Intro
I have been fascinated with a certain character of a show I watch, and I love the outfits she wears, it's so over the top, especially her necklaces. I thought it'd be high time I tried to draw her and try to replicate her attitude and look.
This character is from a show called Once Upon a Time, and she is one of the main characters of the show. Her name is Regina Mills/ The Evil Queen, because she's the Queen she gets to wear incredible dressed and jewelry that is that is in fit for a Queen. She goes between hero and villain throughout the show, and also goes from Madam Mayor in the present and Evil Queen, when there are flash backs.
Prep
Materials
-sketech book
-pencils:
HB pencil
2B pencil
4B pencil
6B pencil
-eraser
Reference
Experimentation
I drew her eyes a few times to get the feel of how her make-up is and how her eye lashes flow. I also drew her lips a few times, so I could better draw the shape her lips made (from other lips, she seemed to have a wider top and bottom lip coming out to the sides.)
Finale Artwork
Last Thoughts
If I were to draw this character again, I would work on trying to get the eyes the same size, because I wasn't happy with them. I also couldn't get the same reaction in her face that was in the photo I used as a guide to draw her. I've just learned how to draw faces and use value to get the shadows, but I with this image I found it a lot harder to capture her features and I left it does look like her, but not 100%.
I enjoyed drawing Regina, because even though I didn't replicate her emotion in the picture, I still drew her how she portrayed in the show, as a fearsome, powerful woman and in my finished work she looks like someone you don't want to mess with, just as you should feel about her in the show. I'm also proud of the time I took to recreate her necklace and the design on her dress, it took time and even though some of it isn't exactly like the photo, it still shows how face and detailed it truly is.
