Date: 3/8/2007 3:00:02 AM
Author: curiopotter
If she likes it I can always take it into autoCAD or draw it with better proportions using my jewler''s ruler. 2am here, and it''s lights out for me!
Let me know if you like it Dianne.. I''m out of school for spring break so I''d be happy to spend some time helping.
Hey Curiopotter, great drawings! You really have a talent!
Maybe this helps for quick rendering of stones. a trick I learned was when drawing melee that is too small to draw facets, but to give it a diamond look, draw a star in it. Kind of like the 5 sided stars you draw without lifting your pencil...? (I call it the loopy star)
Also, when drawing center stones like rounds, the best trick to complicated faceting for brilliant crowns is a quick method where you draw two opposing curves on the round, like a tennis ball. Then turn it 90 degrees and do it again. It will be like a diamond within the circle, but the edges of the diamond shape curve in instead of being straight. Then turning that same diamond shape 90 degrees draw that curved line diamond (or double tennis ball) again. In the end those diamonds at 90'' from eachother should form a general look of a RBC crown, and to get real professional, you can add dimension by shading, and using perspective.
For Princess cuts, it''s another story. Draw the square outline. Then from the corners, intersecting them evenly at 45'', draw a line toward the center about 1/4 of the way. Repeat on all corners. Then diagonally draw from each terminating 45'' line up to the corner opposite to the corner it radiated from. Repeat for all 45'' lines to the opposing corners. Of course these are quick and dirty sketching tricks for faceting on the stones.
I hope I explained it... I hope it helps!
