After two months of drawing people in a cartoony style, I decided to draw Logan Lerman and see if I could still go back to drawing people realistically. My first try was absolutely horrid. The face was too long, the eyes were weird and his hair looked as if rats were burrowed in it. I would have given up had I not taken my friend’s advice and try to draw with a grid. I didn’t like the idea when she first told me about it. It was only when I found out that Rembrandt and other remarkable artists used grids did I accept the idea and find that it’s not cheating. Tracing is cheating. Using a grid just helps you get your proportion right (of course this drawing’s proportions still aren’t right because my grid wasn’t even. curse my inability to draw straight lines even with the aid of a ruler).
I hated this drawing at first because it still doesn’t look right. Also, my scanner has a weird line on it which is pretty irritating. But when I compared it to my other drawings, I realized that I’ve actually improved. Quite a lot.
So I guess this is a lesson of accepting advice from other artists and using new techniques. Lesson learned.
Peace out.