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Kari Byron from Mythbusters! Whee! The reference for this drawing is from the James Bond Special, Part 2. She's sitting down by some "Odd Job" hats in the scene, though I was too busy trying to get her face right to bother going much lower.

Incidentally, I am apparently an oddity in my life drawing class in that the faces are the easiest part of the body for me to draw; my professor says it's usually the opposite ^^;

I actually used sighting (siting? however it should be spelled) for measuring proportions. It's not perfect, but it's WAY better than I could've done a few weeks ago. In addition, prior to the shading, it totally confirmed what I recently talked about in my journal: [link]

In addition to simply wanting to practice drawing people, this was practice using a blending tool. I was so worried about messing up the drawing via blending that I scanned the image prior to doing any, but I like the results I got with the blending tool better than without.

The only thing I don't like about blending so far is that I think it increases the odds of the graphite transferring onto other stuff (like the opposite pages in yonder sketchbook) though that might not always be the case. I dunno. I'm new at it.
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~JediGirlKallea Apr 10, 2010  Hobbyist Writer
I know it's been a year since you posted this, but I just came across it. You know how much she looks like Ellen right here? Kinda creepy, in a way... and sexy in another! xD

You're awesome and I love your work. :)
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~Huzzus Apr 15, 2008
:worship: Dood! This threw me for a loop to be honest. Great job.
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~TreuVonTrapp Feb 16, 2008   Writer
"The only thing I don't like about blending so far is that I think it increases the odds of the graphite transferring onto other stuff (like the opposite pages in yonder sketchbook) though that might not always be the case. I dunno. I'm new at it."

Yes, yes it does. And it's a bitch. There's some sort of spray you can get.. its an aerosol. It puts a sort of finish on the page so nothing rubs off. But you gotta do it after the image is completed otherwise you won't be able to work on it anymore..
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~starder Feb 16, 2008
Ya know, this one aint half bad. She looks a little rounder than the actual girl, but it stylizes it. Your choices in shading on the shirt seem kind of sporadic, and a little loose and free spirited, though. That and the shape of the mouth, but I understand how that is. Lips are an awkward thing to draw.
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Mood: Astonished ~ElNeroDiablo Feb 13, 2008
*light round of applause*

Congrats mate, you've made a stunning image almost identical to the real Kari!
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~bishie-serge Feb 13, 2008
The first thing I can think of when I look at the pic is that her face looks a little flat to me. It may be the fact that there is less shading on the actual features than on the hair and body areas.
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~akaiLV Feb 13, 2008
Hrrrm, you know, what you've said about shading has me curious. I'm not much of a artist though, so I can't do it myself to see....

Know if anybody has put up some kind of before/after pics as examples?
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~pdonkeh Feb 13, 2008
Nice job on this! You're definitely getting the hang of realism. Just one thing I might mention, a little nugget of wisdom that I found infinitely useful in improving realism portraits - don't outline the lips. try to just fill in the shape with color - or, if you really can't do it without outlines, make them light, instead or dark, bold strokes. It'll come out looking a lot more realistic :3
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*DanShive Feb 13, 2008
This is good advice; I'm still getting used to that mentality of not outlining certain things and letting the shading handle it. I mean, I'm a cartoonist, not a... um... ok, this Dr. McCoy joke has collapsed. Just walk away... *runs*
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!KiddoBradley Feb 12, 2008
Good, good. I'd keep working on it, to get it closer. Not at all a bad start, though.
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