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@@ -633,18 +633,24 @@ Today, I decided I wanted to challenge myself!
I was actually very slightly frustrated before drawing because I felt that I'm getting to a stage where my expectations exceed my skill level so I won't be able to draw what I want to be able to draw. And while I still am no pro, I am actually quite satisfied with what I was able to accomplish today.
The challenge for today was to draw a full(-ish) body in a perspective I wasn't familiar with. More challenging even: no front perspective! To be fair, this meant I didn't have to draw a face, but to be honest, I like drawing faces.
<SubtitledImage
image="26.webp"
image="26-0.webp"
altText="On the left is a drawing of a girl from the back, looking slightly towards the left. She has brown hair tied up in a high bun and is wearing a grey spaghetti top, a green skirt, and grey sports socks. Her left hand is forming a fist. On the right is a floating face with big eyes and a big smile holding up a victory sign."
subtitle="i wonder what she's thinking about. oh wait i guess i'm the one to decide that"
alignment="left" />
The challenge for today was to draw a full(-ish) body in a perspective I wasn't familiar with. More challenging even: no front perspective! To be fair, this meant I didn't have to draw a face, but to be honest, I like drawing faces.
I ended up drawing a girl from the back and at a slight angle facing left. It took a while, but no longer than, say, the drawing from [day 22](#day-22). I also had to erase and redraw quite a lot. I started with the head, then the torso, then the hips, but I wasn't happy with the hips so I looked up a reference image on Pinterest. After drawing the new and improved hips, I noticed that the torso was *way* too long, so I made the difficult decision to erase the head and move it down. I quite liked how I managed to draw the head the first time around, but honestly, I think I did a pretty good job on the second try as well. I'm also really glad that I did this, because the fixed torso size looks pretty good, while the previous one would likely have ruined the sketch.
I didn't even manage to fit the entire body on the page. In the end, I only had to cut off the bottom part of the feet though, so it wasn't too bad. The only part I *really* struggled with were the hands. I *could not manage* to draw the hands the way I wanted, and I am entirely blaming the tiny scale for this. I ended up drawing a fist instead to avoid drawing fingers. The thumb still turned out decently, I think, given the circumstances.
<SubtitledImage
image="26-1.webp"
altText="A pencil sketch showing the previous drawing in an earlier stage. The drawing has not yet been traced and no colour is added yet."
subtitle="bonus: the sketch before i traced it with the fineliner and erased the construction lines. notice the extra sketching in the hip area"
alignment="right" />
A lot of what I did in this drawing was a first. I tried a completely new hairstyle, for instance. I drew this type of spaghetti top for the first time. I also did legs with my new technique and without a direct reference. Some more details like the shoulder blades and the indent for the spine I added here for the first time. Plus, of course, the perspective I have never done before. I paid attention to the layering: the arms are the best example for that. The left arm is at the front, then the torso, and then the right arm is mostly obscured because it's furthest back. I remember screwing this up way back at the start of the challenge, so I learned from it and avoided making the same mistake again!
Also: I used more colour this time!! I wasn't entirely sure whether I should, but then I decided to give her hair colour as well. The brown I had was *really* dark and I actually had to re-trace the fineliner lines after colouring in that section. I didn't do this for the skirt, though you can still see that the pencil lightly covers the traces. I like the light green skirt colour. The drawing also, again, looks quite clean because I erased the construction lines.