We spent the day drawing from reference and observation to see this difference, we started with reference. I picked a picture of a woman at some red carpet show. I found it was really hard to copy the photo but much easier to translate the most important bits.
On my first attempt I just translated her coat which was chiffon circles into a patter that could represent her coat, I also tried to capture how her hair moved within the photo. It was really hard to copy the same angle and get it into perspective.
My second go was better, the fact we were only using black ink and only allowed to colour in monochrome helped too. This time I tried to use greys to highlight her body and the colour of her hair. By drawing from reference I started to notice exactly how many chiffon circles in her dress there were so this time there's a lot less on her coat but more strategically placed.
The next go, I focused more on tone to bring the illustration off the page abit more. I tried to focus on making the circles more coat shaped (rather than just circles) but tried to keep the pattern on them as accurate as I could. I also tried to tone her hair less and focus on how it moves.
My last turn I tried to tone her cheekbones and structure.
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