a kneaded eraser and Blue Tac

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Aaron Paul ~ BreakingBad WIP#4

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Latest WIP of Aaron Paul #BreakingBad
Yet to finish whiskers, shading, facial tones, or hoodie


WIP#3 of new Aaron Paul Drawing

WIP#3 of new Aaron Paul Drawing Yo! It's the photo he uses on Twitter. For some reason, TwitPic does NOT allow an ENLARGED VIEW, so here it is. It's only 7 x 8.25 inches, but enlarged here to see eye details #breakingbad

Friday, January 18, 2013

Robert DeNiro and Cuba Gooding Jr - WIP #2

This is my WIP#2 of  Robert DeNiro & Cuba Gooding Jr. I'm trying a new technique for skin texture using ONLY 2B in 0.5mm mechanical pencil with NO blending. Normally, I lay down some graphite and blend it in, using blending stumps.

In this example, I've covered the right 1/2 of my drawing with paper, and secured it with tape until I finish DeNiro. Then, I'll tape paper over DeNiro and draw Cuba Gooding Jr. At some point, I'll remove all paper coverings and draw it as a whole, but because so much has to be done on each portrait, I found it best to do this. When drawing normally, I ALWAYS cover my drawing, where my hand rests, using a 1/2 sheet of copy paper. This is the best way to protect virgin areas from getting accidentally smudged.

At some point in this drawing, I will use some minor blending, but just in SOME small areas, using blending stumps and a color shaper. A color shaper looks like a paint brush, but has a rubber tip at the end, and comes in a variety of shapes. Unlike blending stumps, which removes graphite as you render, the rubber tip simply moves the graphite around, thus creating a "different" effect.

I've allowed for an EXTRA LARGE VIEW here, so you can see the details (CLICK ON DRAWING TO ENLARGE). The TOTAL size of this drawing is ONLY 7.5 x 5.75 inches, so I need to use a magnifying glass for small eye details, etc. I've experimented on drawing size more than Goldilocks and have a detailed blog post on WHY I draw so small. Check out my TIP BLOG www.DrPencil.wordpress.com and browse the archives, or just click HERE

No matter how good your scanner is, NOTHING is better than viewing a drawing than with your naked eye, because a scanner never picks up all the subtle shading when it gets digitized. Go HERE to see how I scan my drawings!

I ALWAYS try to learn something NEW on EVERY SINGLE DRAWING I MAKE. So should YOU...it's HOW we grow as artists! Happy Drawing!

~Rick aka DrPencil