Okay so this is a picture of my cousin Sara and her fiance Todd, who are getting married this Saturday! So I decided to draw them for their wedding gift for two reasons:
1) I'm totally broke.
2) I really like my cousin Sara. She's such a nice person, and is always so kind to me. She and her fiance have been together forever, so I've been waiting for this for a long time. And now that they're finally tying the knot, I'm super happy. :) So I thought I'd make them something special.
The thing about my scanner, is it sucks. So the picture on the left is what it looks like after it's been scanned, and the picture on the right is what it looks like after it's been photoshopped a little. The real thing looks sorta like a cross between the two of them. It has the softness of the shading of the first one, and the bold darkness of the outlines and hair. I'm going to take a photo of it, and if it comes out better, I guess I'll upload it as well.
I did a bit of cheating and held the paper up to the computer so I could trace over the original picture. T__T But honestly, it was just a vague outline, and obviously it's the shading and lining etc. that took me forever. And maybe if it was an experiment I might try to do it free-hand, but I wanted it to be perfect, since it's a wedding present.
Anyway~ finally, something I'm actually proud of! It took me about 7 hours from start to finish with no breaks (lol minus the occasional fb chat).
Not that anyone I don't know looks at this blog anyway, but if anyone who knows them sees this before the wedding, please don't show them. >> Thanks.
