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The story of one stranger

Greetings all those who entered this blow.
No further than a week ago, under the impression of the announced stream on Alien: Isolation, I drew Art, depicting Alexander Kosty and Andrei Artamokhin in the process of passing the game. It just so happened that the resulting picture was awarded the personal praise of Alexandra and was even used as a plug to Stream.
And in this regard, I suddenly decided that someone may interest the direct process of drawing such arts. Perhaps some readers even use the presented material to create their own drawings. Although, whom am I deceiving? Reading this blog will probably reduce the skill of drawing by 75%, and knowledgeable people most likely want to tear my hands for the written heresy. In general, everyone who was not interested in this topic, they can simply press the “+” button and squeeze it to the positive.

First of all, I will say that to draw characters, I use the “Simpsons” technique in which all objects (including people) initially consist of the simplest geometric figures.

You can read more about the use of this drawing technique in Simpsons (as well as the creation of the series in general) in the book “The Simpsons Handbook” which can be easily found on torrents.
Now, back to the creation of a thematic picture. First of all, it is necessary to decide on the plot of the future art. Of course, it is best to come up with it on my own, but in this case I used a fairly recognizable frame from James Cameron with Ripley that protects the nest.

So, when we finally have an nongamstopsites.uk idea of the final form of the picture, we proceed to drawing.
Let’s start with a sketch of geometric forms that serve as a skeleton for future characters. For convenience, black materials of different layers can be portrayed in different colors.

The next step, Muscles and skin are increased on the previously received skeletons. Ahemistry, in the sense, on top of the original anatomical sketch, a character’s contour or its black version is drawn. For convenience, you can make the original sketch transparent and draw already on top of it on a separate layer.
When creating persons in this case, I had to climb on the pages of VKontakik and embrace photos. An unpleasant feeling of transformation into a maniac-puzzle is just a slight side effect.

By the way, the shoulders of Alexandra were noticeably narrowed in comparison with the initial sketch. In the future, several more minor changes will be made.
And in order to create a composition from a simple drawing and finally dispel the doubts that it refers to the topics of strangers … add to the background and the most.

The creation of sketches is completed and you can begin to work “on the finish”. Since the action of Alien: Isolation unfolds between the first and second part and before the adventures of Helen Ripley and Newt remained for another half century, for the image of Andrei I chose Amanda Ripley as the main character of the game, in which he soon had to be; I still decided to portray Alexander in the form of a colonial marine, which, despite the xenomorph located right behind him, continues stupid Cracking to look into the distance.

For a more accurate hit in the images and selection of the palette, on the working plane you can place reference materials.
And to give the picture volume, you need to apply shadows and glare on it. To do this, you can create a separate layer where the necessary places will be summed up by contrasting colors (for example, black and white), and then make it translucent.

The same drawing process applies to someone else’s.

Add several abstract angles designed to designate technical corridors, erode the stranger in order to highlight the foreground and now, the picture is ready.

Wot so wat. Reading this blog could not teach you the basics of drawing, but I hope that some readers are able to take out 1-2 useful life hack.