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camwynI have indicated before that one of the reasons I fear scanning my art into the computer involves the Suck Fairy. She waits until I've finished drawing something, and then once I have closed the drawing pad, she crawls into the pages. She removes all the good stuff from my work and replaces it with Suck, and then flies away giggling.
I do not think the Suck Fairy has visited me since last night, but I may feel differently tomorrow. For now, judge for yourself.
The original of this picture was a watch ad in an in-flight magazine. I have taken a few liberties, but only a very few; I did not attempt to draw beard stubble, nor did I attempt to indicate where the lapels of the suit fall. (Yes, suit; as I said in my prior post I did not have a uniform reference and have been stuck with civilian clothes as a consequence. I do have a photograph of a Mountie in full uniform, but it's at home.) I especially did not try to colour it in (although I may at some point if I get coloured pencils). The big honking version of the drawing is 70k; the more reasonably sized version is 13k. God loves grayscale JPEGS.
I like to think that I have not drawn the Sergeant with terribly deformed hands, the way I often do. I hate drawing hands; they're complicated. I'm not HAPPY with the hands, but they're not as bad as they could be... oh, and the weird mark on his left hand? According to the radio program, his legendary lead dog King bit him very hard once, as a puppy. It left a scar. That was the only time King ever bit him.
Now I have to eat. And deal with work. Email me if you have comments or whatever.
I do not think the Suck Fairy has visited me since last night, but I may feel differently tomorrow. For now, judge for yourself.
The original of this picture was a watch ad in an in-flight magazine. I have taken a few liberties, but only a very few; I did not attempt to draw beard stubble, nor did I attempt to indicate where the lapels of the suit fall. (Yes, suit; as I said in my prior post I did not have a uniform reference and have been stuck with civilian clothes as a consequence. I do have a photograph of a Mountie in full uniform, but it's at home.) I especially did not try to colour it in (although I may at some point if I get coloured pencils). The big honking version of the drawing is 70k; the more reasonably sized version is 13k. God loves grayscale JPEGS.
I like to think that I have not drawn the Sergeant with terribly deformed hands, the way I often do. I hate drawing hands; they're complicated. I'm not HAPPY with the hands, but they're not as bad as they could be... oh, and the weird mark on his left hand? According to the radio program, his legendary lead dog King bit him very hard once, as a puppy. It left a scar. That was the only time King ever bit him.
Now I have to eat. And deal with work. Email me if you have comments or whatever.
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Date: 2003-11-05 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-06 08:47 am (UTC)Were it anyone else I'd probably just let the colour remain kind of a pleasant possibility; I worry about making any further alterations once I have a good drawing. But, yanno, I made the deal, right? So... the userpic I'm using on this comment was my first experiment at inking, and it worked out pretty well. I'll see about acquiring a few decent pencils and see if it works up as well. Otherwise, I have to learn colouring by computer and fast - Kinko's gets expensive when you're using Photoshop.