Chuotanhls - Portrait Study
This is step-by-step process of my portrait sketch of Chuotnhls . The purpose of this portrait study is to improve my values and lighting based on feedback of my previous work. Chuotnhls This photo shows an Asian girl dressed in a white shirt under strong lighting off the top left. The challenge here is rendering the female face without losing the contrast between light and shadow. In addition, the white shirt's value easily blends with the skin. Draft I began the draft by positioning the head in the ideal composition on paper. Then, with the loomis method, recreate the head in a 3-quarter angle with a slight tilt. Then I took a soft approach for the rest of the head; Squinting and making educated guesses of where the facial features are. Lay-In At the lay-in stage, I quickly separated the major light and shadows with the shading technique using a 6B pencil held with an overhand grip. Everything is kept light at this point to give me room for any mistakes. Shading I used the shadi