Pride was sort of a bust this year. The parade was cut in 2 by protestors which made it seem like it was only an hour long which made a huge part of the crowd leave early and not see the second half. On top of that the usual people coming late and just standing in front of those who have been there a coupe hours making it impossible to take photos or even see what is going really got to me. It's too bad, I might not go again. I like the march and I like to take photos of the dancing people for reference in drawings. There are not many chances for that.
That said this was not from a great photos. he was off to the side and at first just walking with 2 other guys when he broke ahead and started dancing, twerking... getting the crowd going. He was also, like his pals covered in solid gold glitter paint which if know that I think explains the shading in this drawing. I wanted to use pen and ink, black and white only - no tones - like my older drawings on paper. It's an artistic challenge to simplify to two colours but since I use stipple to represent skin and this guy was ALL skin the cramping in my hand was constant!
I am also including the sketch because I decided to not make a super detailed sketch as a guide for the inking but instead use it to see if I could keep the "aliveness" (is that a word?) of the pose by using something less rigid as a guide.
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I think there's some really good drawing here. The one issue I have is that the shorts and sneakers are inked differently and have spot blacks which draw the eye right to them. Maybe you wanted this? It makes the figure feel more etheric or insubstantial. But I think the shading on the main parts of his body are spot-on.
Thanks Wig! The shoes and shorts were shiny reflective gold material. It was like drawing shiny metal, like a chrome bumper to me! I could have just drew them like normal material and made them look more subtle, though I don't think this guy was going for subtle!
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