In honour of Halloween, I spent a couple of hours this morning in the company of this cheerful guy. I’m quite pleased with how the drawing turned out, although there are a few spots I might go back and touch up now that I see it on the screen. I wish I could get better scans, though; the pencil strokes always seem more pronounced than they are in the original, making it look streaky.
It’s difficult to see some of the subtle changes in value on a white(-ish) object, but I am beginning to feel more confident in my squint-and-simplify ability. As a double check, I used Gimp to desaturate the reference photo (which came from the biology department of the University of Cincinnati), and then to posterize the black and white image.
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