HEY…MR MU…
GREAT and SUCESSFUL CORECTION ON THE EYE… maybe pop a highlight in that eye…will give it more depth…make the highlight a tad darker than the other one,…if you put it in there…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR…MR MU…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
well, 'tis done…
things to improve:
I started much too late layering hatching with different directions to smoothen gradients. Note to self…
get a model without bad hair days… or at least a model whose hairdo is basically the same over a few days… My hair looks amazingly different each day… it has a life of its own…
measure tilts and locate terminators more carefully so I dont have to correct major features later on in the shading process…
Can you think of anything else?
here’s the result:
Hi Mr Mu, i`ve looked at your work in the colour tutorial section the flower was really well done!
I think that the portrait looks great, it has this warm fuzzy feel to it One thing-why does the right eye have no highlight? It looks a little flat because of it.
Great work nonetheless
hi reaveress
thanks for taking a look and giving feedback.
actually, there’s no distinct highlight, because I did not see any. There’s a slight lighter area to the left of the iris of the right eye, though.
But as SpiritDreamer also suggested pushing that highlight a bit more I will try it and post the result.
My first goal was to stick to what I could see as close as possible. Now that that’s been done, I feel I can try whatever I want to (or you tell me… ) with the portrait, cause it’s scanned in and it can’t be destroyed…
Mu, I think you did a terrific job on this - I’d love to see you do another pencil piece. Perhaps a portrait of a family member, or even another self portrait. It would be great to see you continue to refine the principles you’ve really put into practice in this self portrait.
Congrats on this, you’ve really made a ton of progress here.
Hi Rebecca,
thank you so much and yes, another pencil drawing is on my schedule…
Actually, a lot more pencil drawings.
mirrored the whole thing to bring things back on their actual side, and added a little lighter light on the eyeball in the shadow side of the face.
don’t know about it…
(lol the sig… )
HEY…MR MU…
Give yourself a big pat on the back,…from me…
Strong selfportrait…has MOOD, FEELING, EMOTION,and STYLE…ALL THE RIGHT INGREIDIENTS…:applause:
TAKE CARE
Glenn
Hey Mr Mu
I’m really pleased to see this… a pencil portrait… a Self Portrait even.
Now I know you’re not such a bad guy after all
And what is that I hear?
That just made my day
Hey Mu, i love your pencil sketchs, you catch every possible shade 
also the studies on the first page are awesome, i didnt get to read the whole thread (stupid school) but i will when i have the chance
Hi there,
Today I went and bought an easel so I could rest my drawing block somewhere while drawing. I feel totally painterly now, even though I don’t paint, but only draw…
I also bought a portfolio which is a very peculiar feeling for me, because part of my enthusiast status was based on my staying in the virtual realm somehow. With the portfolio beside my bed I sort of entered the real world. But seeing as I still basically suck at drawing all in all I sort of keep my enthusiast/hobbyist status even though I put my self portrait into that portfolio…
So, I created a setup which I could (hopefully) easily reproduce (lighting, pose etc…) and started another drawing, closely following the Ryder book and his method. First stage is the envelope stage, a vague approximation of the outline, nowhere near a block in. Basically it is like writing “I truly don’t know what my model looks like” over the whole sheet with lines. From there you can start an unprejudiced block in… after a few hours…
45 mins… rough envelope
sorry for the quality, the sheet is too big for my scanner, had to stitch it together from two scans in the GIMP.
If you think you have any hints for me, go for it! That’s the reason I post this stuff in here, you know?
BTW, I am totally in love with Anthony Ryder’s method and his book and if I manage to put together a half-decent drawing I would like to write a tutorial to it so I can have a thread to talk to others about it.
Mu, this work and your thoughts on it are really motivating - I am really looking forward to that tutorial! Please put all of your good writerly talents to use, I really think you do such a great job of conveying how much you are learning through this whole process. Who knows, maybe you will end up as an art writer!
Cheers to you
HEY…MR MU…
I can see all kinds of visions floating out of that new portfollio case of yours that’s laying next to your bed…they look like whispers of smoke filled dreams,…seem to be entering your head, enveloping your minds thoughts as you sleep…better sip up that case, maybe put it in a safe, if you plan on getting a good nights sleep…
Just stopped by to say hi, and admire that self portrait of you, that you just did…really came out GREAT…
SLEEP TIGHT … YOU’LL NEVER LOSE SIGHT…CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON A DREAM
TAKE CARE
Glenn
hello folks,
Johan - yea, I don’t know why I neglected as simple and beautiful a tool as a pencil for so long… or wait! Could have been the 400 variants in Painter IX…
Erich - thanks for drive-by-posting always a pleasure for me to check your thread.
Ravmaster - well, if you are going to read the whole thread better get some provisions… I tend to be rather talkative in my posts, you know…
Man, I laughed so hard…
But it is indeed a fact that most things creative which I do sort of obsess me. :eek:
I can’t walk past the guitars without giving them a short chord or something. And I have these notes on my desk and elsewhere, little sentences which were meant to remind me of chapters or stories and when I read them the whole thing gets triggered.
I need a brain repair…
anand - thanks so much! Means a lot to me coming from such an accomplished artist. Your portfolio rocks!
Hi mr.mu, nice work on your sp Looks quite ok
I don’t like the way you did the background … just … well … I don’t like it ^^
Anyway keep it up !
Hi Mu
You’ve done well with your sp Great to see it finished; nice thoughtful expression.
Seems like your break has brought you back with a new exciting direction looking forward to seeing more pencil drawings from you!
cheers and take care
a.
Hey Mu, the words you left in my SB were so kind and encouraging. I thank you for taking the time to peruse my stuff. I appreciate any and all comments.
You have a nice amountr of good work here. I like your SP alot. There is alot of character that you’ve captured. Can see that you are conscientious of a stroke or line being put down for a reason. There is a sense of not wasting strokes. Good tonality. You’re handling the values without overworking them, which in itself is an accomplishemnt and shows sensitivity to what you are observing. You are keeping values where they belong according to the light or dark families. Good job.
Will post more here in your SB, just need time to look through it more slowly. I like the dedication to your work and effort to learn. It’s good to be surrounded by like souls striving for similar goals: To gain knowledge and apply it.
hey mu,
look at all those 25 pages,… jeesh. it seems like the pencil is your best friend. most of the stuff at the begining was at the same level until you did the portrait
bah could have told you that on icq…
laters