Head Drawing and Construction
Introduction to the Skull and Abstraction
Head Construction and Invention
Perspective Forms of the Face and Features
Facial Features
Bonus Lessons
In this critique, I’ll be going over some of the common issues like the jawline curving too much, feature placement, and keeping the jawline parallel to the head's tilt to avoid distortion.
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@anthony_shearing
1d
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but it doesn't look right. I try to focus on representing the skull and only using forms.
Lin
1d
Human faces are hard because tiny differences look much bigger than they should. It’s very close imo, just a little longer and thinner than the photo. (Forgive me for using round rhythms, as I’m only now reaching this section of the lessons)
Lin
2d
Okay, I think I’ve got the method down and it’s time move on to the features, how they sit on the face, refining proportions and perspective as I go along. Tested myself from imagination a bit (though they’re much wonkier than the couple referenced ones for now). One really cool thing about this system is that when trying Asaro heads (or anything referenced) they’re no longer proportionally wildly off like before, when I had to correct and correct.
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2d
Nice studies!
Josh Fiddler
1mo
Question: The 3/4 view... Generally speaking, you say the edge of the face should be parallel to the tilt. Do you mean parallel in 2 point perspective?
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1mo
Yes, I believe that's what I mean. I just don't want the angle of the face to not match my initial 2D lean.
Paul Williams
2mo
Some practise from today. Proportions have massively improved from before I watched the course, though occasionally I still get a face slightly too long (which is actually the opposite problem than I had before!)
@dbx
2mo
I feel really confident on my 3/4's, profile and front view, but anything with Upward or Downward perspective and my composition falls apart due to not knowing where exactly to place my porportion markers
Darren Jeffrey
8mo
Cheers for the helpful suggestions and critique, I really appreciate the feedback and will definitely focus on pushing those curves.
@lucastoonz86
8mo
Thanks for the feed back. I will keep practicing my eyes and proportion's
@purpleart
8mo
Great feedback. Thank you.
@meeho
8mo
Thank you for feedback!
Amelia T.
8mo
Thank you for the critique, It's very helpful!
MSD
8mo
I have a question for Mr Hampton. When it comes to the proportional relationship of the features, divide in half between brow and chin to find nose. The hlalf again for sockets etc... How would this be effected in very deep perspective poses? Extreme tilts so far back or forward that features start to overlap?
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8mo
It's not. I find it to be just as useful in extreme poses.
@michaelkopa007
8mo
Thank you for the feedback, appreciate it
Martin Vrkljan
8mo
Thank you for the critique, and being picky about the subtleties - it really helps!
I'll definitely pay more attention not to elongate the sphere early on.
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Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.
