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As noted in this topic, I've started a new drawing of Tetsuko and Sonya.
And I delude myself that there might be a few of you who'd be interested in watching the process. Not just on the level of a "how-to" tutorial, but as a chance to see what kind of changes might be made during the creative process. So I'll be posting frequent updates to this topic as the picture takes shape.
So here's the VERY rough pencil drawing:
Drawn in real pencil on real paper, then scanned into Photoshop (grayscale @ 200dpi). Original scan dimensions 2184 by 1557 pixels.
There are still several adjustments I need to make in the figures before I can "ink" and color the drawing. For example, Tetsuko's neck isn't long enough, giving her shoulders a "hunched-up" look. Her lower torso needs to be lengthened somewhat. And I still can't draw feet worf a dayum.
Plus I need to add an umbrella for Sonya to sit under.
So once I've made a few of these changes, I'll be posting that result in this thread. Then, once the "inks" are done, that will be posted, and so on and so on and scooby dooby dooby…
Day 2:
From here on, everything will be done digitally, using a Wacom Intuos tablet, Corel Painter, and Photoshop.
In Photoshop, I increased the canvas size to 2500 by 1600 pixels to give me more room for manipulating the figures. I used the lasso tool to select the figures of Tetsuko and Sonya (individually) and cut them onto separate layers so that each figure can be manipulated without affecting the other.
Then, using lasso again, I selected the parts of Tetsuko's figure that were giving me proportion problems and used Free Transform to resize, stretch and/or distort each part as necessary, until I was at least happier with the result.
I brought the file into Painter so I could use their Pencil brush to refine the linework a little more. And I added the pole of an umbrella. (Okay, I'm cheating a bit on the umbrella. I was originally going to do one leaning to one side, but then I realized I'd save myself a lot of work by using a standing one that conveniently rises out of the frame.)
I also rearranged the composition a bit; I'm much happier with this.
Here's the result of the past hour or so of work:
More to come!
Day 2, cont'd:
Had a couple of inspirations about the drawing, so I decided to try them out:
1) I decided that Tetsuko's chest (not breasts) wasn't big, or maybe I should say deep, enough, so I enlarged it a bit.
(I tried like hell to get this version posted, but for some reason the image won't show up, no matter how many times I typed the URL correctly. And yes, the file is on the server.)
2) Then, I had the idea that putting Tetsuko's arms folded behind her head might show off her arms to better advantage, without looking like she's trying to "show off":
Now, the cool part is that each of these iterations of Tetsuko exists on a separate layer in the Photoshop file, so that if I want to "undo" one or both of these changes (say, I decide that her chest is now too big but I want to keep the arms behind her head), making the changes won't involve redrawing the entire figure. I love digital art!
So I'm going to leave this drawing alone overnight; and then, if I still like what I see tomorrow, then the "inking" phase begins.
JD: Yes, her bikini strap is untied… which means she'd better be reeeaaaal careful how she gets up. 8) As for what Sonya's reading and drinking: all in good time… ;D
khuddle: Unfortunately I can't say when the next bit of "Contest Jitters" is coming. Sometimes I forget that Satin has her fans too.
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