yep, coloured pencils!! A big first for me

The ref photo Im using is on the actor Sam Heughan, he played the part of Geoff Wellum in the TV drama of First Light. The original is a screenshot from that TV show and is A4 in size, the drawing is A2.
If I do put it into next years GAvA show, I'll have to contact both the BBC and also Sam via his agent.

Still a long way to go yet...but having a ball using the colour

It already looks like a masterpiece Puff!
Especially love the reflection on the googles.

Wow very impressive!! great work there

Cheers

very nice!

Excellent!

Are you a professional graphic artist?

I really like it!

so your tracing over this?



I see alot of stuff like this on CGtalk where people just draw over real photos, and i don't get where the "art" comes in? If your just "drawing" an existing photo what's the point?

Nope, you see, the original is about 4" x 5" enlarged to A4, I use my EYE to copy the drawing { freehand } up to 18" x 16".....then I have to use my EYE again, to then lay the colours in and to get it looking the way I want { again slightly different form the original I used}....so, no tracing involved ..oh and btw, thats the wrong photo

Thanks for the comments folks

Thats awesome Puff as they have always been old friend!

Good to see you still around here.

You flying RoF now a days only?

That is brilliant!

I can draw too, but not to that standard.

Nice work. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Thanks for the comments..Stardog..yep only fly RoF now, being a tester makes it hard to do otherwise lol!

Bull, thanks, anyone can draw like this, it only takes prctice..lots of it lol

Hey cool!
I got it a while back but have been waiting for the career mode to come along.
So now ready to get into it.

You still have a Steam account? would love to chat a bit with ya.

Beautiful Puff

Looking good Puff.
One of my illustration instructors used to pound into our heads "when you change value, change temperature!"
I've never forgotten this, and always take this to heart when rendering an illustration, be it with watercolor in with a 3D program. This is always good advice. Let's take an eye socket for instance. Instead of just brown, consider adding a touch of purple or blue.

Also, don't take the photograph too literally. Don't be afraid to edit out things that, while may be present in the photo, don't necessarily translate into drawing. For instance the strap that's either under his goggles or being reflected from something else. While I'm sure it was there in the photo, it really doesn't serve any purpose and is rather distracting in the drawing.

Glad to see you're still at it.
I still do a hand drawn illustration now and then, but have been training in 3D software for the past 18 months - just to add another tool in the belt so to speak.

Cheers

Very appreciated Gambit, trying colour for the first time is quite tough...a very steep learning curve, but Im having a ball doing it . I'll take on board your input and see how it helps the next time round ...ta!

Looking good! I used to do a lot of colored pencil, and bought some new ones recently, but I've yet to use them very much. I don't seem to have the patience for them like I did when I was younger. After a couple hours of working in a large area, I start wistfully eyeballing my airbrush. (I view this as a personal failing...why should I have less patience than when I was younger? Time goes faster now, for pete's sake)

What brand of pencils are you using, out of curiosity?

I use Faber Castell Polychromos... and when I get a bit fed up...I grab a coffee and go onto RoF ..hence the reason it takes me about 2 months for one drawing lol

I really look forward to your drawings Puff.

A good technique is to start on a mid-tone matte board. (kind of what it looks like Puff is doing here) Only you let the color of the board do a little more of the work. That way you're just punching out the highlights, and knocking in the darkest
areas. This is generally how I work in the medium. A pieces on white illustration board and I came to my senses!
Here's a good example of what I'm talking about - Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson

Now that is one fantastic clown..really first class

Well, managed to complete the drawing..was a blast and I'll be doing more colour from now on in

Once more...

Cheers mate , very appreciated

I'm liking that a lot Puff well done that man. Do you mind if I use that as a avatar?

Superb.

Wow.

Thanks folks...go ahead and use it if you want mate

Very nice!

Looks good, Puff, please post the original photo, am curious about what you have done with it in your drawing.

Thanks,

Very nicely done.


Wheels

thanks mate, very appreciated

Nicely done, Puff. Would love to see the original photo you used for a reference, please post it here.

Thanks, im having trouble finding the photo I used..but this is the same one, used on the cover of the DVD for the drama

You really have nice control of the pencils, that takes a lot of work.