This a WIP and I am having difficulty drawing the guy's shirt. It's that shiny, nylon material. Any suggestions on how to achieve a realistic rendering?

I haven't done much to it yet, just starting.

Anyway, I have an unusual way of drawing. I don't use a graph. I use a ruler and measure everything. I do a quick sketch the size that I am planning to draw and then measure out on the good paper where the nose should go. I don't know why but I usually draw the nose first, (sometimes I'll start with the eyes). Then measure all the other features from there. I very lightly sketch on the good paper the location of other features and get into more detail when I start rendering it.

I know, it's very strange and highly unusual but it's how I have been drawing since I was a kid. I find that if I use a numeric method I get things a lot more accurate than if I use a graph.

Maybe I would draw better if I used the "normal" way.

Back to the drawing table....

About the shirt: What pencils are you using? IMHO, I would use here quite hard pencils first, maybe HB-2F. Lots of layers and blending to make it look slick, still avoiding to make edges too sharp and dark in the shadows during layering

I wouldn't spread the highlight so much it looks to abrupt between highlight and shadow it looks like it needs to roll a little more. It might be the scan though, I can't tell.

Are you going to draw all the little holes in the jersey?

Marc Forest.
http://www.marcforest.com

--JT

Wooowww!! Amazing...

Could I ask you what type of paper you use? I am totally learning so much. I love the texture of the skin in your drawings. It's so special.

Thank you for posting your beautiful art!

Linda