Hi everyone! This is my entry for the 'Art With A Human Focus' contest by @ntopaz. This is a drawing of actor Vijay Devarakonda who is a famous actor of the Telugu film industry in India. I chose to draw him because he is one of my favourite actors as he is versatile and I believe that he is a trend-setter in the film industry. He has played different kind of roles in movies and it shows how talented he is.
I have attached the reference picture here which is a shot from the movie NOTA. Source.
I have edited the picture into black and white and added some grids as guidance. I would suggest the same method to anyone who would like to draw a black and white image of a person. It helps to get the values correctly. It will also be tremendously helpful to draw grids. I just used a mobile art application for this. With the help of grids, you will be able to draw the proportions more accurately.
Tools and Materials:
- A sheet of paper
- A brush for blending
- A normal 2B pencil
- A mechanical pencil with a 2B lead
- A dust free eraser
Method:
First of all, I drew some square grids on my sketchbook. I chose square because the grids I edited into my reference picture were also square. There are other shapes available but I recommend using squares because it is easier to know the right proportions when we draw later. I began my drawing with the eyes and nose. I used my normal pencil mostly and mechanical pencil for finer details. At some points, I used my brush to soften and even out the harsh looking pencil shading.
Then, I proceeded to draw his lips and chin. I also shaded his beard.
I darkened some areas to increase the contrast. I made some changes on his eyes as I was not happy with it earlier. I drew and shaded the rest of his jaw and face. I also added a soft lining of his hairline.
Then, I drew his ear.
After that, I drew a part of his hair. I shaded the whole area lightly with my normal pencil first and brushed over it to reduce harsh lines. Then, I used my mechanical pencil to create some fine looking hair-like strokes.
Next, I drew the rest of his hair the same way I did earlier.
Then, I drew his neck and shirt collar. My drawing of Vijay Devarakonda was done. I hope that you enjoyed reading my post. Thank you for dropping by and have a great weekend ahead =)
Beautiful your art, I was fascinated with the agility you have. I appreciate very much that you place several photographs to better appreciate the step by step.
Thank you so much! Your comment is so encouraging. I always try to include proper steps with pictures so that readers can understand it better.
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Oo he is cute and you drew him really well. And I like your method of using gridlines. That is so smart! I remembered how hard it was to gauge where to draw what during art class in school.
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He is :) thank you! I have just started experimenting with gridlines for a few times now. Gridlines did make the process less complicated and I didn't have to erase a lot like I usually do lol. I can relate to the school memories too. I used to avoid drawing portraits due to that reason.
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Beautiful piece and nice selection of model who is one of your favorite.
I love the processes you described here as well.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the feedback! =)
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You did a good job with the grid overlay! I think the last time I tried that it didn't go so well, but then again I was also in primary school from memory XD The drawing came out good :)
Thank you @ryivhnn! That seems like a long time ago so I hope that you try it again, if you like. The grids were very helpful, otherwise I would have damaged at least a part of his face :D
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It was a long time ago ^_^; lol
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