Well it’s Tuesday and so here is a cheesecake post! I chose this one because the pose was “very Gil Elvgren” (one of the great pin-up artists of all time). The photo reference was borrowed (such a nice term) from METArt.com which is basically a porn site with the occasional good conditions for drawing material. While the girls are quite lovely, they tend to be too skinny, overly photoshopped and prone to posing in too many crotch-shots (artistically lighted crotch-shots, but crotch-shots none the less). I’ll stop saying crotch now.
I like how the breasts and stomach came out in this drawing, there is a subtlety to it while still maintaining definition. Her face on the other hand I was not pleased at all. I would like to see it more rendered out with more detail on the planes of the face. I think part of it is that the drawing is a bit small (8 1/2” x 11”) and I did not build up the planes slowly enough and the face became over-saturated. This (once again) is a matter of planning, which is what this drawing basically is anyways - a pre-drawing. This is the point of a sketchbook: practice and working out a drawing before the final drawing or painting. If I ever do a final showpiece of this, I will probably do another study of her head only larger, before I tackle the final art.
The lessons I took away from this is to build up slower with my pens (especially in the face and other subtle areas), pay closer attention to the facial planes and plan ahead more.
See ya all tomorrow,
Go Giants!
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