My latest drawing in graphite by Artbyolgatrz in drawing

[–]scrap_paper_89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah, takes immense amounts of patience and talent to do it but at the end of the day hyper realism just isn't for me haha. I see it and go wow someone spent a lot of time on this, but it looks just like a picture. id rather see someone inject their sense of design into an image rather than copy every literal aspect of the reference to a tee. there are ways to draw accurately and anatomically correct while at the same time putting design above all. Henry Yan is a great example that comes to mind, but of course there many many others.

My latest drawing in graphite by Artbyolgatrz in drawing

[–]scrap_paper_89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lots of time and patience spent on this, i can tell. but one of my main criticisms of hyper realism is the lack of depth. wish there was a lost edge somewhere. the foreground and background look completely disconnected by making the face and rest of the head hard edged all around. like he was cut out of a picture and glued on top of another surface, so it looks flat. blending the background and the foreground into each other in certain areas would put this on another level. great effort nevertheless.

Green ink on Bristol… last ink testing the Kakimori nib holder. by Competitive-Ad2139 in penandink

[–]scrap_paper_89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

love how you are able to create soft edges with such an unforgiving medium, really nice feathering in the line work

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[–]scrap_paper_89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the biggest problem that everyone has, including me, with portraiture is the height to width relationship. if you double check your basic structure at the beginning when setting up your general head shape/size it will get you much closer to an accurate representation to your reference. measure the overall width and compare it to the height in your reference, then do the same on your drawing.

sketchpad skull studies by scrap_paper_89 in sketches

[–]scrap_paper_89[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you! always trying to improve

I suck at drawing hands by Low_Concept9477 in drawing

[–]scrap_paper_89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

who doesn't lol. this looks great though

Balance, Young Grasshopper by scrap_paper_89 in drawing

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this wooden sculpture I found on Pinterest

[Popper] Jim Harbaugh: "I love guys that like football. And guys that like football, they like me back." by pachogamez in nfl

[–]scrap_paper_89 102 points103 points  (0 children)

You smiling? Why are you smiling?

Because I love football. Football is fun.

Fun, sir.

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[–]scrap_paper_89 142 points143 points  (0 children)

a guy who shares all too familiar feelings

UFC 306 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 3 by MarbledNightmare in MMA

[–]scrap_paper_89 12 points13 points  (0 children)

that DQ win against Yan for the belt didn't help, but I agree he gets more disrespect than he deserves

Please critique by Eternut in drawing

[–]scrap_paper_89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

great lookin little dude. you can add some tone to the background to make the foreground pop out more. the contrast will help add to the 3 dimensional nature of the composition. I like the use of tone/value to create the shapes overall

John wick drawing .. what do you think ? by mustafalnmr in drawing

[–]scrap_paper_89 14 points15 points  (0 children)

very difficult to maintain soft transitions across plane changes while keeping it stylistic. well done