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Azalea Bustby *Tattered-Dreams

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / People / Portraits

EDIT: Tweaked the mouth and just relaxed the lips a little. not sure it's better - just different.

I didn't really intend on doing this at all, but I've stumbled across a couple of decent human/face tutorials recently, and this character's been in my head for a while, not to mention I really need to work on my human faces, so I thought I'd kill a few birds with one stone (or PSD file, as it were) and do this.

It wasn't nearly as speedy as it was meant to be, and the face isn't great either (but it was practice, so I'm not complaining) but I do like the outcome over all. The mouth could do with a little tweaking (IMO) and the nose is...well, just don't go there. It's bad. They're the bane of my existance. But I like the eyes

I never design my characters the way you're 'supposed to' - ie, give them a motive and a past and think about what drives them, where they might have come from yada, yada...

Either a name or a face will just come to me and my gifted if slightly unstable Muse builds on that. Sometimes I know everything about a character for weeks without knowing what they look like. Other times, I know their faces and clothing or fighting styles, but couldn't tell you if they have a brother; it really depends.

This character is no different. She leapt to mind a few days ago, and as of yet I don't know much about her at all; her eye colour may yet change but I know that her name is Azalea (though she insists on 'Azza' since she's of the opinion her parents were smoking something when they named her). She's raised herself, mostly, with loving but whimsical and ungrounded parents and she has a flair for creativity, design and invention. She is, however, blunt to the point of causing hurt or insult and takes some getting used to - when you can get her to talk at all. And just as an FYI, that's a fishtail/herringbone braid in her hair. Gotta love 'em

At the minute I'm trying to work out what to do with her. Some of my characters are more insistent than others, so she'll get used somewhere since she won't leave me alone. There may be more art, but its likely she'll end up in a short story.

Feel free to point out errors in anatomy/shading/anything else - this was for human facial practice, mostly, and I'm aware there are glaring mistakes.

Uh...I think around 3-4 hours? I didn't count, tbh...
No refs (yikes - practice with no refs. I'm an idiot

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*MissDudette Feb 12, 2013 Student General Artist

That braid is absolutely to die FOR.

*Tattered-Dreams Feb 13, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thankies

So much fun to draw

*MissDudette Feb 13, 2013 Student General Artist

I bet it was!

*Tattered-Dreams Feb 13, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

~YukiUchiha-chan Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

omg it looks soooo awesome , I really love her hair ! <3

*Tattered-Dreams Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks! I really like how her hair came out, too

~NightingaleStables Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Noses used to be the bane of my existence, but now I draw three circles, with the middle one slightly bigger, and it works, most times. (Does this even make any sense?)

That said, those eyes are utterly gorgeous.

Love the hair, too, such a beautiful colour, and that braid!

*Tattered-Dreams Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I've seen that method too (don't worry, it makes sense

) I just can't make it work for me. Still searching XD

And thank you - I adore her eyes, too! Definitely the part of drawing a face I enjoy the most

And I'm fond of fishtail braids (I can just sit watching the TV and braid up my own hair this way) and Azza just happened to appear to me with one ^^

~NightingaleStables Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Aww.

I need to learn how to make them. I don't know where I'd practice, though, since my sister doesn't like being my guinea pig and both mine and my mum's hair are too short for it. XD

*Tattered-Dreams Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Yep.

I know that feeling. I don't like my hair being played with, but my cousin is a happy ~~victim~~ volunteer. You can buy styling busts - a fake head with a wig or hair attached for styling purposes (My parents are looking to get me one).

Another option, which I've used before, is if you have spare string, just cut several pieces the same length, knot them all at the top and then use the hanging ends like hair. the more strings you have the more intricately you can braid. Fishtail plaits are two parts, but you need to manipulate four pieces of hair; I think they're one of the easiest to do, as long as you keep it tight.

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