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In this demo, I'll show you how to draw heads as boxes in 2-point perspective. This makes it easier to understand the head's simple form at various angles. It's a great exercise for improving your perspective skills and helps you build up to more three-dimensional portrait drawing.
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@nasim_alchemist
1mo
My brain still hurts after this exercise…but by the end I understood it is incredibly valuable one
@osa
2mo
Here is my third attempt, made without watching the video. I think I’m really starting to get it!
Jack H
2mo
Drew alongside the demo this time. The smaller boxes were from the demo. One thing I've realized is that sometimes the edges of the boxes don't line up exactly with the reference, or at the very least, areas like the chin or side of the head are curved such that it's difficult to find the exact edge that describes them.
@osa
3mo
Here are my post critique attempts. I think I still need to build that attitude of redoing them if they look off.
Zander Schmer-Lalama
4mo
Hello everyone! Man! This one kick my butt, but I head fun doing them. I definitely be to be practicing those more. Let me know what I need to improve on. Have a wonderful rest of your day!
Nicole Guz
6mo
I am not sure If I got the assignment right. I had fun though! Critiques are welcome!
Vin
8mo
hmm, after rewatched and redrew few times, I made this with answers from Demo to correct my attempts. My thought: Head boxes are not easy as I thought.
@bert2
10mo
@Stan Prokopenko How come at the demo at 19:32 the slopes go upwards out when we are looking up towards him ? since his eyes are above the eyeline shouldnt they slant downards towards the eyeline?
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8mo
There is a slight change in angle in their position along that horizontal axis that would affect how their eyes align. But also, if we think about the face even simpler, like an egg shape, we can note that as it turns, the eye furthest away from us reaches a point where it has to turn back down to follow the circular trajectory. That's how I understand it, at least. Hope this helps!
Diana Reid
11mo
Boxes after watching Demo video.
Brandon
11mo
I found myself tilting my head if the poses were tilting. and this always leads to wrong decision of lines' angle. Does anyone have the same problem as me? Also drawing itself is so funnnnnn, i wish i am capable of continuing this passion and drawing different types of stuff when I m getting old
@renb
9mo
yes same, not wiggling is the hardest part for me.
Pedro Branco
11mo
2 minutes in, I felt like I had taken the portrait drawing part a bit too seriously and missed the mark of the exercise so I did the lvl 1 assignment again.
While I can't say that I'm an eminence at this, it's not a very hard exercise if you know what you're looking for.
@drawingdodo
11mo
Nice work! There are some that feel like they aren't converging like a box would (namely 6, 9 and 14) but you nailed the bounding box aspect of the head, that was a bit challenging for me personally
Hilario Veloz
11mo
Here are two sketches, please be gentle. :)
Vue Thao
11mo
I'm feeling I get the hang of it. Yahoo!
Thomas Thornton
11mo
Head boxes (only level 1) I drew after watching Stan's demo.
@nathan_the_phaneuf
11mo
Compared my boxes with those of Stan's demo to see where I stand. There is a lot from what I see, especially in a project where subtlety is important.
Dermot
11mo
Here is my second attempt.
I can't always work out the horizon and vanishing points, they seem quite far away off the page. Any advice is would be great.
Tori Tempo
11mo
Reference #6 is confusing to me. I made the top right edge of the box angled down towards a horizon line somewhere in the middle based on where the camera is positioned. Is this wrong?
I think I'm having some trouble understanding the horizon line and vanishing points when it comes to boxes that are tilted.
@markb
11mo
I did the same for this one. Perhaps it's his enviable hair that makes it difficult.
onigi *pronunce [on-ie-gee]*
11mo
Watching how you analyze each angle is really helpful. Thank you for the demonstration!
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