I've Got Nothing to Do Today But Smile

[rowyn]

At Lut points out, I have a number of other plans for today -- there's an MMORPG wedding this evening in Puzzle Pirates, I want to go to the art supply store today and pick up some more things, I'll spend an hour or so exercising, and I'll probably do some writing and/or drawing today.

But this line from a Simon and Garfunkel song keeps going through my head nonetheless. My vacation started yesterday, and I ain't got no plans and ain't goin' nowhere, so I'm just relaxing and smiling.

I scanned in my third and, for now, final attempt at Striped Person with Tendril-ly Hair. The icon version looks good, I think, although the full-size one is lacking a certain something. Not enough black in the background, perhaps. Or maybe I should've taken tuftears suggestion and done hatchmarks for the trendrils instead. And colored the lips red.

Anyway, I'm declaring this one Done. queenofstripes, feel free to snag it if you like it, and replace the "halfmask" one unless you really wanna keep that. :)



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And the Odd Question for the day: Why do I always draw figures facing to their left?

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A semi-educated guess

[krud42.livejournal.com]

Headshots facing the (person's) left (or the reader/viewer's right) are ideal for drawing the viewer's attention to the rest of the screen/page, which in this case would be the person's journal.

Same deal with comic strips; generally, the first person talking will be on the left-hand side of the panel, talking (and facing) the person on the right-hand side, even though people don't generally make it a rule to talk from left to right; it just makes for easier reading for the "Western world". (Of course, it's reversed in Japan and wherever else they read right to left.)

Whether any of these reasons subconsciously affect your own drawing decisions, I don't really know. I know it probably does for me, though. (Especially since my second face in a picture is usually facing the other direction.)