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More Cypress Sketches and a Horse!
🕑 Added 2022-04-29 20:09:46 +0000 UTCSome more sketching! Lots of expressions this time for Cypress. I feel like he's not very emotive in a lot of the more painted stuff that I do, I dunno if it's because of the personality that I've attributed to him, or what. Sometimes it's good to just let loose and have fun with different personalities. One that I liked in particular from the first page, (The blushing one from the page with just heads) ended up turning into a full page of blushy Cypress! xD So you never know where it just may lead lol
Also have a sketched layout for a possible Cypress reference sheet as well. ;)
Enjoy!!
Comments
Cole Leo
Ahhh I suspected as such, I always see you doing this at the start of every painting after the sketch and honestly your mind is so powerful, it’s a really efficient way of planning everything. I usually find it so difficult to juggle everything around and have to constantly worry about my values and such staying readable in terms of light and shadow. Incorporating this workflow into my own paintings has been extremely helpful in aiding that, I’m very grateful for the knowledge you share here ty so much Taran 💙
Taran
Efficient!! I hadn't thought of that xD
Taran
Though, for these sketches it's more for just mapping where everything is. If I were to render them, I'd definitely darken everything more than it's at now xD
Taran
Sorry! Totally forgot to answer your question!! xD Yep, and thank you! That's basically it. I'm not only mapping out where all the shadows and highlights will be, but also setting my value range. That way I basically know what my lightest and darkest values will be and they're relation ship to on another.
Halkyov
Yeah, I got a mirror so I can make faces right by my tablet, rather than having to run to the bathroom and make expressions and them try to remember what my eyebrows did.
Rolenzo
He looks a bit tipsy now, this moo drinks lots of grass liqueur!
Taran
Blushing smolder-gaze lol
Taran
Lmao. Yeah, when I finally added a human ref to the side for some comparison, he ended up being slightly taller than I pictured xD But it’s ok, I don’t mind the extra bit of height on him.
Taran
Thanks Isaac! xD
Taran
Thanks Halkyov! yeah totally. Funny how although faces can come in many shapes sizes and proportions, the same principles with expressions can still be applied to each of them, abeit with some tweaks here and there xD
Cole Leo
Aaaa these are so nice Taran! As someone shorter than 6ft I’m officially at prime knee cap-busting height for Cypress, but he’s too lovely for me to ever consider. His evil twin Sserpyc better sleep with one eye open though 👁 Also I think I’ve figured out what you’re doing with your sketches. Is it that you plot down your brightest lights and the shadow area so you can use your sketch as reference for the lighting whilst painting? It’s a noice way of organising if so
Rolenzo
Oh my, Cypress looks more handsome when he get drunk😂
Big Buck
Your precious boy is even more precious. <3
DerpyDrake
FINALLY a ref sheet!!!!!! Now to finish Reighli... and Tyson... I need them for study purposes....
Glim
Oh, this is such a lovely fleshing-out (blushing-out) of Cypress's emotional range! And I also love the horse, of course -:D What a build!
Isaac DeKing
Hello I very love Cypress forever thx
Halkyov
Your sketches are so good! I've been experimenting myself with doing more expressions on different faces (snouts, normal human faces, etc) and it's an interesting challenge. Makes you think what can transfer right over.
