Iron man! Iron man! Does whatever an...you know what, it doesn't work.

[small_hen]

Art time! I promised Iron Man art, so damn it, I'm gonna deliver. Nothing slashy this time, just a practice sketch and a more detailed pencil drawing that took way longer than it should have.



First, my practice sketch (click to enlarge):


And a more realistic drawing (same):


Is it weird that I like the first drawing more? It's a kinda graceful little sketch. The second drawing, while more detailed, pretty much emphasizes everything I suck at when it comes to art. The background sucks, the line of sight is off, the character's position is awkward. It's an image cobbled together from several pictures, and it looks like it.

Still, it also looks like Robert Downey Jr, so not all bad.

Oh, and both of these were hand drawn in pencil, with a little charchol thrown in to darken areas of the second. Photoshop was used for resizing, brief clean up, and to compensate for my horrible scanner.

Comments

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Aww, hon, amazing. I've seen the "live" version of the first one and you know how much I love it (and its ONE nipple 'cause we're just tasteful like that :p). I totally adore the second one! It may not be perfect (though I think you're being too hard on yourself) but you did a fantastic job with the face, the hair, and the hand, and I *know* those are really hard things to draw. Oh, and the neck. The neck is hotness. That RDJ is one sexy beast. Really, really wonderful work, m'dear!

OH! Oh, and OMG your ICON! Did you make it? I must gank it immediately! *drools on icon*

♥

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

I didn't make the icon. It is credited somewhere or other (I never did quite figure out where I was supposed to put that), so gank away.

Aw, thanks hon. *Cuddle grab*. I wasn't actually planning on making it a full realism drawing, but I got started and couldn't quite stop. I think the prospect of staring at pictures of RDJ for 7 hours kept me going. Anyhow, it's not what I had hoped, but I'm glad you liked it. I only regret that his chest is hidden from view, preventing me from adding more tasteful nipples and glowing chestplates. :)