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Manoo Murthy
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3yr
added comment inPortrait Drawing Fundamentals
I haven't yet done the lesson on the mouth, ears or hair, but I wanted the experience of taking an art piece from start to finish. Luckily I found this reference where the subject is behind a window. I was hoping for some general feedback and points of improvement.
I am aware that the eyes are different sizes. This frustrates me and I need help on how to avoid this. I felt like I spent a long time measuring and working through the lay in (and checking it) but I still did not notice until it was too late. Any help on that or anything else would be appreciated.
Ghost Boy
3yr
I would just spend an hour on 12 references, 5 min each, of just making sure that the placement of the eyes is correct, no rendering. Then, place your work over the reference and see how you did.
Chris Bodary
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3yr
Asked for help
Looks good to me! The highlights and shadows on the hair make the texture look very realistic.
@alpha3224
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3yr
Asked for help
Hello, I'm a beginner who just got on the path of understanding how to draw anatomy( In my case I started with the head first) and I would like to know what can I improve as this is my first time ever drawing heads with the Loomis method. Any help or criticism is appreciated ! :)
Hello:
I am not an expert, just a few lessons ahead of you.
These look good to me! There is improvement between your first and last head and it shows that you really worked towards understanding the head as a 3D object, not just as a set of directions. Heads come in all shapes and sizes and heads that may look 'wrong' can sometimes be right if the proportions of the head you are drawing are non standard. All of these read the way you want them to.
If I were to nitpick, I would suggest watching the video on Proko's anatomy course on the neck so that you can get those proportions right. A lot of what looks 'odd' on some of these heads is not the head but rather the neck being out of proportion.
Manoo Murthy
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3yr
Asked for help
Hello:
I was hoping for some feedback on my eye studies. I am particularly interested in feedback on proportion and perspective. I find drawing eyes in three quarters view frustrating and am not sure what I am doing wrong. I have never studied shading/rendering so I know I have a lot to learn there. It is ok if you don't want to comment on it as I will be studying that on my own at some point.
Thanks for the help!
That Gandalf in the last one?
nothing jumps out to me as “out of proportion” usually those things stick out as the most obvious. I can see a sphere shape in the eye ball for sure. I think you can gain a lot in these from more structure around the eyeball. Really get the socket and brow structure laid and then do eye lashes and eye brows. These look great though, definitely have some emotion behind the different looks.
Chris Bodary
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3yr
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Something is off and I think it’s in the transition shadow to light. My halftimes are too light maybe? The light source was from my phone’s flash slightly above but mostly behind the egg
Hello: I am a complete beginner and by no means have the experience to critique with authority. But in a draftsmen podcast, Stan and Marshall talk about critiquing as a beginner to help develop your own eye and build a community so I will give it a try. Thank you for your understanding. I admire your art work.
I am a beginner artist but a professional maths teacher. Cast shadows are described by projecting straight lines from your light source to the edges of your shape and seeing the borders of that obstruction on the plane below. I, messily and on a phone, projected lines back from the edges of your cast shadow through the edges of your shape to see where the light source ended up. My belief is that you did not mean for the light source to be where your cast shadow imples that it is. This gives makes it look like the plane your egg is sitting on is tilted while your egg is not. I think this is where that feeling of 'wrongness' comes in to play. I have attached a picture. I won't assume to be experienced enough to suggest further actions.
Thank you for the opportunity to look at your art and I hope you get as much out of my comment as I did studying your work.
Manoo Murthy
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3yr
Asked for help
Hello: I am a beginner who is trying to study art as a passion project along side a full time career. I have done this exercise to try to understand head structure. My next step will be to study some shading and basic lay ins of the eyes, nose, and hair to do quick sketches on applying these structures. Then I would like to study features. I would appreciate some feedback on my work and advice on both my plan and how to further my development. Thank you for your help =)
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3yr
Yeah! Nice studies! Continue to watch the videos and do the exercises and you´ll keep on improving.
There will be struggles along the way but keep at it. To get through those struggles it has helped me to make practicing a routine. For me a daily practice session was the easiest routine to uphold.
I hope this was helpful :)
