Hi @Dean Kubina, nice studies! They feel three dimensional and I think it's much thanks to that you're drawing through, wrapping the equator line around the head, making yourself aware of it's form. So great job with that!
Things to improve on:
- The first thing I noticed was the proportions. If you're aiming for an avarage loomis head, they'd have to be narrower/taller.
- In the 3rd image, top right drawing, the feature lines are diverging, instead of converging to a common point (vanishing point) as they should. This made the head look less solid.
- 1st image, top left head, and 2nd image, top right head, the angle of the ellipse is not correct. In the lesson video I think Stan mentions that it should be perpendicular to the brow line.
- In the first image top right drawing the side plane of the cranium is placed too far back, making the face and cranium feel a little disjointed.
How comfortable are you with drawing geometric forms (boxes, cylinders, spheres) and modifying them? If you are it might help to put less focus on Stan's step by step process and instead play with two forms merged together: A sphere with flattened sides (basically a cylinder is going through it) and a modified box for the face.
Thinking about two forms might help you keep proportions in check. Instead of having a many step process, you only have two masses to focus on. Less to juggle.
Hope this helps :)
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