Thanqol Learns To Draw Five: Polymath

[Thanqol]

Dude, just wanted to tell you that you're awesome for keeping on doing this for so long.

Thanks! It's amazing where spite can get you.

Yeah, been a long week for me too. I like the last sketch on the latest image. Got some good movement to it.

Thanks, that method is really surprisingly fun and gives good volume and motion so I hope to make it my default.

Thanks for posting a link to that video. It had some good suggestions and wasn't overly long. (I find it frustrating to watch a 40 min video for only one or two helpful tips)

In response to the "No one accepts my challenge" statement:

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

Ante: UGLY ACTOR

...I was going to type 'round one', but I realized we didn't set any ground rules. Real ugly people, or ugliness from the imagination? What constitute ugliness? Someone I might find ugly you might find attractive, or vice versa.

Awright! You're on!

As far as the definition of ugliness: It's actually a flippant definition and challenge to artists who get caught up in drawing a very narrow type of Hollywood or anime style generic prettiness. I'm generally interested in people with unusual, craggy and unmistakable features - not necessarily ugly but definitely unusual. Minorities that don't fit in the smooth-skinned, clean cut action hero image. Africans, old people, and fat people often have really interesting faces that I think are under-represented artistically. I prefer looking at them to young, smooth skinned generics. This guy, or this guy, or this guy.

If I had to re-flippant it, it'd be 'someone with a nose that couldn't be drawn as a simple triangle'.

Day 1551: What Time Is It?

Finished this. Lighting is all over the shop but that is a challenge for another day.

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Music: It's Muffin Time