Activity Feed
orion sullivan
•
3yr
added comment inHeads
Asked for help
Loomis head exercise.
@seazeff
3yr
Hi Orion!
The quality was a bit blurry, but I've made some changes to show where you can improve. See attached image.
1. Midline of face too far to the side plane. It looks like you're trying to draw these from imagination which is ultimately the goal, but I would strongly suggest using reference when starting so you can get the visual library built up.
2. The midline should be very close to parallel to the vertical mark on the sideplane. Basically, once you get to the eyebrows you can drop the line straight parallel to the side plane vertical line.
3. The sideplanes of the head in a frontal view taper inward. The back will flare out a bit, but it's less than a perfect circle.
4. Your sideplanes are too short. They should be approximately 2/3rds the height of the circle. Your faces are going to be very smooshed and short if your sideplanes are short.
5. Initial circle needs a major and minor axis of very similar length to work.
There are other things with the more extreme angles, but I am out of time. HOpe this helps!
Sean
Anova Culinary
3yr
awesome
orion sullivan
•
3yr
Asked for help
Firstly: Your circles are much wider than they are tall - ellipses rather than actual circles. Then, when you use the height to work out the proportions of the next sections, you are using the axis that is much shorter than the other to measure. Therefore your heads come out very wide and stocky. Practice drawing circles for a while, checking them with a ruler if you need. You can also try using a template or stencil to get some neat circles down and practice drawing the rest on top to get a better feel for how things will go when your beginning shape is correct.
Once you've got better freehand circles, you will be able to draw the proportions for the rest of the face much better.
Hey orion, i'm not an expert myself but i have some experience drawing heads. I'd advise you to focus on how forms foreshorten when drawn from different angles. And to
Try to "really nail" the contour of the head before adding in the features like the eyes and nose.
I'd recommend the course "understanding and painting the head" by marco bucci on this site ( for only 30 dollars it is a great investment in what i sense that you are currently struggling with.) alternatively watch and rewatching proko's video's on the loomis head is free and helpful as well.
Try to draw from reference as much as possible.
Drawing from reference is a great way to learn how the puzzle pieces of the head fit into eachother.
-Cheers
The work improved a lot ! Keep up with the practice.
If you want to include more sense of action, I recommend when you have time to watch this Villppu video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOtVUHgJqQk&t=1368s&ab_channel=NewMastersAcademy
I like how these look ! Here my feedback :
1- I recommend that you always indicate the hands, even with a few lines / square generic shape, without indicating every single finger.
Hands are important in the gesture cause they can be part of the story/mouvement.
They're also important in any figure drawing, so the figure doesnt look amputated.
👉 Notice how @Rubén Frutos draws the hands, that would help you.
2- It seems to me that you are giving too much consideration to the structure, as if it were a mannequinization practice.
Do you time yourself on each pose?
If so, you should indicate how much time you spend for each pose
If not, then you should.
I recommend timer videos like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT6JdZUolm0&ab_channel=Timer𐫴fit-IntervalTimers
Also you should check the feedbacks I received on my gesture drawings
here 👉https://www.proko.com/s/UU9S, I've found them quite insightful.
Hope this helps, Repetition surely helps. So I look forward to seeing your next gesture drawings 🤗
Cheers !
