Final Comparison:Today I finally finished the project and put my finishing touches. I started with the neck and the hair after finishing the shirt. Next I started on the face, with the nose, mouth, and eyes. I was really happy with the nose and the right eye, I think my left eye looks weird but it seems accurate to the photograph. I struggled with enough contrast between the face and the neck, as well as the direction and curve of the lines. In Raphael's drawing he used a mix of straight and contour lines so I tried to do the same. I went back into the face and attempted to add more overlapping lines to create a darker value where my face is in shadow. For the mouth, I decided to not draw the lines of the teeth as past experiences had led me to believe it can lead to an odd overall look. Underneath the slideshow of progress today I have my final work, my Raphael recreation, and the original Raphael drawing. Overall, I am so happy with how this drawing turned out. Unlike my recreation of Raphael's that had a lot of proportional errors, this seems to be accurate. I know the values and contrast may be not perfect but without comparing to the reference photo I don't think it would be that noticeable. I felt like I used Raphael's mark pretty well, I tried to use lines and line quality to create value and avoid blending out the lines the best I could. I really enjoyed this process as I had always struggled with cross-hatching and this definitely helped a lot and I am much more confident with conté as well.
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MM
12/12/2018 12:58:49 pm
Helen! Wow, great work! You really captured your likeness!!! The side-by-side comparison is a wonderful way to see how well you've done with this. I really look forward to seeing this in person... but I love what I see so far and it seems as though you gained a tremendous amount from this experience. "I decided to not draw the lines of the teeth as past experiences had led me to believe it can lead to an odd overall look. " AMEN! I might suggest moving your final comparison to the top so it is the first thing that we see.
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