Face Plane Studies

I wanted to work on understanding shading. One of my main problems was 3D forms so I done some quick planes studies to enhance my understanding.

This also helped me with my tablet control.

More work will come very soon.

Other news

I am reworking artfreck to something really exciting. I should have it finished in the new year.

Quick Manga Skin Shading

I wanted to test different skin tones and how they effect the look of an image. I quickly mocked up 4 faces and blocked in colours. Here are the results.

Manga Me Facebook Competition Winner!

Well the Facebook competition was a great success. We had 59 people submit photos to the competition. In the end 1 winner was chosen. Stephen Holman.

Anyway as promised I have spent the last 4 days working on his image and I am pleased with the final picture.

And here is the original image.

Here are the WIPs. (works in progress)

First the rough sketch. Just to give me an idea where everything is.

Next, darker lines are added.

Line art is neatened ready for the colouring.

Base colours are added.

More red is added to the skin and then shadeing soft shading is added.

Background is blocked in then slightly blurred to make Stephen pop out more.