Gesture drawings

Self portrait

Mine is psychotic. I am in an insane asylum in a padded room with a cut mouth. I believe the background helps the most with this. This is because the perspective goes really far back and the values contrast in the face. Also you can see the cell number on the wall and shirt. There's also a straight jacket to show its insane and crazy.

Other person portrait

I chose this one because it is very atomically correct and the face looks really good. To the left of the nose where the eye is in shadow and it looks concave and looks real. I also like the background. It is simple, but supports the whole vampire look. Especially with the partial moon. Good job!

Progress 2

Progress

Rough sketches

Single value

Face drawings

Planes of the face

Egg Shells

I used the sharp edges for the closest area of the cracked edge of the egg to show that is was close. I used blurry edges on the far side or the eggs cracked edge to show it was far away and blends in with the background. The blurry pushes it into the background and the sharp pulls it forward making depth. The background helps emphasizes depth with the lines going behind the egg. It also helps with the back side of the egg to make it blurry to show depth. It also moves the eye from the edges of the paper to the edges of the egg and around the egg. It also helps make certain shades of the egg pop more. It is also geometric versus organic.