Bruce Lee

[black-devil]

Hows it going guys? havent been on newgrounds in a really long time and damn i feel like ive missed so much. Military life gets u real busy huh? lol

Well heres a piece that i drew a lil while ago. I hope u guys like it. id like to know how i can improve if ud care to let me know. thanks

[bigjonny13]

Probably wasn't the best picture of Bruce to go with, but anyways.
You made his head a bit fatter than it actually is, which makes the face not look so much like Bruce.

[black-devil]

At 10/17/11 12:09 AM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Probably wasn't the best picture of Bruce to go with, but anyways.
You made his head a bit fatter than it actually is, which makes the face not look so much like Bruce.

why would i have to go with the best picture of bruce lee though?

[Nae]

The thing that jumps out at me is the way you shaded it... the pencil lines are very apparent and distracting. Try out some other techniques and work on adding more midtones and gradual shades (even though the lighting is drastic on the original, it's not solid black and white). Once you get a better grasp of that, you should redo the pic... would be cool to see the difference after like six months or a year of practice!

Keep at it!! ...and post more stuff if you've got it! :D

[Civilized-Apocalypse]

oh lurrdy i love bruce lee so much, i mean i have three posters of him in my dorm and even the one you took from reference
you can definatly explore the value a lot more with him, using old photos can be hard if your trying to reference for value and sharpness i know, and thats where a lot of guessing and filling in will go
but dont be afraid to darken the darks and brighten the brights,

[bigjonny13]

At 10/17/11 12:41 AM, black-devil wrote: why would i have to go with the best picture of bruce lee though?

I feel that that picture isn't the best choice when trying to get a detailed version of Bruce.
The colour of that picture really hinders some details, and the distance from which it was taken does the same.
Also, Bruce is pulling a face in that pose, so when you tried to get that down, it really doesn't look like him at all in the face.

[Sockembop]

At 10/17/11 10:54 AM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Also, Bruce is pulling a face in that pose, so when you tried to get that down, it really doesn't look like him at all in the face.

Jonny and Bruce Lee are on a first name basis due to the spiritual connection shared by all ninja brethren.

[black-devil]

At 10/17/11 01:31 AM, Nae wrote: The thing that jumps out at me is the way you shaded it... the pencil lines are very apparent and distracting. Try out some other techniques and work on adding more midtones and gradual shades (even though the lighting is drastic on the original, it's not solid black and white). Once you get a better grasp of that, you should redo the pic... would be cool to see the difference after like six months or a year of practice!

Keep at it!! ...and post more stuff if you've got it! :D

thanks i will keep that in mind heres another i did on bruce lee... i need to learn more on shading and all that and soon hopefully will get better on coloring wit photoshop too. soon ill be able to start animating too but everything comes with time. really busy sometimes though and i dont the motivation to draw for a while cuz of work

[black-devil]

At 10/17/11 01:35 AM, Civilized-Apocalypse wrote: oh lurrdy i love bruce lee so much, i mean i have three posters of him in my dorm and even the one you took from reference
you can definatly explore the value a lot more with him, using old photos can be hard if your trying to reference for value and sharpness i know, and thats where a lot of guessing and filling in will go
but dont be afraid to darken the darks and brighten the brights,

i think bruce is pretty awesome too.. (i dont love him though) lol. ill be trying more with shadowing soon.. im thinking of moving into shadowing with photoshop... like i said in my last post.

[black-devil]

Heres a tattoo i drew for myself... still havent gotten it yet but maybe one day i will. Its a skull in a gas mask

[Nae]

At 10/17/11 03:38 PM, black-devil wrote: Heres a tattoo i drew for myself... still havent gotten it yet but maybe one day i will. Its a skull in a gas mask

Ah, now for a tattoo, your current method of shading actually works! :)

You might want to take a look at some of these Art101 tutorials. Specifically the one about documenting your work. You can have the most amazing drawing in the world, but if the pic you post of it is bad... no one here will ever know!

[black-devil]

At 10/17/11 03:46 PM, Nae wrote::

You might want to take a look at some of these Art101 tutorials. Specifically the one about :documenting your work. You can have the most amazing drawing in the world, but if the pic you post of it is bad... no one here will ever know!

Thanks i will deffinately will be checking those out.