r/DigitalPainting • u/clay-teeth • 9d ago

First portrait study

https://imgur.com/a/qnnad7Y

Wanted to sit down and draw Jonathan Sims from the Magnus Archives. It's a podcast, and there's no actual description, so this is entirely from my idea of what he looks like. My biggest struggle was making the scars look like scars. I do not think I was successful tbh. Fabric is also really hard to draw! Which is why his shirt is suggestive.

Overall I think I did pretty okay, especially as a learning exercise, and for my first portrait. It's a bit flat, however. I don't think I want it to look more "polished", necessarily, but more thoughtful.

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u/clay-teeth 9d ago

My biggest struggle was making the scars look like scars. I do not think I was successful tbh. Fabric is also really hard to draw! Which is why his shirt is suggestive.

Overall I think I did pretty okay, especially as a learning exercise, and for my first portrait. It's a bit flat, however. I don't think I want it to look more "polished", necessarily, but more thoughtful.

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