DSG 295: Character: Aphrodite

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Character: Aphrodite

[Commander Obvious]

Am I the first to jump all over this one?

Well, here's Afrodite.

http://www.wsu.edu/~russell_/DailySketchGroupConceptArt/Afrodite.JPG

[molo]

first dsg post here, real quick 15 min doodah.

http://gideondesign.com/misc/dsg/aphrodite.jpg

[SABRE]

HI, IM NEWBIE!! AND...OBVIOUS...MY FIRST WORK HERE XD XP

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/aphrodite.jpg




PD: MY ENGLISH IS VERY POOR, SORRY!! =/

[NoUseFrAName]

Quickie Head Shot done with a purple col-erase pencil

http://www.geocities.com/nousefraname/AphroditeDSG.txt

-Rob

[Wundergeek]

*de-lurks* Uh. Hi. Been lurking for a while, but this topic was too cool to pass up.

If you're familiar with Roman mythology, Aphrodite was actually pretty nasty when she thought her beauty was being challeneged - that's what inspired this sketch.

http://www.pbtteam.com/aphrodite-sm.jpg

[scumworks]

:) I acually read a few lines on the subject today, :bow: WooooH. It seems that aphrodite was "born" in in the sea, aphros (sea foam). I know she looks more like a god of death than love, but... thats that!

cheers :chug:
http://www.scumworks.com/otr/conceptart/aphrodite.jpg

[Carnifex]

just on a side note i wanted to show you botticelli's famous picture of aphrodite's(venus')birth.might be helpful.:huh:
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THIS IS NOT MY WORK!THIS IS NOT MY WORK!THIS IS NOT MY WORK!
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/venus/venus.jpg
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i'm definately gonna participate on this one.

[S.C. Watson]

Carnifex, good call on posting that. Thanks.

Okay guys, if you want to make major points with your lady friends (girlf friend, fiance, wife, mistress, whatever) use them as a model.

[DraigAthar]

Originally posted by Oregano

Okay guys, if you want to make major points with your lady friends (girlf friend, fiance, wife, mistress, whatever) use them as a model.

What about us girls? I don't think I'll earn any points by drawing myself in the mirror. No one wants to see THAT. ;)

[Xpressions]

@Oregano: You're right. Too bad I ain't got none at the moment. I just wish the lady in my pic were my GF. *OMG* *almost fades*
But be sure not the mention the Aphrodite being evil part Wundergeek was talking about.

@Wundergeek: Nice one you got there, I like the looks and the apple.

@scumworks Cool atmosphere. Does look like a death goddess, but cannot death be beautiful at times? :evilbat:

@NoUseFrAName: Give us some color! I like the sketch.

@ Sabre: Nicely done. Esp like the hair.

@Commander Obvious: Wow, I really like the lighting and rendering of that one. Has nice depth.

So, without much further ado, here be mine version of Aphrodite. Photo ref used and I would like to go over some areas a little more. Will maybe do that later.

http://www.auner.net/images/aphrodite.jpg

Best regards, Dave :evilbat:

[S.C. Watson]

Originally posted by DraigAthar


What about us girls? I don't think I'll earn any points by drawing myself in the mirror. No one wants to see THAT. ;)

1 - don't be so hard on yourself. Do a portrait, and don't aplogize for it.
2 -If you are uncomfortable doing a self-portrait, break the stereotype - ask a female friend to model for you.
3 - today's does seem to be particularly slated toward the young hormone driven male, doesn't it?

@Oregano: You're right. Too bad I ain't got none at the moment.

What a better opportunity to get one. You need a model for Aphrodite. Go find a woman to model for you (who cares that you already submitted a work?)

Get to drawing drawing people. Raise the bar. do good work :thumbsup:

[Commander Obvious]

Originally posted by Oregano
Carnifex, good call on posting that. Thanks.

Okay guys, if you want to make major points with your lady friends (girlf friend, fiance, wife, mistress, whatever) use them as a model.

Way ahead of ya bro, but I figured I'd have to make a new one for this sort of thing. Here's my first Venus painting from earlier this year. This is NOT for DSG, it is something I did a long while ago.

http://files.th3b4r.com/CaptainObvious/Venus_Small.jpg

That's my girlfriend (and a guitar I wish I owned), well, the face anyway. She didn't pose for me, just e-mailed me some face reference pictures not too long after we started dating.

[NoUseFrAName]

Sweet one Xpressions...and as per your request, I've thrown down some colour.
Tried doing it in photoshop as opposed to painter, and I found that it was a heckuvalot easier.....
I'm new to using a tablet...maybe I should check out the Painter help forum....
anyways, enough talk, more rock:

http://www.geocities.com/nousefraname/Aphrodite2DSG.txt

-Rob

[Carnifex]

gah,i can't stand the face!i wanted to make more out of it,but wouldn't success.
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/aphrodite.jpg
maybe i should have used refernce?:hmm:
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/frankr26.jpg
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/frankr16.jpg
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/frankr25.jpg
no,none of them is my gf.sadly <|:|-(

[Idiot Apathy]

Hmm... yeah... hard one. I have alot of learning to do when it comes to anatomy etc etc, I think I'll learn more from a reference today.

