STRUGGLING WITH THE DRAWING CONTEST: I had to make my own last minute entry of my self-portrait

in selfportrait-contest •  7 years ago 

hello steemians, i joined steemit aout two months back when a friend introduced me to the platform and i was actually impressed with it but was working on a project that kept me so busy all along. Am happy to say that am through with the project and will be spending more time on steemit now. This self-portrait contest by @nicolemoker is actually my first post on steemit and although am an engineer by profession, drawing is one of the hobbies i picked up while growing up and my most challenging type of drawings are actually FIGURE DRAWINGS. I found myself struggling with this self portrait especially because its been years i've actually drawn coupled with the fact that its a figure drawing... Am still a little rusty but i am optimistic that with all the drawings tips am getting here on steemit i can improve and become better at it.

I initially did a comeback first drawing that i wasnt too impressed with.
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I then decided to give it a thorough trial which produced the next drawing.

STEP 1: I used a pencil to sketch the outline of the portrait
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STEP 2: I completed the drawing applied shades where necessary.
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STEP 3: I created a collage of the actual picture and my drawing
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I hope you all find the drawing beautiful enough to get an upvote and a resteem. thanks guys for your support.

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Nice drawing! keep it up!

tanx so much @powercouple, i still have a lot to do to improve though. i'll keep drawing

You will get better and better at this im not worried ;)

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tanx for the upvote

Nice trial pal...just like the good old days huh, i understand ur struggles with d drawing, i ve been there too, trust u ll get back into ur groove too

tank you so much akin and your bro @oluwoleolaide for introducing me to steemit.

Nice job. Good luck!