Sketch #335, Back to Graphite

Ok, here's one done in graphite pencil, (as opposed to being created digitally) .

On a technical note, the file itself is in PNG format. Apologies to anyone whose browser does not support that. I tried multiple times (unsuccessfully) to upload a jpeg version using Blogger's "Add Image" feature (which has generally worked fine for me in the past). Oh well, at least PNG was working :)

Sketch #334, Another Digital

Well, I thought I'd squeeze in one more totally digital creation before getting back to the graphite.

Next time, back to the pencil :)

Ted

Sketch #333, Totally Digital

Well, here's the first sketch I've posted here in quite some time and the first since I changed the site to run powered by Blogger. Now that items relating to that conversion are out of the way, I hope to post more often.

I just happened to be in the mood to see what I could do using just the computer this time, but graphite will probably remain my primary medium of choice.

I make no promises that this layout change will be the last, but I do hope that any changes I make in the near future will be incremental, rather than drastic. For now, with posting a bit easier and comments enabled, I hope that the site has at least made a few steps in the right direction.

Pretty Face Sketches gets a Face Lift

I haven't made any post to PFS since November. I, have however, given a fair amount of thought to some changes I would like to make, and have begun porting the blog over to being powered by Blogger.

In addition to making the blog easier for me to maintain, this change will allow comments and possibly some other "goodies" that will improve it.

I'll try to gradually upload all of my posts from the old format (it may take a while), and I hope to start adding new sketches again soon.

Ted

Sketch #332

I believe that several studies have shown that people tend to regard faces with a lot of symmetry as more attractive than those with less of it. For this sketch I took half of the one in the preceding post and reversed it to form the other half (thus achieving perfect symmetry).

This technique fails miserably with a lot of sketches. It's easy to end up with a "cross eyed" result or its opposite, for instance, if the eyes are not oriented right.

Even in the case of the drawing in this post (which think is at least somewhat well-suited to the technique), the young lady seems to suffer from a bit of a "fish-eye lens" and an overly thin neck.

Sketch #331

I exercised more restraint in the digital editing stage with this one than I typically have lately. She's mostly the original graphite.

Sketch #330

Well, once again, I find myself posting a sketch far later than I intended to. Anyway, here she is.