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Chun Li - interpretation in realism

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Here goes - my entry for the Traditional VG Art Contest on :icongame-art-hq:

I had been practicing some realism lately on fictional characters in lead up to this. I chose to do Chun Li because I've always found her face to be really tricky to get right. I'd have an easier time drawing Link or Vega, but I don't draw something purely because it's easy, I draw because it's hard and I like the challenge ;) I took my time on this one, coming back to it each night tweaking a bit here and there to get it as right as possible. I feel like I've come a long way since my first few attempts at realism and I hope that is obvious here too. I've written Chun's name in Chinese - it means "Beauty of Spring" and I hope I've done her some poetic justice with this.

I only used graphic sketch pencils and white colour pencil to focus on tonal values, and I specifically used a yellowish paper to bring out the contrast between the two shades. Minimal adjustments were done in Photoshop to correct any washing out of the contrast when the photo was taken - but I couldn't do much for the chunk of shadow my arm cast onto it...

So if you like this, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME! Voting opens after 15th August so keep a look out ^^ Thanks!!

I also did a quick pen and colour pencil variant of this as a side for fun :D and these are the practice pieces
Image size
833x633px 558.78 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS
Shutter Speed
1/6 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Aug 13, 2012, 12:44:03 AM
Sensor Size
1mm
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Gallardose's avatar
fantastic pencil works, i like it even better than your colored one.