Hey! Steemitians how's your day going? Let me share with you how my day is going
I started out a freehand sketch today....Yeah NO GRIDS nothing major just to relax my mind and stretch my hand muscles a bit but my black pen ink got finished :( and this beauty came to be.....I think there's beauty in imperfections or unfinished works
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Here's how I started out
First light outlining with pencil HB
Starting with the eyes first and the nose
Then I moved to the lips the ear and then start bringing out the shape of the hair
Now to the Interesting part Shading I start out with Hatching giving a base layer first like so
The tricky part is Crosshatching this helps in detailing and giving an even tone and based on the fact I'm drawing a white guy the tone has to be even.....no much shadow and values to work with. I also shaded a bit of the hair so as to bring out his light skin tone.
I then proceeded to shade more of the hair, the ear and the beards. This was where my black pen gave up I'm gonna miss her LOL
I may probably get a new pen later in the day and finish it up but I kinda like it like that!
Thanks for viewing. Enjoy the rest of your day
I feel sorry for him that he is missing half of his hair. Guys are very often touchy in regards to this topic :) It's a great and realistic portrait. And I'm sorry to hear that you couldn't finish it..
Thank you for sharing and have a lovely weekend!
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Nice portrait, @ebene06 :) The shading is so nicely done and it is amazing that you can just freehand this picture without a grid or anything !
And yeah, sometimes unfinished works have their own charms :)
Thank you! :)
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Amazing!!! Hopefully you can score a black pen like the one you lost today. Lol. I can’t believe this was done with a ball point pen. Great job!!
Hey @splatz come take care of this artist would ya?
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Wow!
You are a great artist and I hope that you will find good and beautiful results here on Steem Blockchain!!!✌️
I would like suggesting you that I will have a contest on my account soon: on March, 3rd I will have my First Steem Birthday and I will make a contest where I will show all my portraits: there will be a lot of prizes and if you would like to partecipate with a drawing (also easier that this one) it could be a pleasure to me to join you!
It could be a good way to show your art all over Steem Blockchain😉👍
Let me know!!!
Thank you and Steem on!!!
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