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I Can't Just Color
May. 11th, 2014 06:27 pmEvery once in a while, I'll buy some coloring books (for adults, which means sophistication level, not porn *g*). I like coloring. When I get ones that have faces/bodies, I no longer simply color with pencils or pens. I have to scan them into the pc and start up photoshop.
The reason is because I can't color the faces properly. I'm apparently way too anal. ;)
Here's a current example, taken as a screenshot a few minutes ago:
This is the Greek Goddess, Pallas Athena.
As you can see, I change a lot of stuff. I can't simply "color", ya know?
Anyways, in doing something like this, I invariably have to hunt down reference photos for color. In the case of this picture, the references I've hunted down are for the female profile (I have horrible trouble with eye placement and don't go strictly by a coloring image), Greek clothing, Corinthian helmets, bronze coloring, silk coloring, linen coloring, Greek clothing before 450 BC, and lastly, statues of Athena.
So as I said, it's never just coloring with me when it comes to people. In this case, this image of Athena is from a coloring book called Goddesses, which you can find yourself at store.doverpublications.com/0486480283.html.
The reason is because I can't color the faces properly. I'm apparently way too anal. ;)
Here's a current example, taken as a screenshot a few minutes ago:
This is the Greek Goddess, Pallas Athena.
As you can see, I change a lot of stuff. I can't simply "color", ya know?
Anyways, in doing something like this, I invariably have to hunt down reference photos for color. In the case of this picture, the references I've hunted down are for the female profile (I have horrible trouble with eye placement and don't go strictly by a coloring image), Greek clothing, Corinthian helmets, bronze coloring, silk coloring, linen coloring, Greek clothing before 450 BC, and lastly, statues of Athena.
So as I said, it's never just coloring with me when it comes to people. In this case, this image of Athena is from a coloring book called Goddesses, which you can find yourself at store.doverpublications.com/0486480283.html.
