Simon's Blog

I came across this Face whilst browsing through Facebook and I was immediately attracted towards it – a wonderful face to draw. Well this is the first stage which I’ll build on over the next day or so.

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This is what should have been posted but some how it was corrupted by the process. Lets see if this works now.

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What I am about to say is going to sound a bit weird but I am sick and tired of these over sexed images of women being thrust down my throat. Everywhere you look there appears to be the two dimensional smooth woman that doesn’t have any relevance to everyday life. I notice this most when I’m trying to find interesting photographs to use to inspire me when drawing. Now it is an interesting experience when you type in the search into the search engine to see what comes out. As with everything the devil is, quite literally, in the detail of the search. Too vague and you get lots and lots of porn. Too literal and you get boring photographs that have no anima. Anyway, after much searching I found a reasonable set to work from – this is based on one of them.

Now this woman is more rounded than the original which is not such a bad thing. I feel this has a more natural look to it; a better reflection on reality, whatever that might be. And of course there is worse ways to spend half an hour or so than trying to make an image of a beautiful woman. It is a hard life but some one has got to do it.

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