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In this level 2 demo, I'll show you how to construct heads with accurate perspective and well defined 3D forms. I'll start by identifying the simple box of the head's orientation. This box serves as a map that guides us to align the smaller forms to the angles of the 3 axes, ensuring a more lifelike and dimensional portrait.
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@osa
2mo
This was challenging but, really fun! Please let me know what you think. I think I lost some structure as I added details but, I still like the end product.
Jack H
2mo
I think I'm slowly getting the hang of this, but each drawing takes so long. But I'm quite happy with the boxes and I now have a better understanding of how to use the angles of the boxes to support the drawing of the head.
Tony Zhang
4mo
One more Stan.
Tony Zhang
4mo
Hey now I can construct a head (sort of) in perspective and out of imagination!
Tony Zhang
4mo
Marshall from a Draftsman podcast episode.
Tony Zhang
4mo
Let’s see how long this project can still keep me…
Tony Zhang
4mo
one more.
Tony Zhang
4mo
One more.
Tony Zhang
4mo
2 more.
Tony Zhang
4mo
And a few more.
Tony Zhang
4mo
Just a few more.
Tony Zhang
4mo
Attempt 1 after watching the demo.
Nose Feratu
5mo
No, scratch that. 19.
Nose Feratu
5mo
I did 18. Only eyeballing, no measuring. Managed to decrease the time from 45-50 to 25-30 minutes. Still have almost no idea what I'm doing.
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5mo
I think you're grasping a little more than you're giving yourself credit for! These are looking really good! No need worry too much about how long you're taking on each. Take your time. Your perspective boxes and portrait lay ins are looking pretty solid, you have a good likeness with each, you paid attention to line weight, your shapes and lines are nicely simplified. Great work especially for eyeballing it. That said, I'd suggest starting to incorporate some measurement taking into your process. You can only improve your results. The division of thirds in your top cube examples are not equally divided, specifically in examples 1, 4, 9-15, 17. Often you're making the middle third too thin, or over exaggerating the foreshortening. You have a fairly even 3rds division in example 18. Try to maintain that even division even when the head is tilted into perspective. The sections will get smaller as they go away, but it's very subtle. These 3rds measurements can and should be adjusted for each individual model, but starting with an accurately divided frame will help you make those adjustments more accurately when you take a measurement from the model. Keep up the good work.
Daniele Olevano
5mo
@maximilienle2d
5mo
I find it hard to draw every element while thinking about the perspective instead of just visualizing the 2d shapes of the face
Liviu
5mo
Any critique will be welcomed. 10x.
Eduardo Rubio
6mo
First 7 portraits
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6mo
Nice work! These read clearly, and you achieved a great likeness with each! There are a few convergence issues here and there, make sure you're sending each line to the correct vanishing point. Also with the last face, your vanishing points are very close causing a warped perspective in the box, this causes distortion almost as if you were viewing the box/face through a fisheye lens. Placing your VPs further apart will yield a more subtle convergence and help keep features feeling natural and aligned properly. Hope this helps! Keep up the good work!
The guy from BluishDot
6mo
Hello and thank you for the demo @Stan Prokopenko, very informative!
At around 30:10 you mentioned something about getting better at completing ones drawings. Will the last part or the course – shading – have more of that in mind? Building on what we’ve learned so far and starting to get the drawings towards a more finished state?
I’m asking because I’ve found myself many times in the situation where the initial block-in phase turned out decent but I didn’t really know where to go from there. I think that some guidance regarding this idea of “taking a drawing to a finished state” would be very useful in this course. Thanks!
@lmaccrg
7mo
I've struggled with heads in perspective a lot in the past so this lesson was super useful by showing a way to break down all the details, then build them back up.
May Berry
8mo
@ern1s
9mo
Hi, my attempt at lvl2, looking for some CC
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9mo
Really nice work, these are all looking great! Check the perspective of the box examples in #4, #10, #14, they're are a little off here and there, but the portraits all look like you made the correct adjustments and kept the feature lines converging to the correct vanishing points. Way to do a bunch of portraits!! Keep up the great work!
Ralph
10mo
Just wanted to point out that I feel these things were sorely missing in the portrait course. Facial expressions too, although those could be a course of their own. Loomis only gets you so far. Do you ever intend to update the portrait course with newer videos or make a new/advanced one that goes into facial plains, expressions, maybe the asaro head, etc? (Sorry for posting this here. Feels like there is a way better chance that somebody from the team will read it in a newer class)
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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
