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Hi good and trusted patrons,

This week, at last, I've posted my charles leclerc drawing of yore. BUT- it is different than what I posted here. Please look closely and enjoy a high quality image, on me. In truth, I picked a terrible reference and it was quite hard to draw him, even now its not my best portrait. But the last one was simply too rough. Here it was:

Now, frankly I do like what I've done to him here. I made him quite sharp and extremely french-european looking, and perhaps this version is more akin to my rendered lando drawing. But the lando drawing is completely irrelevant, I want this charles drawing to look like my carlos drawing, as they are on the same team. So I decided to re-render charles.

There is less angularity and contrast than before, but his clothes and hair are better and that's really all I could ask for. And his ear, it turns out I love to draw an ear. Frankly maybe I could've just rendered his clothes and hair more on the old one and called it a day but I didn't.

The overall process was pretty straight forward, but here is a very early stage for your interest purposes

 Frankly, this stage is pretty good too. Makes you think I guess! I hope I never have to touch this drawing again.

I think next I would like to draw a cowboy and then maybe for some reason I want to draw checo idk

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Meggy

You love to draw an ear and we love to see it ❤️

- Leah ✧˖°.

Absolutely obsessed with how you paint skin tones any suggestions on how to get that more painterly look digitally? I struggle with it so much ;-;

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I think its partially the brush/layering and partly your approach! I like to use a textured brush that is pressure-sensitive at a lower opacity. I use a brush in fresco called canvas brush that, has the texture of a canvas. I think what makes digital art look super digital is the crazy smoothness. I also like to add texture in areas that are flat colors (the hat/clothes) by adding multiple different shades, even if they are relatively close, it adds more interest and looks less like a big slab. Another thing I do is not blend my edges a whole lot, you can see pretty clearly where one area of color stops and another starts, and I never really use a smudge tool to blend. Its moreso about using different colors to transition areas than having a gradient. I am a big supporter of a harsh edge and creating more geometric shapes out of colors to make a drawing feel more crispy. Do all you can to avoid an airbrushed look! Don't blend, layer up colors instead. That is my advice

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ALSO - I think its easy to over-render an area. If something looks good, don't touch it!!

lakelyn

You have such an incredible eye for color and value that makes the drawings look effortlessly realistic while also having so much style and personality!!! Getting to zoom in on the scribbles in the ear was such a treat. Thank you for sharing :))