Lesson 3b by Nicolas

Hello, again. This is my latest Lesson 3 egghead. After my previous attempt, I wanted to fix a couple things, like the nose and lip, and also make the head a little longer.

This is the overlay where I've noticed a few mistakes.

Afterwards, I used red pencil to go over the corrected areas.

Also, Gabriele suggested that I also use red to tighten rough lines, so I'll give it a shot.

Critiques and tips are welcome.

Lesson 3 by Hammerson

Left: pencil sketch with construction
Center: cleaned-up pencil version (no inking)
Right: Comparison with PB original



So, again I'm showing the last two attempts. First one has an accurate egghead shape. Also, the eyebrows, nose and mouth are very close. All the other features are more or less in the wrong place or of wrong size (the eyes, teeth, upper cheek line, etc.)

The second attempt corrects nearly all of those mistakes, but also introduces a new one: the upper lip is too curved on the corners, and the shape doesn't match with the original. It should be drawn instead with just slight curves and a straight line. The perfect drawing would be a combination of both attempts, but that's cheating :)

I must work more on emphasising the "meaty" aspect of the character (I think it's still lacking in my attempts, to a certain degree).

UPDATE: I tried to ink my last attempt with Illustrator (few rough spots are corrected in Photoshop).

Lesson 3 by Nicolas

This is my  final attempt at Lesson 3. The biggest challenge was trying to capture the right angle, but I think it turned out okay. 

(Original)

(Overlay)

All other attempts.

Critiques are welcome.

LESSON 3 by Wicks for Candlesticks

A little late.  I tried correcting last pencil attempt in the inks.  Still working on my steady hand. Inking the oval is getting a little easier, if you use that white arrow in Illustrator to mess with the curves.  I'm not good at the technical terms, but you can now check out Mitch's tutorial on Illustrator (located in our links).  It really helps with the techie parts of inking in that program.  Thanks Mitch!

Tips and critiques appreciated.

David Omar

Lesson 3 by Caleb

Looks like my center line was off, which threw off some of the details. Drawing in red/blue/black and checking it each time with each color is teaching me a lot.

If anyone is lost on this blog, here's the lessons so far:

Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4

lesson 3 Patrick

By the 4th one I almost had it, but messed up on the mouth and eyes

It wasn't until this lesson that I realized his face isn't painted on, it's actually meaty. It really made me watch for how our line-of-sight effects the thickness and overlapping of his features.

One thing that really kicked my butt was how curvy the tops of his cheeks are, and how they - and his nose - obscure the centerline.

Other than that, I still wanna work on developing a natural eye for the round shapes. And it's been a fun challenge trying to maintain life in his face while sticking to the structure. I want to get to the point where I'm working on these everyday.

Lesson 3 By James

EDIT: ATTEMPT 2

Some stuff is still off. Like the eyebrows, and some smaller minor details.

Attempt 1

Just gotta fix these.

• The head is a little lopsided on the top left.
• I forget that rule that Patrick mentioned about the cheeks.
• The eyes are a little lopsided.

Anything else?

LESSON 3

Where are all the lesson 2 posts?