Look forward to doing this after work, adios!

[awalloffire]

Looked it up and some of Aphrodite's associated animals are the dolphin and swan. Tried to include those attributes.
http://www.portfolios.com/Pics/walloffire/walloffire_5_p.JPG

[Redder]

I did a black and white photographic series on the female figure. But I don't know if I can post them since they are photographs. Can you post a photograph you created?

Until then here's my unfinished entry.

http://home.mindspring.com/~redder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/dsg_women.jpg

[Wednesday]

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/awednesday/untiltled4a.jpg

[awalloffire]

WEDNESDAY -That's really good.
SABER & MOLO -welcome!

[DraigAthar]

Originally posted by Redder
I did a black and white photographic series on the female figure. But I don't know if I can post them since they are photographs. Can you post a photograph you created?


Well, I'm not the one who makes the rules, but here's my hunch ... since this is called the daily SKETCH group, I'd imagine photographs wouldn't fit. Also, work is supposed to be done specifically for this topic, so if you took these photos prior to today's topic being announced, it doesn't really fit as a DSG submission.

I'm sure one of the higher-ups will correct me if I'm wrong.

[Hunger_Artist]

I like these different interps. of beauty.

http://members.tripod.com/carlbeu/6b984a40.jpg

[ihatecompulsiveliars]

Eh, alright. Here she is. I tried doing the whole thing in Photoshop, which was a bit irritating. I think I'll stick to sketching by hand. Oh, and I didn't use any reference. Anyways:



http://venus.walagata.com/w/mbjacobson/aphrodite.jpg

Torso is too long. :(

edit: Arrrrrg; stupid image hosting, image cops out after 5mb transfer per day. Does anyone know of a good place to host my images from? Thanks.

[Terayon]

Heres this girl i did! :D (NUDITY) Dont go down if you dont want to see....or something......























http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/Terayon/aphrodite.jpg

Did this in OC. Did the face kinda quick

[st_sleek]

I think i'll color it tonight...

http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/poeticprisma/aphrodite.jpg

[Nike]

I don't have time to finish it (at least today), but at least this is the first day I find some time to draw since more than a week.:D http://spacewalkers_rest.250free.com/dsgsphroditesk.jpg

[davi]

Http://www.creatureone.com/dsg/dsgg022.jpg

[Jordanimation]

Well here's my first attempt at painting in photoshop, no ref and no tablet (Come'on Santa). It's still needs work, but I'm heading out with the boys, so ran outta time. C&C would be greatly appreciated, cause I still have no clue what I'm doing.

Oh ya, and I think I just found my pick up line for the ladies tonight! Don't think anyone will model for me, but that's gonna be my objective for the night! God Bless alchool :chug: Wish me luck !

http://jordanimation.50megs.com/Aphro%20copy.jpg

[dagreengo]

Wow some really amazing stuff here. If this is anything like last DSG ther'll be a lot more great stuff too!
I'm not going to even touch this one, though.

[phantom_head]

going back to the golden apple that started a war...colored it in photoshop, but i'm new at it - and it shows! maybe someone more talented can take a stab at it:D http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Phantom_Head/DSG_295_bw.jpg http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Phantom_Head/1e62c734.jpg
c&c welcome...i just started drawing again (won't mention how long it's been, 'cause it's embarassing), and i'm totally out of practice

[morbidhumor]

Sounds like a good enough excuse to do a quick Bettie Page ref! Close enough to Aphrodite if you ask me.
(Sorry about the lame pixilation)
1 hr.
http://home.comcast.net/~bcrart/bettieweb.JPG

Good stuff everyone.

[avalos]

Had some computer trouble yesterday, but it is now resolved.
Nice work all.
Davi, the brush strokes work nicely
phantom_head, great style

no reference,
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/lavacasuprema/portrait.jpg

[niq3d]

excelent work again by all! I thought I'd better put a bit of effort in today as I suggested the topic (although I may not have been the first to suggest it!)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hori.asako/aphrodite_niq_dsg.jpg

The reason for the lack of shading is that I will get around to colouring it in photoshop (but not tonight as it's already 3am)
HB pencil on xerox paper, A4, about 2 hours (the hair was a bitch!)

Niq

[DraigAthar]

http://thirdroar.com/dj/2003-12/dj205-aphrodite.jpg

[Zram]

lots of good stuff. mine was kind of disneys hercules inspired but its still pretty rough. I tried to work it a little pc style but time being what it is for me...maybe later. Here are my pencil marks...

http://olecram.members.easyspace.com/jpg/aphrodite.jpg


Zram

[Idiot Apathy]

You know, I almost didn't do todays entry, a combo of being tired and not knowing what to do was the culprit. I am glad I went ahead and did it.

