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Goal: A lot of Disney studies to boost my drawing skills, and also updates about new games :)

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Disney studies batch 1

Disney studies batch 2

Belle step by step

Aladdin & Jasmine reference analysis

Portraits of actresses, Mucha & Rackham studies

Portraits of Star Trek characters, and steps I use to build a portrait (scroll down):

7/31/26: Final portrait of Star Trek: the Worf challenge!

7/29/26: Beverly Crusher and her son Wesley

7/27/26: Geordi and his visor: a portrait with no eyes

7/24/26: all out smile for Deanna Troi and dramatic lighting for Will Riker

7/22/26: Captain Picard :) I've a project of drawing the cast of Star Trek TNG while also starting a new dress up game. The theme of the game isn't related to Star Trek, it's to practice portraits this summer.

7/21/26: To draw a different kind of face, I tried Data the android from Star Trek TNG

Steps for Drawing Beverly!
Practice works... The first one of this series of digital portraits, Data, felt really hard to make, but the last four seemed easier to construct and render.
In general I use the following steps:

1 - Choosing a reference (see below): I like this picture of Beverly Crusher with a cute expression; also it’s from season 1 so her hair looks more natural.

2 - The sketch: it’s all about eyeballing measurements, which is the toughest step imo. I start with the head shape then place the features. There’s the angle of the face and neck, the distance between the nostrils and the eye corners, the nose bridge between the eyes so that the eyes are spaced correctly, etc.

3 - Base colors: Choosing a medium color for the hair and skin. For example, the hair has highlights and darker areas so I don’t go with those, but something in between using the color picker as a guide, and changing it to be a bit brighter than the photo. Same with the skin complexion: some areas are pinkish, some are grayish, so I look for a spot that looks more “medium” to become the base.

4 - Main areas of light/shadows and hue variations, still under the sketch: Shadows on the face tend to be more brown, or more gray, or more pink than the initial base color; highlights tend to be more yellow or light pink. Shadows on the hair are a darker brown than the base, highlights are yellowish and bright.

5 - Detailing the eyes/nose/lips: Revisiting these main features but over the sketch, and potentially the final version. Does it look like Beverly at this point? Kinda?

6 - Detailing everything else: a final pass on the rest of the face around the features, mainly cheeks and jaw. The shirt can be really quick and I detail the hair last.

7 - Final round of fixing: Or not fixing... Her head shape seems different on the reference, but it'll do. What I did fix though, as a last step, is enlarging the lips and base of the nose, skewing to the left. It's subtle but it improved the alignment and likeness. Ta-dah!

Steps for building a portrait - Beverly Crusher