# Bleke's doodles **URL:** \ **Category:** sketchbook\ **Created:** [August 1, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389 "2020-08-01T02:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![naloe](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/naloe/32/12748_2.png) [@naloe](https://krita-artists.org/u/naloe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/21 "2020-09-11T18:18:55Z")
no, not a grid. I hate grids. I use eyeballed distances relative to each other, but I don’t measure it’s all eyeballed. I have the line measures in my sample for demonstration purposes only. Once I have the basic shapes and form, I start to detail the drawing . For me the most important thing are the proportions and shapes, since you can almost forgive anything else. Here is a quick sample. ![Sir Anthony](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4070074b16f9d9f086c75adfb52928c9bbf7ff47.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![naloe](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/naloe/32/12748_2.png) [@naloe](https://krita-artists.org/u/naloe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/22 "2020-09-11T18:22:21Z")
This helps me when I am on canvas when I have a sitting. It’s quick and I get a sense if I am on the right track quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/23 "2020-09-11T18:40:33Z")
I see! Seems like a good method for observational drawing. What I’m trying to do now is improving my understanding and visual library so that when I’m drawing from imagination things won’t look so generic. So I think I need a slightly different approach. Estimating distances, absolutely. But perhaps not in relation to the canvas. Perhaps using nose-lengths instead. Like the chin is about 1.5 noses below the nose. ---
**Author:** ![naloe](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/naloe/32/12748_2.png) [@naloe](https://krita-artists.org/u/naloe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/24 "2020-09-11T18:44:28Z")
Oh I see, For imaginational facial drawings I use a standard formula . FIrst I draw an oval, then half line for the eyes, then thirds below eye for nose and lips. Then I use three eye lengths for the eye separations . The width of the nose is adjustable but I usually use inner eye for the nostrils. I apply this in any dimensional view. ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/25 "2020-09-11T18:49:18Z")
Exactly. I feel like I’m drawing the same guy over and over when doing that. Need a larger data set in my head to get more variation. 🙂 Inner eye for nostrils is a good tip! I’ll try it next time. ---
**Author:** ![naloe](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/naloe/32/12748_2.png) [@naloe](https://krita-artists.org/u/naloe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/26 "2020-09-11T18:54:02Z")
Adjust the formula and your there. Close set eyes will have smaller thirds, but i means the niose is more narrow as well. Eyes can be bigger or smaller. I play around and always end up with different faces. What i enjoy doing is figuring out where the light source is and how that might impact the shadows. Also, another thing that I find @kynlo does really well, is adjust shadows to variant colour sources so seamlessly. He is someone that could really add some insight here to learn from. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/27 "2020-09-11T19:06:33Z")
That’s good advice! I do think there’s a little more to it. A couple of observations I made when painting sir Hopkins is that the eyes have quite different shape. The nose looks a bit crooked. The nose thing might be because of the lighting. In your image it looks pretty straight. Nonetheless it’s one thing that can make faces original. His left eyebrow has a wrinkle that goes straight through it. Never saw that before, but it’s another thing that can be used when drawing from imagination. ---
**Author:** ![kynlo](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kynlo/32/231297_2.png) [@kynlo](https://krita-artists.org/u/kynlo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/28 "2020-09-12T01:04:52Z")
> [@Bleke](#): > > What I’m trying to do now is improving my understanding and visual library so that when I’m drawing from imagination things won’t look so generic. So I think I need a slightly different approach. Practicing with lots of reference will definitely help you with visual memory, but I’ve found it doesn’t necessarily help with fitting features together. A single reference image is nice because all the parts have already been fit together by nature 🙂 if you take 2 or 3 images, use one as a base and take 1 feature from the others, it forces you to fit things together - and it becomes harder to copy it exactly because you generally have to make adjustments to fit it into a new face. Like if you took a photo of a person with sunglasses on, but drew them without sunglasses using another image for the eyes. I’ve made some hilarious disasters trying to put a smile onto a face that wasn’t smiling - i feel like doing that really helped me understand what makes up a happy smiling face vs one that looks forced or fake. ---
**Author:** ![naloe](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/naloe/32/12748_2.png) [@naloe](https://krita-artists.org/u/naloe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/29 "2020-09-12T01:52:01Z")
I have used that method as well. The trick, which I am sure you have already mastered, is to match the lighting and colouring between the two as you morph into a new image. ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/30 "2020-09-13T20:37:13Z")
Thanks guys! Sorry for not replying earlier. I’ve been just exhausted and I’ve had to make some 3D models for work during the weekend. Combining a few references at once sounds interesting. I’ll have to try it soon! ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/31 "2020-09-20T16:07:53Z")
The stylus painted this mostly on its own while I watched some economy channels on Youtube. ![huvuden](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/592bb95a7a5af707250c0f4916bb5b4330c36358.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![naloe](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/naloe/32/12748_2.png) [@naloe](https://krita-artists.org/u/naloe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/32 "2020-09-20T16:33:27Z")
I really like your doodles. Particularly the woman on the right and the grinch-like monster on the left. ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/33 "2020-09-20T16:52:31Z")
Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/34 "2020-09-29T23:18:31Z")
![Beagle](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/10dbfba57f6cd17e9e94af6176ed025a939f91a2.png) A Beagle. Mostly MyPaint, but Krita was used too. ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/35 "2021-09-10T00:34:10Z")
Yesterday I had a bit of fun designing a mascot and logo for the Kockatoo project: > [@We need a mascot for a new KDE project](https://krita-artists.org/t/we-need-a-mascot-for-a-new-kde-project/23822/21): > > Is it too late to post submissions? Well at least I got to paint a kockatoo. slight_smile I tried to combine @Grum999’s goofiness with a little bit of realism and get a somewhat readable icon in the end. Probably a few months too late. Today I thought I’d see what Kassandra, the mascot, would look like in use. ![kockatoo_pointer](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/0/8/0895bb58d147b40177fc62416be71ad97f83a35d.jpeg) Pretty sloppy rendering, but eh, it’s half past two in the morning. Why do I always feel like doing these things after midninght… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![KingOfNoLand](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/kingofnoland/32/32092_2.png) [@KingOfNoLand](https://krita-artists.org/u/KingOfNoLand)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 10:12am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/36 "2021-09-11T10:12:32Z")
I think this one is my favorite ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/37 "2021-09-11T12:01:18Z")
Makes sense, it’s the darkest one. 😉 Thanks! I’m quite pleased with it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/38 "2021-09-26T18:12:26Z")
![charcoal_exercise](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/6/1/61c7fc0cadea6901ba2ab4de7c058f3386f1d8ad.jpeg) Trying to come to grips with Ramon’s charcoal brushes. We’re not quite friends yet. But once mastered they seem to be a fast way of drawing. ---
**Author:** ![Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/bleke/32/231617_2.png) [@Bleke](https://krita-artists.org/u/Bleke)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/39 "2021-10-23T23:50:04Z")
![Cry_my_darling](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/68a15cf0b766ded0ce7303c3f10cff466c0ce005.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mythmaker](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/mythmaker/32/223653_2.png) [@Mythmaker](https://krita-artists.org/u/Mythmaker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389/40 "2021-10-24T12:59:38Z")
I think I like it… but I have no idea what it is! 🙃 It does look a bit Cthulhu like. 🤔 [Previous page](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389.md?page=1) [Next page](https://krita-artists.org/t/blekes-doodles/10389.md?page=3)