today's exercise! i spent the rest of the time gathering and sorting references following marc's guide on how to create your own art stile
Nice work, improving those lines, just don’t burn yourself out with exercises (unless they are enjoyable) - make sure to have fun!
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thank you! i don't think i'm gonna burn out anyways because in this period i'm exercising my discipline too and I get an incredible amount of joy when i finish doing the work i planned on doing and i feel like i'm actually using my time and not wasting it
Nice job on that line art!
colored it following only marc's guide on gradient maps and on light
Nice job! Keep it up
Nicely done, I like the way you use values
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oh sh*t, it's Willem Dafoe, the likeness is 100% there, good stuff
tried a face study session. i can feel the struggle when i try them from memory, any tips?
It can be very difficult without any reference, even a skull model can help. Drawing the construction within a cube can also help
okok thanks
Woah those are a lot of heads, are these all iterations frim reference?
Yes they are, I just opened Pinterest and went towards the ones I liked more
today i focused on just one portrait. i've done it using copics
Oh my, great job on this!
I don’t know how the reference is so can’t really tell if the model or the portrait needs a little bit extra tip projection
The values seem very well grouped together and the result is very pleasing!
I’ve never used copic markers myself, what are your thoughts on the medium, do you find it is easy to get value gradation with them?
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They have pros and cons, it's quite easy to shade but this also implies that it's difficult to have a clear edge, I think that overall they re quite like a mixture of Marc s soft and hard brush, I couldn't really explain it better, anyway here's the reference 
today's work