Referenced from Aphrodite of Arles by Praxiteles, a Greek sculptor (400-300 B.C.). Yeah, I have no idea who that is...

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/dsg-dec19-tds.jpg

You know, this was actually a nice change of pace for me.

[Jane Radstrom]

Shucks!! I was really excited about this topic and had grand plans involving lots of swirly drapery and clouds and little chubby babies.... Unfortunately I ended up with only about 15 minutes to sketch, which was then interrupted half way through. I hope I can find time to color this and develop it some more tomorrow. ;)

http://www.velondra.com/images/gallery/295aphrodite.jpg

[Rho]

http://home.comcast.net/~dbowen113/19by12by03.JPG

Photo Ref.
Wow this was a quick one. Just got back from RETURN OF THE KING. manoman.

Thanks for the tip wystro. I'm gonna work it over this weekend. awesome.

[Wystro]

Just in time! Whew!

The Aphrodite of myth was pretty mean...more about deisre than love. Self-absorbed and destructive...

I'd love to make this more, but you get the sense of it from the sketch.

http://sparkles295.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/aphrodite.jpg

[Lyliani]

hi everyone - i am new here - :) I'll probably check the forum before i go to work. Since i dont do much at work, and got the okay from the boss to draw if i have nothing to do, most of my work will be in pencil, unless i find the time to do it when i get home on my PC!

you guys are amazing !

here's my contribution for today

http://members.hometown.aol.com/kalai82/images/dec19thsketch.jpg

[SABRE]

HEY THANKS FOR THE WELCOME!!

AND THE OTHERS DRAWINGS ARE FANTASTIC!!


IM WAIT FOR THE NEXT POST!!


BYE..........................

PD: SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH AGAIN...=(

[Wystro]

Welcome aboard, Lyliani and Sabre! It's interesting how different your interpretations are -- Lyliani's looks like a flower, and Sabre's is hard-edged. A nice well-rounded showing today from all the posters.

:) Wystro

[Xpressions]

Wow, quite a number of cool entries today.

@Redder: Did you do that one with trad. watercolor?

@Morbidhumor: That's one really cool Page portrait. Really nice. :evilbat:

@DraigAthar: So did you pose for yourself or get someone else to do it? :D

@niq3d: I lvoe the hair and water crawling up her feet. You wanna take it further from there?

Regards, Dave

[niq3d]

Thanks Dave,
for you information in my development scribble for this the water went up her legs which had more of a feeling of her 'forming' out of the water foam, this didn't work so well in this image but I will probably re-visit this when I colour it.

looks like I'll have my work cut out today though for the '296-tomb thingie' I'm not so good with the architecture!

maybe I'll colour Aphrodite tomorrow.

I absolutely love the colour work on yours though, the legs in particular are amazing, nicely done sir!

I was impressed by many of the posts today, particularly: Redder's stylistic take,
commander obvious's colouring (and shading on the earlier post!)
noUse's piece for being just gorgeous!

[nBT]

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15645
too late but i dont want to miss any human/anatomy drawing.

[nBT]

http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/DSG295phantomnbt.jpg
phantom_head i coloured your aphrodite. nice practice. turned into a bronze statue :) i noticed a few things. the head & neck seem a little off. the lips and nose are too far to the right. the lips should be a little lower. the left breast is too far left. the hips are very eneven. colouring is a matter of defining planes and how much light falls on it.

[Carnifex]

i didn't like my entry really so i threw up another one.
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/aphrodite2.jpg
like everyone's entries.:)

[DraigAthar]

Originally posted by Xpressions

@DraigAthar: So did you pose for yourself or get someone else to do it? :D


Haha! No, I ended up using a photo reference, I didn't have the patience to try and draw myself in the mirror. It's cold these days! I'd freeze my little toes off if I sat around naked for as long as it takes me to sketch. :)

[NoUseFrAName]

Wystro, yours is rad!

-Rob

[S.C. Watson]

Ug. Here it is. Late, and incomplete. No excuses. On to the next.

Many, many excellent works everyone.

http://www.in-sight.net/Sketches/aphrodite.jpg

[Jane Radstrom]

Spent about an hour and a half having fun with some colors. I took out the babies near the end because I didn't have time to develop them. :( :p I picture her kind of floating above the world watching couples and influencing their feelings, she's probably planting the seed of life in someone's womb here.

http://www.velondra.com/images/gallery/295aphroditec.jpg

[paper slayer]

http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/paper_slayer/dsg295a.JPG

She´s got the same job as the original Aphrodite but she is more easy going.
And cupid always wanted to be in a band.

Sorry I´m late.

I spent way to much time painting it. I just couldn´t stop.

[avalos]

paper slayer, that is sweet. One can tell you put a lot of care into it and it turned out quite good. Origianality and atmosphere; great work.