Week 2: What do I know?

Last day of week 2, 2015! It's been an interesting, albeit frustrating, week. I began work on s Exercise 34 Practice Sheet: Style Imitation on Thursday, only to realize I still haven't chose what I want my style to be. I decided to go through my digital practices to this point and pick out what I liked aesthetically an what I enjoyed drawing. After a few hours of mashing it all together, I ended up with a nice version of one of my OC's, Rin. (Just a quick note: I'm REALLY lazy about backgrounds at this point. Added it to my "Things to Study" list)


The following day I dug through about a twenty artists I really admire and wanted to learn more about their technique. Since this exercise only requires 3, I narrowed it down (for now). The first of the three was

I learned a few things about using opacity to layer my brush strokes, giving a very pleasing look to her hair. I couldn't quite get the skin tones and highlights right, but I didn't want to butcher it. I hope the final piece does justice to his style. Currently working on artist #2, Already I'm finding her very clean and pleasing line art hard to duplicate.

The last four days consisted of playing with my new .05mm mechanical pencils. Created a sketch in 2H, then followed up by detailing with HB. I have to say I really like the way it turns out, but I'll have to work on my smudging problems.
     

So this week will be a continue of my skull studies after I finish the Style Imitation Exercise. Perhaps I'll even repeat this exercise a few times with other artists! I have to say I love the opportunities this site provides.