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Feb. 24th, 2007
And.... here's Stage One of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lafemmekatia's image:
What do I think about it? Well, I think that it could be a LOT better. I'm going to try to not be too hard on myself since this is only stage one, but I already see a lot of things 'wrong' with the image. I've never claimed to be good at likenesses, but sometimes, after I see my most recent attempt, I get really discouraged. That's part of what this particular experiment is about though - forcing myself past the stage where I want to throw my hands in the air and say "fuck it".
This 'pushing past' is part of the reason why I broke down my efforts this way for this particular experiment. I have noticed in the past that if I set a project aside and come back to it later, there are aspects that pop out at me as being 'obviously wrong'. I think that it's because I get so engrossed in a particular part of an image - I focus on a particular problem - that I miss other stuff which should be clear to me.
Case in point? This woman has a much more full chin than I gave her. It's not plump or anything - just longer and more full - it extends below her mouth more than I have shown here. I'll be fixing that in Stage Two.
lafemmekatia's image:What do I think about it? Well, I think that it could be a LOT better. I'm going to try to not be too hard on myself since this is only stage one, but I already see a lot of things 'wrong' with the image. I've never claimed to be good at likenesses, but sometimes, after I see my most recent attempt, I get really discouraged. That's part of what this particular experiment is about though - forcing myself past the stage where I want to throw my hands in the air and say "fuck it".This 'pushing past' is part of the reason why I broke down my efforts this way for this particular experiment. I have noticed in the past that if I set a project aside and come back to it later, there are aspects that pop out at me as being 'obviously wrong'. I think that it's because I get so engrossed in a particular part of an image - I focus on a particular problem - that I miss other stuff which should be clear to me.
Case in point? This woman has a much more full chin than I gave her. It's not plump or anything - just longer and more full - it extends below her mouth more than I have shown here. I'll be fixing that in Stage Two.