I Went From Being A Man Trapped In An Iron Suit To Being A Man Freed By It.

i went from being a man trapped in an iron suit to being a man freed by it.

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I'm not really sure how this drawing came about. I watched a video on shadows and edges in figure drawing - simplifying shadows and letting some edges stand out and others fade away. And then I drew this. And I haven’t actually simplified the shadows as much as I could have in this picture - I was aiming for something more vague and interpretative, so I might even have another go.

But I like it a lot anyway, and once I'd gone through lots of 'uff, that's rubbish' stages and it was starting to come together, it felt like I really understood the shapes and 3-D-ness and it was as if I was stroking over the contours of his face - and who wouldn’t want to be stroking Castiel’s face?

Here's a close-up:

And here's the drawing with my materials - a 4B Wolff's carbon pencil (they're lovely, but look - I've worn it right down. I like a nice long, knife-sharpened point so I can mainly use the side) and a blending stick (you can draw with them if you dip them in willow charcoal dust) and my squishy rubber. I used my fingers to smudge too. Typically, it's on cheap, thin newsprint paper, so it's very fragile. But I could put it on Redbubble. Maybe I should do an equally romantic Dean and then they'd make a nice Destiel mug?

I made myself draw with references. It's hard for me to draw outside of my imagination and I need more practice.

dad-angel and his son-god (i’ve finished watching spn this night and i liked it’s finale so much but i’ll miss these two…. they were such a nice family and i understood that cas is alive?? and he’s with jack??? i hope i got right… anyway we have headcanons)

always wanted to do a portrait of wwii era steve… i’ve been painting this for so long that it’s starting to drive me crazy. so i have to post this and get it out of the way.