Took the Day Off

[James Burleigh]

 

[08FJR4ME]

Well at least he or she still has some teeth and is smiling.

Dave

 

[Bungie]

All that drawing needs is a big screamin HD logo in the background!

 

[FJRBluesman]

That guy came to my house on halloween!

Great job Hans! You have quite the gift.

 

[Bustanut joker]

You should draw a *****.. It would look just like Simon :blink: ya know..

 

[James Burleigh]

You should draw a *****.. It would look just like Simon :blink: ya know..

:rofl:

 

[juniorfjr]

Where did you find the model? Most folks don't have one laying around, ya know. You been doing some digging?

 

[painman]

Just need a few bugs in those teeth and would equal a happy biker....nice job Hans. PM. <><

 

[James Burleigh]

Where did you find the model? Most folks don't have one laying around, ya know. You been doing some digging?

I called a friend in the biology department at Berkeley and said could I borrow a skull. She said yep. So I carried it home in a box. Felt kinda ghoulish.... :vampire:

 

[James Burleigh]

I'm drawing the skull 'cause I want to get better at doing portraits by understanding how the bone structure (skull) influences the surface form.

Last night I tried drawing a friend of my daughter's from a photo on her FB page. Results....

 

[Patriot]

I like watching "Bones" and painted an Elvis on Velvet !!!

 

[Brodie]

Nice work Hans, you definitely have talent.

I think I see the makings of an update to your avatar for next October.

Brodie

 

[HotRodZilla]

I'm drawing the skull 'cause I want to get better at doing portraits by understanding how the bone structure (skull) influences the surface form.

Last night I tried drawing a friend of my daughter's from a photo on her FB page. Results....

You did a good job with that one...Unless she totally doesn't look like that.

I have absolutely no artistic talent.

 

[Khunajawdge]

Using 18 percent gray toned paper is an excellent choice for illustrating the human skull. Also using both white conte' crayon for the application of lights, and charcoal for darks is often the best method. I see you have also tried a tan colored toned paper, we used to make use of brown paper grocery bags until they began to water proof them with varnish.

I always try to imagine that basic form of the skull is a box, that way it is easier to model it in tonality after establishing the light source. Remember that shadows are the darkest darks while shade is a much wider spectrum of tonality. Save the brightest white for highlight and don't disregard adding a full range of tones to the background to sharpen contours.

In detail it is interesting to note that the skull has only one moving part, the jaw. It's hinge point is just below and inside the ear. Pay particular attention to the zygomatic arch as its proportions vary from specimen to specimen depending on the original models genetic characteristics.

Lastly, practice, practice, practice. Oh, and get a real skull to draw, not a plastic one. An anthropology department should have tons of them lying around in a closet somewhere? Is Dr. Herbert Phillips still teaching in the Anthropology Department at CAL? :blink:

...just some of my CO2

 

[wheatonFJR]

My artistic ability is slightly limited to the fact I can only do stick figures for human beings.

My human skull would consist of an oval....or in the case of Beemerdons, an oval with a pointy top.

 

[beemerdons]

You should draw a *****.. It would look just like Simon :blink: ya know..

:rofl:

Ha, ha; Great One, Bust!

 

[Bounce]

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bummer.

 

[beemerdons]

image moved or deleted.

bummer.

Bounce, which image? The one of the human skull by Hans or his sketch of FJRBluesman as a *****?

 

[James Burleigh]

Bounce, which image? The one of the human skull by Hans or his sketch of FJRBluesman as a *****?

As a ***** or as a ****?