I have been recently attempting to use mixed media to create a colored drawing.
All my sketches are black and white so i used the photograph i drew it from to colour it in.
could you please tell me how it looks. whether it looks digitally done? whether it looks the a drawing, or a painting or a photo?
To me, it looks like a well done color pencil drawing. I think art is art. However, where I live people often do not classify photos as art (even if the photos are digitally enhanced).
I'm no expert in mixed media so don't take me seriously... :-)
I find it a bit mixed, dominantly drawing though because of the eyes, eyeglasses, lips and teeth. The forehead, cheeks and jaw lead me to think it's a bit of a photo. Am I making sense?
hmmm.
honestly?
The drawing isn't super strong, your pencil doesn't seem to be sharp, the lines are faint and a little scribbly and untidy. The suggestions of features are size wise in proportion, but the glasses and the eyes are not carefully drawn, the glasses are wider on one side by quite a bit and the eyes are small and large in the same way.
The effect of the subtle colouring is fine, underlaying it with the photo, even though on a more complex image it will work better here, uniform pale pink could have been achieved in any number of ways. The only thing is if I saw this I'd presume the pencil lines were traced of the photo, anyone who was overlaying a photo with a drawing would trace the photo to keep the two images in line. so if its traced its weak, and if you didn't trace it then you should have, it will be a stronger drawing if you use a sharp 2b pencil and trace the features. The eyes also need to be darker to stand out, and the short fall in many pencil drawings there's no scale of light and dark, the pencil tone is just soft grey all over, pick out lights and darks even if you need to use a 2h a 2b and an even darker pencil for the glasses and eyes.
thank u for ur opinion. the lines arent so much lines as shades of pencil- although i admit i wasnt doing it neatly.
i drew what i saw as i saw it instead of trying to even it (tho u are right)
if u know another way to colour a drawing id love to know?
no it was not traced and is slightly out of proportion
i might try to darken the eyes but as u can see its a very soft photo that i worked from.
i usually use soft pencils but i will definately start incorporating harder ones and those that are darker than my normal 5b.
I hadn't realised that you'd merged the two together ... that's very clever, and I certainly couldn't see any 'join' or areas that looked wrong. I'd say the fact that you'd drawn it softly helped enormously with that.
thank you- i hadnt merged them so much as cloned certain areas into where i wanted them as the photo is not the same as the drawing. i used a low transparency level so it looked unlike a photo
I did a pretty scruffy pen and pencil drawing last year, which I scanned in black and white, and then coloured in by using a paintbrush and bold colours in processing software. I just tried to paint between the lines. Bit scruffy but you could try that. and even if you draw it too soft, you can always upload it to photoshop, highlight the pencil grey lines and darken them to black.
i tried to use a paintbrush on another drawing but found it very hard to control using a track pad - i only own a laptop....
i also use coral paint pro not photoshop so cant highlight and replace - especially all the gentle shading in my drawings. i also didnt want it to look cartoonish which the bolder and more vibrant the colour became the more unrealistic the drawing.
you know if I was you, I'd find a better picture to copy, its very soft focus so I can see why your lines are soft. Then trace it. Everyone traces, its not a bad method, especially with photos, then take the photo away and upload the hard line drawing. then get in photoshop or whatever you use and mess around with it.
it looks like a drawing, though it looks unfinished as @chewyteeth pointed out, the lines are a bit faint. but as for its appearance, it looks like a sketch drawn in by mild pastels, not digital looking at all. :)
The mouth and eyes on the sketch are so different from the picture that it makes it look like two different people...so when you combine the images it looks a little strange. One tip i got from a portrait artist i highly respect is to grab the picture and turn it upside down, then sketch what you see. It looks to me like you are drawing the features the way you picture them in your mind and not how they actually look.
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your viewing so you guys most have an opinion.
any opinion would be helpful
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please comment people
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you guys are so used to using your eyes its great to know that you think its seemless
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thank you. it is a drawing- i just used the photo to colour it in with a fader
thanks
I find it a bit mixed, dominantly drawing though because of the eyes, eyeglasses, lips and teeth. The forehead, cheeks and jaw lead me to think it's a bit of a photo. Am I making sense?
Very nice art!
honestly?
The drawing isn't super strong, your pencil doesn't seem to be sharp, the lines are faint and a little scribbly and untidy. The suggestions of features are size wise in proportion, but the glasses and the eyes are not carefully drawn, the glasses are wider on one side by quite a bit and the eyes are small and large in the same way.
The effect of the subtle colouring is fine, underlaying it with the photo, even though on a more complex image it will work better here, uniform pale pink could have been achieved in any number of ways. The only thing is if I saw this I'd presume the pencil lines were traced of the photo, anyone who was overlaying a photo with a drawing would trace the photo to keep the two images in line. so if its traced its weak, and if you didn't trace it then you should have, it will be a stronger drawing if you use a sharp 2b pencil and trace the features. The eyes also need to be darker to stand out, and the short fall in many pencil drawings there's no scale of light and dark, the pencil tone is just soft grey all over, pick out lights and darks even if you need to use a 2h a 2b and an even darker pencil for the glasses and eyes.
you asked for opinion.
;)
thank you :)and yes it does make sense.
this is the drawing i used and the photo i used
thank u for ur opinion. the lines arent so much lines as shades of pencil- although i admit i wasnt doing it neatly.
i drew what i saw as i saw it instead of trying to even it (tho u are right)
if u know another way to colour a drawing id love to know?
no it was not traced and is slightly out of proportion
i might try to darken the eyes but as u can see its a very soft photo that i worked from.
i usually use soft pencils but i will definately start incorporating harder ones and those that are darker than my normal 5b.
thank u for the critique it is much appreciated
@deburahiru thanks
thank you- i hadnt merged them so much as cloned certain areas into where i wanted them as the photo is not the same as the drawing. i used a low transparency level so it looked unlike a photo
i also use coral paint pro not photoshop so cant highlight and replace - especially all the gentle shading in my drawings. i also didnt want it to look cartoonish which the bolder and more vibrant the colour became the more unrealistic the drawing.
tho i love urs.
any other ideas? @chewyteeth
thank you :)
@chewyteeth its an idea- i may try it- will let you know :)
thank you :)