Face training 2: Dimitri

Bored Clownv6

Here we see the delightful Dimitri the clown on a quick coffee break behind the big top. lovely chap, great sense of humour.

This picture is a another attempt by me to further practice my grasp of facial anatomy.
No refs were used for the face- but I did use a few to help me understand the lighting for the hair. I also checked the lighting for the nose made sense using a quick 3d render in Blender. Honestly, Blender is such a good tool for artists. And it’s free!

I had such good fun painting this, I’m planning the next one already. Hopefully in the end I’ll have a gallery of fictional faces getting progressively better. We shall see.

ClownAnimation

Above you can see the process this picture took from start to finish.

As you can see- I’m quite indecisive about this one- it takes a few major twists and turns. I like the painterly look of the second image, but I decided to really push myself to do something different that would really test my understanding of light and form- so I went for a more mock photographic look instead. I also changed the composition so it less resembled a passport photo.

Site Redesign Complete!… for now.

Well, it took a wee bit longer than I anticipated but I’m rather pleased to say that my website redesign is (at least for the moment) complete!

I’m not entirely sure on the success of the graphic design but I am at least pleased that the site is now pretty damn consistent. I’ve also stripped away the old chaff that google analytics informed me nobody ever visited, so goodbye to the tutorials, links and downloads sections of the site.

In their place is a shiny new sketchbook section of the site, which features  lot of sketches (mainly faces and airships as it happens) that have never been on public display before! Go check it out here, I mean come on, if you’re on this site at all you have time to spare don’t you.

I’ve also been adding a few things to the shop section, since I have student loans to pay off. I’ve got a few more bits to do yet but I’ll have even more stuff available soon.

In other news, I’ve been busy working on my new kid’s book: Norman’s Rocket. Here’s some rocket based sketches from that to have a look at: