Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Engineer redux

Hey there, and happy new year!

I couldn't help myself – I've always disliked the way I rendered the face in this painting of my engineer character, and lately it just got too much to ignore. To me it always made her look a bit severe, or undernourished, which wasn't the look I intended with the original line drawing.

So – as if I didn't already have enough to do – I went and changed it, didn't I:


I padded out her cheekbone, softened the jaw-line slightly, gave her a little more colour, and did another pass over the whole face with a brush to smooth things off a bit. I think the new version is definitely an improvement. She now looks more like the character I've had in my head for so long.

For interest, here's a comparison of the original pencil drawing, the original painting (centre), and the new version:


Thanks for stopping by!

4 comments:

  1. Oh! Much healthier! I thought she looked fine before but now she is even finer. Luverly!

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  2. Christian is on to something. In the first image, she looks like she's thinking "Im dying", but now she's thinking "Maybe I'll have a tuna sandwich for lunch".
    The point is, great change!

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  3. Hey, thanks guys! Really appreciate the feedback. I'm still thinking it was a good move to work back into this one, so that's a good sign :)

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