Who should be the next subject of a billyskank portrait?

[billyskank]

I haven't done one in almost a year, and I haven't done a drawing of any kind in about eight months. Who should be the subject of my next one?

In the past I have done redqueen:



and BarenakedLady:



I also did a nude which was deemed too hot for DU, so I shall not directly link it again:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard-wild/artwork/n-1024.html

Going back further in time, there was another one of BarenakedLady (so sue me, I like her):



Sugar Smack, who remembers her?



And AirmensMom:

[LeftyMom]

1. I think I'm still in the queue

Since I only got the post-it treatment.

[billyskank]

5. Choose your picture.

I only request that the shot be close enough that I can clearly see the shape of your features.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. mcctatas

You'll need an orange pencil, though. :D

[mcctatas]

4. ahem...

:rofl:

[billyskank]

7. I've got some sepia-coloured drawing paper

a gift from Heidi. That might work.

[Dr. Strange]

8. Seconded!

All in favor?

[mcctatas]

3. billyoc?

you know, with his new federale looking hair cut;)

[billyskank]

6. I am biased in preference of women.

;)

[DS1]

9. make a flip book, then scan each pic into a gif

[billyskank]

11. Good gracious.

:D

[XemaSab]

10. You've never done me

:shrug:

[billyskank]

14. Well, I've not yet seen any pictures of you suitable for portraiting.

Your pictures tend to be landscapes with you in them. :hi:

[XemaSab]

16. Check my journal

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. Oh, yeah

The driver's license photo that says, "I want to have brain-matter-splattered-on-the-walls sex with you, then kill you and remove your bones and vital organs."



Hawt.

[XemaSab]

19. For sure

;)

[BarenakedLady]

12. BarenakedLady

Ok, fine, draw someone else. Whatever...


;)

:hi:

[billyskank]

15. Haha

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

22. I know, I know

You are tired of drawing me.

:P

[billyskank]

26. No, I'm not.

[BarenakedLady]

31. *poke*poke*

I think you should just stick me in all of your drawings. Like I'll be peering out from behind a shoulder or something. Or just a toe.

:D

[Shakespeare]

13. Me!

I LOVE your drawings. I'd love to have my photo done, but whoever you decide to draw, please make sure to post it so we can all enjoy! :hi:

[billyskank]

17. Thanks.

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Dude, give me tips on drawing hair.

I suck at it.

[billyskank]

21. I use the same technique I use to draw everything else.

I just try to draw exactly what my eye sees; where the lines go, I try to make my hand follow. Where the subject is dark, I shade with great pressure, in the regions that are light I use little or no pressure.

The first thing I do with any portrait is sketch the general outline. Once I've done that I usually go straight to shading in their hair, because it is the hardest bit. (Well, actually I always fill in their irises and pupils first. Don't really know why).

I look at the subject's hair and note where the regions of dark and light are, and then try to represent them on my drawing. When I've finished, it will look something like a patchwork. Once I've finished it, I will them blend the dark and light regions together with graded shading. When I've finished this, it usually ends up looking something like the subject.

Like I said, this isn't really any different to what I do with the rest of the picture. The only thing about hair is that it is such a painstaking process to do it properly. Almost to the point of being painful. I actually sort of hate it. And love it at the same time.

Maybe I'll take scans of a drawing as I do it, in stages, to show how I build up a portrait. That might be interesting.

[BarenakedLady]

23. That would be cool

:thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

29. Step by step scans would be cool.

I always do hair last, because I hate it, haha. Plus, I start from the eyes and nose and work my way out to manage the proportions.

[billyskank]

33. I do that too.

I find it very hard to sketch the outline of a person's face and then fill in their features. This almost never results in a lifelike sketch.

I always seem to tackle it in the same order. Right eye first, then the left eye, then the nose, mouth, then finally I sketch in their chin and jawline, then the sides of their face, then the outline of their hair.

One of the things I have noticed: the distance between a person's eyes is invariably the same as one eye's width.

[ghostsofgiants]

39. I think that's the order I go in as well.

Seems like a logical progression. Never noticed the eye width thing though. Have to keep that in mind.

[KitchenWitch]

24. Pick me!

:D

[billyskank]

25. What picture do you want me to do?

:D

[KitchenWitch]

27. I will send you one!

:D

[mcctatas]

28. seconded!

:hi:

[Mutley]

30. You've never done me, either.

That's okay. I think I'd be horribly embarrassed. :P

How are ya? :hi: :hug:

[billyskank]

37. I'm doing okay.

How are you? :hi:

:hug:

[Mutley]

38. Meh.

I've been better. But at least I'm not broken.

:hug:

[mcctatas]

32. billyskank you stud!

all these ladies wanting you to do them :evilgrin:

[Mutley]

34. Ha!

And he thinks he can't attract women. :evilgrin:

[billyskank]

35. Hah.

It's the only kind of 'do' they want me to do. :P

[KitchenWitch]

36. Check your PM

A suitable photo has been dispatched!

[BeachBaby]

40. Oh wow! You are so talented!!!!!

Beautiful work, sweetie. :hi: :hug:

[billyskank]

41. Hey

thank you, hon. :hug:

:hi:

[Callalily]

42. Hey Billy! Glad to hear

that you're planning to sketch again. Whomever you decide to sketch, should be most honored. Can't wait to see your work in progress.

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

[billyskank]

43. Hey you!

Thank you. :hug: Nice to see you. :loveya:

Hey, why haven't I ever seen a picture of YOU before? :pout:

;)

[Callalily]

44. LOL! Because I'm trying to

protect you. I fear that you do not have the proper protective eye ware to view my pic.