Random: Bobbed Girl by kmkibble75 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Today was another snow day, so I used it to play with the idea of drawing randomness. So, this young woman is the result of using a random number generator to choose the pose, skin tone, eye color, hair color, and sweater color. I used the same lip color that the pose resource had, because it seemed to fit her well enough, and I picked the violet locks that frame her face just because I thought it would look cool.

The background color was just a guess -- I originally went with a darker shade of blue, but I thought that, in combination with her violet hair, stole attention away from her eyes. I'd love to hear any thoughts or ideas you have on that.

So, this was about 6 hours work total, which is pretty good for me. But it pretty much kills the idea of ever getting a bunch done in a single day. Anyhow, any critiques or comments you have are appreciated and welcome!

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Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll generally adjust the ‘value’ portion of the HSV setting to make the base color lighter or darker; I’m unable to ‘cool’ shadows by adding blue or anything like that. I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.