Figure Practice

I've been doing some people practice lately.  I've found several tutorials that I think are extremely helpful Especially this one by Neon Dragon.  Setting up a body with 3 dimensions really makes a difference.

One exercise that was fun, in this tutorial by Jeinu, was to make a weird squiggly shape, and then make a face from it.  The guy in the upper right corner is one of those and I think he came out pretty interesting.  The cute lil' girl in between the spiral rings of the notebook was drawn by my daughter doing the same exercise.  The thing on her head is a hat that might have shrunk in the wash.  I also tried doing some old people and some homlier faces since these are harder to draw. 

Sodie-Pop

After fiddling around in Photoshop with my snip of a design, I can't decide between lined and unlined.  Which do you like better?

A Snip of an Idea

I've been trying to draw more people lately.  This goth girl was inspired by a friend of mine on Deviant Art who combines her doodles and people quite effortlessly.  I'm sure I added too many cheerful colors for it to be truly goth.  Sometimes you get several ideas at once.  Once I'd finished "Much on My Mind" the little pink-orange-peach-brown paisley tucked in behind her wouldn't be ignored and so it became a new pattern idea named "Sodie Pop."  Not at all brooding and dark.