Eliza Dushku as Echo from Dollhouse (drawn by me)

[Fredikins]

Ive started drawing a picture of Echo from dollhouse, here is the original picture (im only using this for inspiration):


And this is what ive done so far:

I hope you like, constructive critisism is welcome and all your comments w are greatly appreciatted.

[Rachster]

It's looking good nice work with the eyes, i cant wait to see more.

[Skytteflickan88]

Wow, that's pretty. The face isn't tilted "right", and the eyes aren't looking in the right direction, but hey, just because you have a pic as inspiration doesn't mean you have to copy every detail.

At first I thought it was Wyatt that had drawn it, which is a major compliment, considering how talented he is.

[Emmie]

The eyes look amazing, Sophie. Keep 'em coming.

[scotty309]

Oct 20, 2008 0:04:05 GMT -5 Fredikins said:

Ive started drawing a picture of Echo from dollhouse, here is the original picture:


And this is what ive done so far:

I hope you like, constructive critisism is welcome and all your comments w are greatly appreciatted.

Not a bad Beginning Sophie. I can see that your artistic skills are improving with every drawing you do.
It is so nice to see that you have gotten some good pencils and quality paper to work with. you will find that the art supplies you choose to work with really do make a difference in you final drawing.

You have chosen a very nice portrait of Eliza to work with. I know from experience that Eliza is a challenging subject to draw and you are on your way to capturing her likeness quite nicely.

Here are a few suggestions that may help (these are methods that work for me...Give them a try...remember though by all means they are not concrete rules and as you progress you will find what works best for you)

When starting of a portrait don't cage yourself in by drawing the shape of the face in the beginning; instead learn to see the face in various sections and draw the face one section at a time

Keep in mind that no matter what the angle of the face is the eyes, nose and mouth will all be on the same angle.

in the preliminary sketch very lightly draw a line that would go from forehead to chin down the center of the face.
Then locate where you want the eyes to go and draw a straight line across the face in the same angle as the corners of both eyes... then lightly draw the eye closest to you keeping the corners on the line. do the same with the other eye

then sketch in a light line where the bottom of the nose would be but remember to keep the line for the eyes and the line for the nose equally parallel from one another

do the same for the mouth

if you do this then it will be a lot easier to keep the angle and tilt of the head strait.

If the above is a little confusing here is a diagram that illustrates what I am talking about



also remember that the iris is perfectly round and that the pupil is also round and in the center of the iris (this never changes no matter the angle of the face

Hope these tips help

As I said before This drawing is starting off very nicely. I hope that you will finish it because i would love to see the end results

Nice work Sophie ;D ;D


Scotty--

[Fredikins]

Ohh! Thankyou so much Wyatt! I really appreciate your help I will definately try this technique out on my next picture!

And thankyou everybody else for commenting, it means alot

[Tyler Austin "tiewashere"]

The tilt of her head is just a little bit off. The top of her forehead should be more on an angel toward the left of the page.

[Fredikins]

okay, let me remind everybody that the photo of Echo is simply for inspiration.
I dont plan on making an exact copy. All i want to do is get a nice hand drawn picture of eliza dushku out of this activity. hehee

[Spike's Slayer]

The eyes look great Fredikins
Bet it'll look really good as you seem to keep getting better & better

[Fredikins]

xD hee!
thanks
im uploading anopther picture soon too.
Im sorry i avent done anything in SO long but ive been busy
i hope you guys still like :A)

[Renée]

You can draw eyes very good :] I wish I could do that

[VampSlayer]

Wow!!!

[spikesgirl]

nice its gonna look grate when its done

[BuffyFanOne]

this looks great so far! i can't wait to see an update!
the eyes are very realistic. i can definately see eliza in them!
maybe the debut of dollhouse will inspire you to finish this piece!