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I did my portrait of Malcolm X at a young age. I decided to do a picture of him because I have learned a lot about him from my father and I had the chance to meet his daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz. I used regular pencils, and colored pencils. Starting out, I drew a guide for the piece, using a circle, and drawing lines for the eyes, nose and mouth. Next, I drew the shape of the eyes and the hairline. After that, I drew the ears. When I was finished with that, I continued by finishing the other details of the face, including the nose, lips, and insides of the eyes. Then I started shading and added a touch of color in the hat. I think my best features on this piece were the eyes and nose. Although I could have added more detail to the pupils, I think I did well with sizing placement. I also think my proportions on this piece were very good and realistic. If I had to change anything, I would change my medium. Working with pencil is easy. However, I could have done a better job shading and I would choose to do a painting next time around.
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1. The most helpful warmup for me was the eye tutorial. It helped me a lot with my piece since my subjects eyes are a very important part of his porirait.
2. I was really surprised by the eyes and thier hieght on the head. They were a lot higher up then I had originally thought they would be and that was the most surprising part of the facial proportions |
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