Hello steemians, I’m back with a previously unknown weird witty title (I tell myself) to ask for your input/ vote on a piece to pursue and properly finish.
So, I’ll be sharing a few pages/sections from some sketches I’ve done since the end of December~ My goal will be to have a fully polished piece in traditional mediums, by the end of February. I want to be realistic with myself and not be too fast or too slow for my first project like this. I will be posting regular progress updates as well as proper scans of the winning sketches.
I’d like to take a week I suppose for voting, as I’ve never done this before and am still extremely confused by new systems. I’m sure I just need a few research sessions to get familiarized but going one step at a time here!
On a separate note yes I am open to pointers just not on this post for now probably haaa
A) live sketching/candid portrait of a friend. My concern here is wether to stick with a live candidacy or if I should look at working from videos/photos I’ve taken of her. A visit unfortunately will not be possible for a while :(
And then of course another debate - more comic or realistic style? I haven’t done too many of either in so long!
B) working on stories and illustrations, is like to evolve some of my personal fiction non-fiction cryptids and mementos. I’m not the most familiar with insects so I know I’ll be doing more studies on that and landscapes to fit whatever I’ve got implied there haha. Also, I know the words aren’t really legible - yet! If you can read it, awesome, but it’s not edited yet and I’d be dedicating this time to polishing that up as well, of course.
C) finally I did some quick movie portrait sketches. The first was my summary of Bright, in most common expressions. I felt like it captured the essence of their interactions too. The second page is from when I caught a short 15 minutes of the movie Princess Bride at a friends’ house; something about her expression really resonated with me (when she hears of an unfortunate ‘accident’). Both of these would have me rewatch the movies and pick a few expressions and then create a cohesive summary illustration - portrait possibly with background work.
I am also open to other movie suggestions, though likely for a future time!
Anyways hopefully I haven’t ranted too much, thank you for reading through to the end! Let me know your thoughts in the comments and even share this if you feel like it~
thank you for your time🙏🏼
Mx.Mars