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Time for a portrait drawing demo! I'll show you how to approach a drawing to get accurate proportions and then check your own accuracy in Procreate.
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Wesley
9h
I have no procreate. Sooooooo
Wesley
5h
I will still do it but still I can not check
Wesley
5h
I will still do it but still I can not check
Christian Peitler
19h
I dont know how I should do the measurement on the ipad?
Neo Diamond
1d
Second try, felt a lot better about this one. Overlaying the lay in over the reference pointed out where things were wrong so I used that to correct things before putting down the final lines.
Thomas Nolan II
3d
I do not have the overlay to compare proportions so I may need to acquire that for next time. Otherwise, it registers close enough to me based on the many comparative measurements made. Also, my picture capture quality is sub-par, will have to square it up better.

@labuge
4d
I was happy… and then i realize now much i messed up 😭😭
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1d
You over exaggerated the head tilting back. If it’s going to be off, it’s better to lean in this direction.
Just keep practicing. You will get it.

@schmal
6d
i kinda always get the measurement of the jaw wrong. With that, it takes thhe mouth and nose off as well. How do i improve that. (double checking measurements kills me sm:((((()
Auren Loper
9d
I have a question, hopefully someone can help me here. I'm taking the course and using a digital medium, I can directly draw a measurement, copy/paste that measurement and move it around to measure a reference. Is that encouraged, or should we try to use the stylus (laying the stylus on the pen display to measure), and eyeballing?
I'm not entirely sure if we're meant to do it as Stan did it in the original project video or not.
Dylan Jagiello
15d
Graffiti Establishment
18d
Measuring Proportions Exercises.

Randy P
1mo
Measuring Proportions - Second photo
Feel like I’m doing ok with proportions but still wrestling with line quality.
Dani Torres
2mo
It makes me feel better to see Stan "struggling" a little. Drawing the Musketeer was so much harder than I thought. I even had to label the meassurements on the paper like "Tip of the nose" "Chin" "tearduct", etc because i kept mistaking them. I'm also not used to draw on a A3 sheet.
But I really feel out of my comfort zone, I see I have a long way to go, but now I know the road!

@pmirko
2mo
Had to erase and measure almost everything 3 times....took me more than 2 hours but i think is in a good place now, shame for the very light pencil lines...
@whatsthemoonmadeof
2mo
This was fun, really struggling with the measuring part though. I feel like I'm tilting my pencil, my arm is shaky, and my eyes hurt from having one of them closed. Tips would be appreciated. Anyway, I decided to try coloring the portrait with a watercolor pen, which was fun. Any feedback is heavily appreciated :)
J M
2mo
As far as accuracy in proportion - I'd say there is a slight improvement from my first attempt - maybe I am just coping. Regardless - I am pretty happy how this one turned out compare to the first one from the project. I feel as this one captures more of the "feel" of the portrait. Anyhow, I shouldn't expect to get it 100% in what is literally my second attempt at this. Onwards!

@spookinjar
2mo
Aaron Smith
2mo
My attempt following along with Stan's demo. I drew the whole thing at the wrong angle. I rotated it in CSP (I couldn't work out how to do the mask in CSP, so it's a bit dark, sorry,) and most of the drawing did line up. The nose, mouth, and shoulder were still off, though. Overall I'm pretty pleased with it as this is not the kind of thing I usually have a go at :) Much more practice needed!!
Jeffrey Powers
2mo
Practicing with photos from unsplash.com and checking my lay-ins in Photoshop. Slowly getting more accurate each time.

Rodolphe MIGON
3mo
Here is my attempt for this reference; it's not perfect but I am pretty satisfied.
Tommy Pinedo
3mo
Here is my first attempt for this reference. What do you guys think? I really enjoyed this practice despite it being hard haha.

@thenotsogrim
3mo
I am actually somewhat surprised how well it turned out to be honest. I spent probably about 2-3 hours on this with small breaks to pad it out. I snagged a few pictures as I went along because I was honestly afraid that I would mess up what I've put down. Maybe it can be interesting for someone what the process kinda looked like on my end. (Also I took a picture both with flash and without, since it's winter we can't go out in the sun, Stan!:P )
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