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Day 089

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gandhi drawing No-regrets Sharpie sketch of Mahatma Gandhi. Actually, some regrets, in that the no-roughs state of the quick sketch sometimes creates problems - like, his egg is more head shaped, scratch that, reverse it, and his smile lines cup more to the chin, and the mustache doesn't overlap enough with the nose. Ah well. gandhi picture But even if it's late and I'm tired, I'm still ... drawing every day. -the Centaur

Day 088

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architect sketch Quick Sharpie sketch of the friend from high school mentioned in the last blogpost. Image and name withheld as he is apparently not a public figure, but nonetheless [your name "greenville"] found them anyway. The sketch is ... okay. A little cartoony - the real person's jaw is a bit rounder. Drawing every day. -the Centaur

Day 087

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kelthani sketch Super quick sketch of Kelthani, an alien character from the "Alliance" universe of my "Stranded" and "Sibling Rivalry" stories. Fun fact: Serendipity the Centaur in "Stranded" is named after Kelthani (her middle name is Keltanya). The barely visible tattoo is the first three letters of "USMC", because Kelthani is literally a U. S. Marine drill instructor born in Darlington, South Carolina ... about 500 years from now. And yes, he can probably kick your ass. He was a Marine for 300 years. Done to celebrate finishing a notebook and switching back to an older (like, 20 years older) notebook with blank pages that features Kelthani quite a bit. Sharpie sketch right over very light roughs, trying to reconstruct his bone structure from memory, cleaned up in Photoshop with the levels tool. Drawing every day. -the Centaur

Day 086

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lucinda sketch A quick sketch of Bishop Lucinda Ashby, done by roughing in ink and then tracing over my own roughs. I'm not going to share the source image - it was from a Zoom call, and I don't have permission to share - but comparing to a published picture of Lucinda, it's clear I dented her face a little bit. :-( lucinda picture Ah, well. Sorry, Rev. Lucinda. Still ... drawing every day. -the Centaur

Day 085

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epicurus sketch A no-regrets Sharpie sketch of Epicurus, from the following bust, allegedly of Epicurus. epicurus bust Drawing every day. -the Centaur

Day 084

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hilbert sketch Semi-quick sketch of David Hilbert. Face is a bit squnched to one side, and I could have put in more work on the wrinkles. But frankly, the original picture is dark enough under that hat that it's hard to interpret, and it's late and I'm tired, so I just went with it instead. More tomorrow. hilbert picture

Day 083

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susan drawing Quick sketch of Susan Francis. The head angle ain't bad, and the eyes aren't as oversized, but I'm still doing something wrong with the overall face landscape. Perhaps time to return to drawing the roughs upside down, or perhaps a few tracing exercises to help tune my perception of face feature sizes. Oh, and also, I think her hair got dented in the upper right, now that I look at it one more time. This was just a misstep of that particular hair feature - I intended it to go further out, but just gaffed it. susan picture Drawing every day. -the Centaur

Day 082

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loman drawing Quick sketch of Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman. I got the head tilt right for once, but I seem to have exaggerated the size of the forehead with respect to the rest of the face, and perhaps widened the mouth / nose area, taking away from Hoffman's distinctive look. But it's late and I'm tired, so I rushed it. loman picture Drawing every day. -the Centaur

Day 081

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centaur drawing Drawn from a small centaur statue I have in the genre toys / reference objects collection on my drawing desk. Didn't come out too bad, and the perspective and angle were an interesting challenge. centaur statue Drawing every day. -the Centaur

Day 080

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gene robinson headshot Suuuper quick sketch of Gene Robinson, done by tracing over my own ink roughs. gene robinson picture As for the analysis, eyes off a bit, yeah, whatever, it's time for bed. Drawing every day. -the Centaur