Post by Kinetic Asparagus on Sept 14, 2008 13:05:56 GMT -5
So... yeah. I decided I wanted to sketch Alaric. It turned out that my sketch became two detailed drawings, taking me about two hours or so to complete. I got completely lost, it was really funny Anyways, my dodgy camera (what can I say, it has personality) recently decided to work again, so I bought it some new batteries for being nice to me ;D It hardly acted up at all whilst I documented the entire drawing process...
Enjoy.
FULL BODY
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture035-1.jpg
The initial sketch. General shape. He’s sitting by the way, not crouching.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture042.jpg
Changed the shape and placing of the arm.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture034.jpg
A little more detail.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture040.jpg
Basic body-sketch, filled out.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture043.jpg
Trouser leg detail folding. (Dire, it looks awful, and it didn’t get changed much.)
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture044.jpg
Nothing much different, don’t know why I took this picture
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture045.jpg
More torso detail.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture047-1.jpg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture046.jpg
Right leg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture048-1.jpg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture049-1.jpg
Left leg!
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture051-1.jpg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture052-1.jpg
Torso detail and cancer stick. (A note on the cancer stick: the picture of Gaspard Ulliel I used as a reference was one of him smoking. Of course, my original reaction was, “Oh, Gaspard, you exquisitely beautiful Frenchman, put out the cancer stick and take some naked photos for me,” but it actually really suits Alaric so I just left it in.)
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture053-1.jpg
More torso detail. Cancer stick still there.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture055-1.jpg
I started writing lots of notes to myself soon…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture050.jpg
And that’d be the first set of abusive notes
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture057.jpg
He does All alieny and stuff.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture056.jpg
‘Cause I couldn’t draw the face ;D
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture058.jpg
Yes, I did give him a mini-crown and antennae…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture054.jpg
Bigger shot… slightly more detail…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture059.jpg
He’s getting there…
Finished!!!
HEADSHOT
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture061.jpg
I deleted the first photo accidentally. This is step two.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture063.jpg
General feature-placement. A bit too effeminate. It gets worse before it gets better
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture064.jpg
Eyebrows
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture065.jpg
See what I mean? It gets even more ridiculous.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture065.jpg
Jaw and face made considerably wider, I believe, although that might’ve been earlier…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture066.jpg
Alaric’s a cross-dresser!!!
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture068-1.jpg
Another note
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture069.jpg
Far too heavy shading.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture070.jpg
Not getting any better on the womanly front…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture071.jpg
Aaaah. See how much difference an “impressive” set of eyebrows makes? *sighs with relief* But you ask, why so little detail over the ears? Is Alaric forever going to be bald? Looking slightly like the dude from XMen? Fear not…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture067.jpg
For this is the reason! Most of his ears get covered.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture074.jpg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture075.jpg
Finished! He’s actually close to what he looks like in my head. Just not as real.
BOTH
Overall summary: Meh. The face of the first one is awful and the headshot is a bit inaccurate. Decent, though, considering most of the features are straight out of my head. The hair of the first one, on the right, is much like it would’ve been when Alaric first meets Silvarn - he’s fairly hungover there, despite what he may think. Certainly hasn’t washed in a while It’s unusual in that he’s not wearing his gloves, though. The headshot is much more like his usual self. Floppy-haired. ;D
Note: Good LORD you have to have patience to get photobucket working properly.
In anticipation of common complaints:
He's not symmetrical!
Yes. I know. People generally aren't. He isn't supposed to be.
What's with the chin-jaw bit?
The lines which are pretty much parallel to the jaw? The one on the right - his left - is different due to the line running down a faint, faded scar. If the scar wasn't there it'd be the same.
Ha! His neck's off-centre.
Wrong, his head's turned. You can tell by the tendon straining on his right side.
The shoes are weird. And so is that hand.
I have no excuse for those. They're just bad. Although the camera picked up the shading a bit oddly in that last completely full body shot.
What's with the eyebrows?
He has big eyebrows!
I've updated the character sheet with the finished pictures.
Enjoy.
FULL BODY
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture035-1.jpg
The initial sketch. General shape. He’s sitting by the way, not crouching.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture042.jpg
Changed the shape and placing of the arm.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture034.jpg
A little more detail.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture040.jpg
Basic body-sketch, filled out.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture043.jpg
Trouser leg detail folding. (Dire, it looks awful, and it didn’t get changed much.)
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture044.jpg
Nothing much different, don’t know why I took this picture
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture045.jpg
More torso detail.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture047-1.jpg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture046.jpg
Right leg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture048-1.jpg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture049-1.jpg
Left leg!
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture051-1.jpg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture052-1.jpg
Torso detail and cancer stick. (A note on the cancer stick: the picture of Gaspard Ulliel I used as a reference was one of him smoking. Of course, my original reaction was, “Oh, Gaspard, you exquisitely beautiful Frenchman, put out the cancer stick and take some naked photos for me,” but it actually really suits Alaric so I just left it in.)
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture053-1.jpg
More torso detail. Cancer stick still there.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture055-1.jpg
I started writing lots of notes to myself soon…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture050.jpg
And that’d be the first set of abusive notes
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture057.jpg
He does All alieny and stuff.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture056.jpg
‘Cause I couldn’t draw the face ;D
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture058.jpg
Yes, I did give him a mini-crown and antennae…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture054.jpg
Bigger shot… slightly more detail…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture059.jpg
He’s getting there…
Finished!!!
HEADSHOT
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture061.jpg
I deleted the first photo accidentally. This is step two.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture063.jpg
General feature-placement. A bit too effeminate. It gets worse before it gets better
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture064.jpg
Eyebrows
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture065.jpg
See what I mean? It gets even more ridiculous.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture065.jpg
Jaw and face made considerably wider, I believe, although that might’ve been earlier…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture066.jpg
Alaric’s a cross-dresser!!!
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture068-1.jpg
Another note
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture069.jpg
Far too heavy shading.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture070.jpg
Not getting any better on the womanly front…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture071.jpg
Aaaah. See how much difference an “impressive” set of eyebrows makes? *sighs with relief* But you ask, why so little detail over the ears? Is Alaric forever going to be bald? Looking slightly like the dude from XMen? Fear not…
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture067.jpg
For this is the reason! Most of his ears get covered.
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture074.jpg
i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/phoenixmarlowe/Alaric%201/Picture075.jpg
Finished! He’s actually close to what he looks like in my head. Just not as real.
BOTH
Overall summary: Meh. The face of the first one is awful and the headshot is a bit inaccurate. Decent, though, considering most of the features are straight out of my head. The hair of the first one, on the right, is much like it would’ve been when Alaric first meets Silvarn - he’s fairly hungover there, despite what he may think. Certainly hasn’t washed in a while It’s unusual in that he’s not wearing his gloves, though. The headshot is much more like his usual self. Floppy-haired. ;D
Note: Good LORD you have to have patience to get photobucket working properly.
In anticipation of common complaints:
He's not symmetrical!
Yes. I know. People generally aren't. He isn't supposed to be.
What's with the chin-jaw bit?
The lines which are pretty much parallel to the jaw? The one on the right - his left - is different due to the line running down a faint, faded scar. If the scar wasn't there it'd be the same.
Ha! His neck's off-centre.
Wrong, his head's turned. You can tell by the tendon straining on his right side.
The shoes are weird. And so is that hand.
I have no excuse for those. They're just bad. Although the camera picked up the shading a bit oddly in that last completely full body shot.
What's with the eyebrows?
He has big eyebrows!
I've updated the character sheet with the finished pictures.