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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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@ethel
4d
I tried again with an image I liked better - it was fun even with the misjudgements revealed with the overlay. Centred the overlay on the eyes because otherwise it looks like they are too far apart & they aren’t! Learning ...
@ramdom
6d

@ethel
4d
Can’t see this - the lines are too light

@ethel
7d
OK! Not the best but also not the worst! I skipped the curls because they are above my pay grade.
I don’t have the resources for the overlay - yet

@ethel
7d
I skipped the curls because they are above my pay grade, and the flowers because too be honest, my patience was reaching an end. But with the overlay I can see that the eyes are way too high, their angle too steep, and I misjudged the location of the neck, but overall not the worst job for a beginner. I’m encouraged.

Richard W
10d
I worked on the portrait reference. Still a lot of improvements to be done. Therefore, lot of practice seems a basic requirement! Pretty happy with mouth, nose and eyes while overall proportions are off
Blex
11d
ok re did it with this face, was not perfect but went much better, gonna move onto the next assignment tomorrow.

@harrow
11d
I don't have the tools to do an overlay but I think I've done okay. I got a bit frustrated towards the end so I ended up eyeballing more than I probably should have.
My biggest frustration was how to block in the nose.

Richard W
10d
At a first glance, I would say that the forehead is too high. But not totaly sure
Blex
12d
tried with a new portrait, and this broke me, i just cant maintain the distance with only a pen, tried to simplify as much as i could in hopes it would help but no, i'm giving up for now. gonna try to attempt the photo he used in this video and see if i can do any better, but for now i just feel defeated

@harrow
11d
I find it much easier to measure with something thinner like a knitting needle. I'm currently using the skewer from some gas station chicken teriyaki.
Merry Lee Sharin
14d
Basic Drawing- Demo- Measuring Proportions
007 Drawing #2: Roger Moore. Improving some areas, not so much in others. Got the nose and mouth proportions spot-on, but the eyes, while proportional, were too high compared to nose/mouth. Still having issues with widths of face. Have a slightly easier time making comparative measurements though.
Moving on to Dynamic Shapes, then will try Timothy Dalton.
Rafael Rangel
18d
This exercise was pretty tough!
Merry Lee Sharin
14d
Have you done any of the overlay techniques? The eyes on your male figure drawing were very expressive!
Merry Lee Sharin
22d
Well, at-least Sean Connery is not alive to see this insult! Now that I "see" where some of my problems were, I'm going to try a series of all the 007's- despite that I feel it's much more frustrating to draw someone famous (or a family member) than a stranger because you're trying to capture their iconic essence.
I tried multiple times to follow Stan's Photoshop overlay instructions. I found if I played it back at 0.5 speed, I could follow along. But literally I spent more time trying to get it the "recipe" to work and then trying to use "adjustments" (and I use Photoshop a lot!) than I did drawing this. Eventually I gave up, and just had the photo on one layer and reduced its opacity, and then had my drawing on top in a different layer.
Wesley
23d
I have no procreate. Sooooooo
Lamp Hogan
18d
ibis is sorta similar and has a free version :D I think u can do smth similar there >:D
Wesley
23d
I will still do it but still I can not check
Wesley
23d
I will still do it but still I can not check
Christian Peitler
24d
I dont know how I should do the measurement on the ipad?
Neo Diamond
24d
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
27d
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
27d
I was happy… and then i realize now much i messed up 😭😭
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25d
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
29d
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
1mo
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
1mo
Graffiti Establishment
1mo
Measuring Proportions Exercises.

Randy P
2mo
Measuring Proportions - Second photo
Feel like I’m doing ok with proportions but still wrestling with line quality.
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