Portraits from Imagination

11.03.2015:

Best day ever! I met with a new possible client today and it was great. He is really nice, knows exactly what he wants and we agreed on the contract :3 That said for the next two months I will be flooded with work, but I will try and keep up my daily sketches.

Yesterday evening I went to celebrate with a friend of mine over dinner which we also used to draw. I don't like the little fellow above very much but I learned a lot. You will see what I mean in my next upload tomorrow : )

portrait profile from imagination (sketchbook, pencil, copic markers)

After I drew the last sketch, I felt really bad because I didn't like it at all. That said as soon as I was home I sat down again and drew this little fellow. And I'm in love! I'm slowly getting the grasp of where to discontinue lines, where to increase their thickness and how to hatch. Also he looks like a man, which for me is amazeballs! Normally all my characters have one face which is very womanly, haha ^^

portrait from imagination (sketchbook, pencil)

Pose experiments

13.06.2014:

Still experimenting with poses from my imagination. I like the girl second from the right a lot. The rest are really...arrgs...not good^^

sketchbook page (pencil)

Happy 2014!!!

29.01.2014:

Hey guys!

Welcome to a new exciting year! I hope you all had an awesome christmas as well as new years eve!

I spend the last weeks finishing up my new Online Portfolio. It went online on January 1st. The results you can see here: http://sandrapinkertportfolio.weebly.com/

Besides that I finished my current contract with Pyrrhic Studios and started my new job hunt. I'm already in contact with some possible clients.

That said it wasn't much private drawing going on in January.

Here the one sketchbook page I managed between all that jazz :D

sketch book page (pencil + colored pencils)

Imaginative work

15.09.2013:

Hey guys, today I decided to see how much I still now about human anatomy so I painted a naked girl. Having in mind that I normally do lines only, I think this is pretty good for me.

girl from imagination (Photoshop CS6)

Learning about perspective

10.02.2013:

Today I did some gestures, a lot of perspective exercises and some clothing studies. Especially in case of the perspective exercises I learned a lot :3

gesture drawings - 30 sec each (graphite pencil)

perspective exercise (graphite pencil)

perspective exercise (graphite pencil)

perspective exercise (graphite pencil)

clothing studies (graphite pencil)

Sketchbook pages

08.02.2013:

Worked mainly on my online portfolio today, so only some sketchbook pages for you guys :) I will link to the portfolio when it's done so far.

sketchbook page (graphite pencil; perspective exercises)

sketchbook page (graphite pencil; mainly from imagination)

Figures

11.12.2012:

Ehm...lots of wrong anatomy I guess... like the small on in the top (second from the left)...

from imagination (pencil)

Experimenting with the human figure

4.12.2012:

Experimenting with the human shape. Lots of fun to do :3

faces (from imagination; pencil + colored pencil)

human figure (pencil + colored pencil; from imagination)

Another one

30.11.2012:

And another one...

from imagination (pencil + colored pencil)

Faces

26 + 27.11.2012:

Wow, finally some whole faces, not only half of it^^ I broke the neck of the lady in the middle...but that's how you learn, right? :D

from imagination (pencil + colored pencil)

Anatomy training

20.11.2012:

Still trying to get facial features and human anatomy right from imagination...

from imagination (pencil)

Crap

16.11.2012:

Hmm, seems I'm still to scared to draw a whole face xD

from imagination (pencil)

oO

15.11.2012:

Done during break at work, looks crappy as hell...^^

from imagination (pencil)

Doodle time

07.11.2012:

Didn't find the energy to paint this evening, so here only some doodles from work...

doodles (from imagination; pencil)

Hatching

08.11.2012:

Took the time to draw some (half-)faces from imagination. Concentrated on using hatching to shape the face. There is lots of space for improvement...

faces (from imagination; pencil)

Start trying!

06.11.2012:

Today I found the courage to simply sit down and try to paint a face from imagination. There is not much looking right, but yeah, I'm still moving out of my comfort zone and it only can get better :)

So join me, and try something new and scary!

painting from imagination (photoshop cs5, no references used)

Color studies

29.10.2012:

She is totally off, but the main target were colors so it's ok for me^^ Also without underlying lineart to train my painting skills.

color study from photo reference (photoshop cs5; 45min)

In this second one I traced the outline and then tried to pick the right colors again. Also trying to not get into details, but simply put colors on with the standard round brush :)

color study from photo reference (photoshop cs5; 30min; traced outlines to concentrate on colors)

More heads

13.10.2012:

More heads from imagination, concentrating on hard shadows...

heads from imagination (pencil)

Leaving my comfort zone

03.10.2012:

Started a photo study, but then I wanted to draw, so nothing much here to see^^

photo study (unfinished, photoshop cs5)

I really have to learn  how to draw faces from imagination. So here I go...

heads from imagination (pencil)