Drawing my sister

[Leontine]

I thought it might be fun to make a drawing of my sister Juliette, who lives in Brazil. Here's the first sketch. my intention is to give her a 'Disney' like look. that explanes the big eyes.

[Steve Young]

Wonderful, I think it really good as it is.

[Naroth Kean]

great job! she does have the Disney style feel/look.

[DanetteDraws]

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek beautiful! Very nicely done.

I'm wondering if you have a reference photo of your sister you could share so we can see the difference? The one thing that is tripping me up is the curve to her neck. I can't really place it though in order to suggest anything but just something about her neck feels off. Maybe its that the line/edge on the right comes down too far? I'm not sure...

[Leontine]

@DanetteDraws Thank you ! shes leaning forewards a bit maybe thats why the neck looks strange? Ill remove the right schoulder that makes it better I think.

[Leontine]

@Steve-Young thanks!

[Leontine]

@Naroth-Cow Thanks Naroth!

[Rob Smith]

Don't change a thing! Great job!

[Jiří Kůs]

Well, it looks good, but there is no likeness. I recommend this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSHXSBIQu_U
I think Stephen Silver is the master when it comes to simplifying a face and keep features that define likeness.

I know, you said you wanted "disney" look. But what defines disney look? Big eyes? Definitely not. Just lookup some disney character,s almost all of them have proportionate eyes. You went also rather complicated with eyes and nose. You will get that disney look, if you really simplify the face to few simple shapes that define the character.

And yes, it is extremely difficult At least for me.

[Leontine]

@Rob-Smith thanx Rob!

[Leontine]

@Jiří-Kůs Thanx, I was not aiming for extreme likeness, but i wanted to draw this in honor of my sister. When working on the sketch I want to try and make it disney like. I work on that for the weekend. Thanks for the video, Ill watch it for sure!

[Leontine]

@Jiří-Kůs Hi Jiri, I thought about what you've said, and your right. I had to make a choice between realistic and characteristic. Cant do both in the same drawing. Its confusing. Ill try again, makeing a Character, because that's what I aimed for. Thanks again! XD

[Craig Babin]

You have a great drawing style Leontine. I love it!

[Leontine]

@Craig-Babin thank you very much! greetings from The Netherlands!