Still Draws A Crowd...

[magnavox_23]

It was cool enough this evening to sit down and do some sketching with the tablet. (I will have to somehow scan some of my recent graphite/pencil sketches too to compare techniques). I am pretty ok with this one. The outline probably needs a little more blending with the colour layers on top, but I'm looking at a software upgrade in the future because surprisingly it's starting to become limited like that, mind you I am behind the times with the program. Either that or get off my butt and learn photoshop already. I wanted to do a more recent photo of RDA since I haven't seen anyone draw him since he left SG (unless you guys know any artists who have?) and he's still a wonderful subject *g*.

I have to give so much credit (and smooches) to l_jade for taking the original photograph, it's one of my absolute favourite RDA pics!

Comments

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Ooh, sweet. I like the silver hair!

Maybe lighten the nasolabials a bit so he doesn't have that jowly Kim Jong Il effect going.

[magnavox-23.livejournal.com]

Hehe, duly noted!

I didn't no whether to lay some base colour under the hair (I put skin tones over the top and hair tones under) but I couldn't find a grey that gave me the contrast required, so I laid down a flat pale grey base and put in some highlights. I don't know if it has the oompf to compliment the darker colours in the rest of the image.