Im Trying Go Make My Art More Expressive And Dynamic Which Is Hard For Me

im trying go make my art more expressive and dynamic which is hard for me

this is one of the sketches i did yesterday that i actually like.

hopefully ill find the motivation to clean it up and lineart it.

hopefully.

the base sketch for my runner 5, using my own body as a reference and without a lot of details, i started doing a cleaner coloured version on my laptop but then ran out of steam lol

my end goal is to have a base that i can then add onto to do a reference for each season, and eventually i might even draw them wearing clothes for a change lol

a few notes on notable physical features:

* their spine has an overly pronounced curve

* they have a small pudge pouch above their ass

* plenty of fat rolls, very muscular underneath

* their left hip sits slightly higher than their right which sometimes causes a limp but usually results in an abnormal gait when walking/running

its still very rough and ill hopefully clean it up tomorrow

first in a series i want to draw where i draw my 5 for each season (i want to draw them for every mission too but ik starting small. will do full body ones later just posting this with some notes.

1. their facial scarring is still relatively fresh although their wound have for the most part healed.

2. most of their lower face cant grow facial hair due to the burns but a few small patches manage to push through.

3. during the helicopter crash they suffered a minor burn to the back right side of their head which healed up fairly quickly but they had a bald spot and a gnarly scab there for a few weeks plus some scarring later on.

4. they wear a face/neck mask (one of those bike ones thats like an elastic sleeve) almost all the time for a long time. the reason for this 50% because it helps them breath (sudden temperature changes make their throat tighten and hurt), 40% fear of germs, and 10% self consciousness. over time they wore it less and less when not on runs

5. was made to shave their head at mullins and so spent a few months growing their mohawk fairly long

6. while they've always had insomnia the bags under their eyes are much lighter in earlier seasons.

tfw you draw a pretty good hand but you gotta erase it cause you accidentally made the arms too long

tried to force myself through the zombies make challenge tonight but only got two prompts before i was too tired to keep going

prompt 1 (left) is five just jamming through their post s3 feelings

feeling pretty shitty at the moment but im still trying to keep doing art

S3M44 AND ONWARDS SPOILERS

2/3 for my s3 sketches of five, sooo this is them under mind control.

1. moonchild just Happened To Mention things she thought would look good on them, primarily that they should grow their hair out and shave their beard as well as stop bleaching and dying it. and being under mind control 5 was only too happy to do what msde her happy.

2. 5s eyes are usually fairly glazed over and tend to go unfocused and wall eyed when not focusing on something specific.

3. their smile is usually peaceful and mindless but on rare occasions becomes a frantic grimace when forced that can even break into hysterical giggling when excited in any way (doing something that they fight against)

4. the most well rested theyve ever been.

5. picked up a lot less scarring during this time