Stock Girl by @migucast (Miguel Castaneda)

Tried to draw something to make me feel better but I'm not sure it helped any... Though, at least the fact I got it done means I must be feeling well enough to draw even though I still feel like hell... >_< Anyway....

This is actually a little ackward for me because this is something I haven't done since college--drawing a nude from a photograph, that is. When I first started drawing, I tried to practice figure drawing by buying issues of a photography magazine they sold at school with plenty of nudes in it and then finding a nice quiet area of the library in which to focus on drawing from the photos. Not quite the same as having a real model or even a virtual model but I thought it might be fun to try my hand at one of the various stock photos available on this other website.

I'm not sure if it's because I'm not feeling well or what but I had a tough time with her hips as well as her hands, what with the scarf blocking so many of the fingers... >_< And the scarf itself was a bit of a nightmare. As for the extensive cel shading, you can thank Photoshop's Adjustment Layer functions for helping to really bring out the shadows on her body from the photo to help me do more realistic shading on her.

And yes, I know her face looks stupid... I'll try harder next time... ;_;