more angsty

[aimeekitty]

~fave on DArt


Torchwood is a little too gorey for me. I'm such a wimp.



So I've been wanting to do a sitting angsty pose of the Doctor for a while. I've read a couple fanfics where the authors have the Doctor looking through Rose's old things after season 2. It fits so perfectly into canon, of course that's what happened, right?

I had to run to the postoffice before they closed, so I scanned what I'd done before I left and thought I'd show you a little of my work process. (I'm copying you, Christy!!) I forgot to scan when I started the bare bones of the sketch, but... basically, it was just a rough boxy shape of the Doctor's body.

I used these images for reference


It took about an hour, give or take for the rough sketch. This is about as far as I tie stuff down before going into graphite.


then the graphite part was pretty easy, taking about 30-40 min probably. I do the graphite right on top of the red pencil, and then I remove it in photoshop by removing the red channel. notice how he lost his glasses? :P




I'd like to color it, but (a) I'm tired and (b) I'm not sure I can get the darkness of lighting I want with markers without making a mess of it. (translation: Rose's room is bright obnoxious pink, so the lighting would have to be dark enough for the scene to read) So who knows.

Comments

[esques.livejournal.com]

A few things.- It's nice to see your process! I will have to try the colerase and red channel effect. You make drawing a scene look effortless, and I like how you use reference but don't blatantly piece together photos in a drawing.
I know next to nothing about Dr. Who but today in my menstrual woes accompanied by angel food cake I watched the episode in your icon and a couple before that one and can't help but say that I'm really interested! I have to watch the seasons proper from the beginning now! (After only a few episodes I cried at the end what the hell!)

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

that ending had me BAWLING. I'm such a sap.
if you're unsure, I'd recommend watching "Girl in the Fireplace", "Midnight" and "BLINK" those are pretty awesome and can be watched out of context. The show isn't for everyone, but I looooves it. :D

[rurouni-jedi.livejournal.com]

I totally second the col-erase + red channel. I felt like a complete moron after years of trying to select the black ink without selecting the red. *facepalm*