It was another long weekend and I tried my best not to waste time. I decided to draw a whole female character. I don't draw much female but it's worth a try. I figured I'd just make her a warrior-ish type so that I wouldn't have to mind a lot about her pose being lady-like. Here's my initial sketch:
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| messy lines, don't know what to make of it yet |
Well, there was too much drama in the pose for me so I went with a rather default or conventional pose and started painting it in. I also changed proportions to better fit a regular female body:
Now before I went to filling everything up, I went on to flip the image horizontally and there it showed me what else needs tweaking on the proportions. Her right arm seemed too long and the shoulder doesn't quite line up properly. I also had to scale the weapon up a bit and flip it to make it look better in silhouette. Only then did I continue to paint in a foundation of gray shades. It took me almost a whole work day for this WIP and I'm not happy with that but I won't be too hard on myself. I guess I'll play some games now.
Here's my final WIP for tonight:
