WIP finished - a Bodie picture

[diegina.livejournal.com]

I'd like to write something fancy, but I'm too knackered at the moment. So just the basics.

The post is here in my LJ. Nothing earth-shattering, just Bodie with his gun. You're free to download and print any version you want, just let me know if you like it or not. Thanks.

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ohmigods that's fabulous! And what a brilliant beginning to Discovered On A Harddrive! That's just... very very good. Very good. That's Bodie... *sighs happily*

So... do you really not have an unfinished Doyle around anywhere? Or at least the thought of a next picture of either of them?! Please?! *g*

[the-cornettist.livejournal.com]

LOL! You made me smile.

But you're right. Original Pros artwork, especially of this calibre, is so thin on the ground, it's refreshing to stumble across some and of course we must have more!

[diegina.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Doyle is the first on my "to draw" list. Also I'd like to draw something slashy, but... well, every picture is too time consuming for me. So maybe somewhen in summer or fall there might be also a Doyle pic. I really don't know.

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

That is beautifully drawn. You have his features very accurate and the hand and gun are a delight. Is it a graphite drawing?

Hope you have a Doyle drawing on the go. :)

[diegina.livejournal.com]

Thanks:-). No, all's pure pencil and rubber. Especially rubber *bg*.

I'd like to draw another picture, but I don't know when RL's going to allow it.

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

Graphite is pencil and I know all about the use of the rubber too. I used to go through a lot of those. :))

Haven't done any for years, but I do love the effect you can get with pencil and the way you can use your fingers to blend dark and light. I was no good with a paint brush - needed to get my fingers into it. I found pastels great to use too.

It's such a shame when RL intrudes on what you really want to do.

[diegina.livejournal.com]

*head-desk* Of course graphite is pencil. I woke up just a while ago and I'm still not running on all cylinders. I thought you were talking about charcoal:/

I've tried also other techniques: charcoal, pen, watercolors and tempera, but none of them made me feel quite comfortable. Tempera was quite good, could use my fingers as well, but all that paint was also quite expensive. And I could never reach the same level of a detail. I use a pencil with 0.5mm lead and sometimes, I'm still surprised with the details it enables me to create.

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

You sound a bit like me in the mornings. I need a cuppa and a shower before I begin to feel a bit normal. :)

The pencils I was taught to use were Faber-Castell ranging from 2B up to 8B. The higher the number the softer the graphite which gives different effects as they are darker. We used a very fine sandpaper, glued onto a piece of wood, on which you could rub the 8B pencil, dip finger in the resultant 'dust' and wipe it over drawings for shadows. You can also use a plain tissue to blend with. Sharp pencils are a must for all the fiddley details like the centre of the lips, around the eyes and for hair and eyelashes.

I do hope you can make more time just for you. :)

[diegina.livejournal.com]

I've always been confused about these weird marks as HB, HH, 2B etc. Here, we simply use 1 for the softest and 4 for the hardest and the most common is 2. Well, at least that is how it used to be when I was on the elementary school. Then, something weird happened, and all pencils were suddenly HB, etc and I had no idea what it all meant. But your post helped me a bit and inspired me to finally search for info about pencil grades. And now I'm much wiser:-) Also I have finally found the proper name for the pencil I use: mechanical pencil, HB. Only this one and one only. Nothing harder, nothing softer. I used to use also softer pencils, but sooner or later the pictures were too smudged, just like my hands. It was all quite messy, and also I hated sharpening the pencils all the time.

I don't care much about official pencil drawing techniques saying that various pencils are necessary. I've realized one is quite sufficient. One just needs to know how to use it;-)

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

You did that with only a HB pencil!! That is fantastic. I always found HB too hard, so I think you have done a wonderful job there.

Using the softer graphite does get a bit messy, that's why I went through so many rubbers. :) I ended up buying one of those pencil sharpeners that clip on to the side of the desk, which made it a bit easier.

[kira-iras.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's impressive :)

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like this very much! You've got his expression and his whole stance just right - very Bodie. Thank you for this.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi There, Any chance you would re-post your work 'a Bodie picture', Bodie with his gun, from 2009-04-02, to either Discovered in a Live Journal or Archieve Of Our Own. I can get at the comments but not the actual posting of the picture. Would love to see the actual work.