The Waltz!

Here are the pencil and color versions of a new design: 'The Waltz'!

Tango invitations

Tango Ballroom Dancing by strictlydancefun
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Tango dancers stage 4, 5, 6 and 7!

Stage 4: Back with the Copic marker, blocking in red and grey

Stage 5: Now more marker, blue over the top, the direction of the line work is designed to add form to the shapes e.g. the skirt and right trouser leg. I've deliberately not defined a line between the 2 dancers so they appear to be one unit.

Stage 6: Facial features added with color pencils and some indication of shadow with light grey marker.

Finally some 6B pencil is used to darken the darks and the background in cleaned up on the computer to bring to life the finished pic!

Tango dancers stage 3

Red pencil used in this stage to act as an under layer for the hair and parts of the dress. Also added some to the upper sleeve and trouser leg of the guy to break up the blue highlight. Notice I've also added a red line on the underside of the girl's right thigh, this is a correction of the initial line which I now realize would have meant her leg wouldn't have met her hip!

Tango dancers stage 2

Tango stage 2! adding some yellow on the exposed skin, this will act as the highlight color, and also a couple of light blue highlights on the guy's shoes, both colors applied with copic markers.

Tango dancers stage 1

Here's the first stage of a new drawing, this one is going to be of a couple caught in an embrace mid-tango. Stage 1 is loosely putting down some pencil lines with a 3B to define the layout and pose.