Pen Sketches...realistic again!

Hello again blog dwellers! Here are a few more quick pen sketches, just something to keep updating on, so that my blog feels some love. I attempted to spend a bit more time just playing around with the medium I was using, and working with line and cross hatch shading. I also looked at just simply using line, which is something I've always done when doing realistic drawings. The aim is to get away from that though, and I plan on looking more at the contours within the faces. When I have the time I will get out my pencils and work on smudging and playing around a bit more with a proper composed image. For now the pen sketches will do!
Enjoy!

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Pen Sketches...realistic!

So when I thought I was just going to do one drawing today turns out Mr Procrastination had other plans...ALAS! Here's some really fast pen sketches with realistic faces, yes mine. I've just gone through and quickly drawn out features, trying to focus on the shapes in the face rather than the outlines and the proportions, having had that drilled in my head continuously in my Life Drawing intensive. It seemed to have some effect! Each image was only 1-2 minutes spent on them... though probably less now that I think about it...I should start timing myself! I'm still wanting to try and give up on lines completely, before bringing them back in again. Could be an interesting holiday project. The aim is to marry my realistic drawing and my cartoon linework together...could be fun!

Enjoy!

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Pen Sketches

I still haven't given myself the chance to sit down properly to do an image. I want to work more on creating backgrounds and the figure, so hopefully once the stress of finishing off my elective goes, I hope to get back into my illustration and animations. I still have a long way to go until I'm happy with myself and my style, though I am loving it a lot there's always room for improvement! I think it's healthy to want to continuously progress, and I look forward to where I will go!
This image is yet again another pen sketch that I have done quickly, maybe 5 minutes, just to free my head. I notice that I draw my figures in similar positions, so now I know that I should work on positioning my character as well as working on the proportions a bit more. I do love how this worked out though, and the simple line work can easily have the Edgar lines added, as well as some good colours. I will hopefully get to doing that..!
Enjoy!

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