#noshaveNovember 2018 (D)

Moving on from Inktober, #noshaveNovember was a solid opportunity to draw a lot of great facial hair, including on this fellow, who I did not envision as a redhead in the sketch but who ended up maybe channeling Bill Weasley.

P.S. Stop it, JKR. Just all of it.

Art vs Artist 2018 (D)

Once in 2016 I did this thing and then it was happening again so I did it again.

Movie Mustaches (D)

Movie weekend!  I really loved experimenting with a toned paper texture with these.

Three Ladies and Mister Carlyle (D)

I really need to get J in here to post some of her Greatest Showman arts, they are really marvelous.  But in the meantime, here's a series of three ladies in fabulous costumes and varying moods, followed by a handsome fellow in a tuxedo.

Never, never!

This Is She! 

Breathtaking View

 I was having so much trouble with this one that I almost gave up completely pretty early on but I'm glad I stuck it out.

Sketch version 2 (version 1 will never see the light of day).  Even relying heavily on ref I find his face very challenging to get right.

I Wasn't Born This Morning (D)

I've been working on this for a few days experimenting with a new emulation style for an upcoming commission prospect. Does it happen to remind you of any well-known contemporary movie artist's style? 

I relied pretty heavily on ref but the real test was the painting look and feel (this article was really useful).

Sketch version before color or effects were applied:

 And the other side of The Other Side, because everyone knows this guy is the real star of that scene:

Guys' Hair (D)

A couple of semi-related recent arts:

First, a little something I did last week just because 9/11 and #manhairMonday (we're watching this Vietnam War documentary right now so it seems fitting to post). I used to think drawing guys' hair was really boring so I didn't do it very often but modern styles have convinced me it can be interesting. Which style do you like best on this patriotic fellow?

Second, I don't think I've ever drawn my brother-in-law (aka hashtag hair goals) before but when my sister posted this picture of him at the beach I thought someone better.  A lot of my manbun guy drawings end up looking kind of like him so it's funny that when I finally draw him it's with his hair down instead.

Jeph

Then I wanted to try something simpler and a little more graphic like I had originally envisioned so I did another take:

Sand texture is sandy.

Here's the original sketch.  It's really interesting to me how different his face looked once I added color.

Don't let the stern expression fool you, he's basically the nicest guy ever.