Gorilla Study

Getting closer to completion! You might wonder what is going on in the lower left corner. That is the blurred area of the photo where his shoulder is. It is showing a little 3d in the pic, which I guess is good since it is suppose to be in the foreground. Most of the fur has been completed. There is mainly just the black skin area left. It isn't very noticeable in the picture, but I put a few layers of graphite to the right side to get rid of the glaring white of the Bristol. I'm not sure if I will do anything else to that area...probably not. His nose and mouth will be very strong in contrast and should give a pretty bold presence.

Just a side note: I can't help but think of the old TV series Planet of the Apes when thinking of gorillas. They were the armed forces of the planet, I believe, in the series. They scared me to death and mind you this was way before any fancy computerized special effects. (Yes, for those too young, it was in color!) Okay, I digress... back to the subject at hand...

This will be put to the side tonight to make room for the next line drawing. I am pretty sure it will be a head shot of an otter. This one will be back on the table on or before Thursday. It is going to be hard to walk away, but I think it will be good for me to learn to multi task.