Inner War, Inner Peace

Just another impulsive sketch looking at overcoming 'war' within; war of the soul, war of judgement, in our conscious, the good and the bad in ourselves.Emergeance from shadow.

But for one to exist, the other has to co-exist. War will not be war without peace, it would be 'norm'. Peace will not be peace without war. Balance.

Will likely take this project further, there are proportional imbalance. I think I'll keep them for identity. Lips might need modification though.

Staring Woman

Just another concept practice.

You know when you travel in public and don't know where to stare? Well, here's one that I made where you know exactly where to stare without having to give away the whole picture. I did this by highlighting key features like the eyes.

I wanted to experiment on tone and a subtle textures on the face. I sketched a woman and got some basic shading and tone down after scanning it. I like capturing the eyes and mouth a lot. Something I must continuously improve.

After experimenting, I thought I'd give it a good use off white space to effectively make the woman the focal point of the picture. I was tempted to add patterns and other background images and colour. But here, simplicity is key.

Here is a couple of my progression pictures: