For those of you who've known me for a few years, you probably know that I've never really had much interest in drawing attractive women. My philosophy always was that there's enough sexy freakishly-boobed women lining the aisles of every comic book shop and videogame stores already, so why should I try to add my two cents to an over-saturated market?
Well I still really haven't changed my thinking in that regard, but I do realize the benefit of drawing attractive women: it's out of my comfort zone and studying the structure and curves of their faces and bodies can only make me a better artist, right? I took out a few catalogues and magazines we had laying around the office and did a few quick sketches. They're not anatomically correct by any means; I intentionally distorted their proportions but I don't think it was enough to be a 'proper' caricature... they're somewhere eerily in the middle. 'Not sure if I like 'em or not but check 'em out! I'm sure there will be more to come down the road...
This was the first drawing I did with some exaggerated proportions.
Less exaggerated here but I kept the eyes and mouth biggish. 'Probably the better looking one out of the bunch.
This one looks awkwardly like a friend of mine but I think it'd creep her out if I showed her.
The first lesson I learned about drawing attractive women is to NOT make the nose & mouth look like I did above. The cheek action probably doesn't help either.
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