I've been doing a lot in the perspective part of the course which has been quite difficult for me so I've been slowing down a fair bit in terms of new stuff. So I wanted to return to a project that I had a lot of fun with. I did my best to apply some of my new knowledge of perspective to this portrait. It was actually a fairly easy example as the the strands of hair appear roughly to be equal lengths and so they create a face plane to use as reference. As usual I had the proportions of the brow line higher than it was in the reference but less so than I had before. I also seem to have issues laying in the position of the ears, but in this case I did get the hight of the ear correctly. I then decided to do a very rough lay in of value. I started in a lot of value on the right side of the face but I didn't like where it was going so I stopped there. It actually created an interesting contrast to the portrait which I've come to like. I'm excited to to get to the shading portion of the course but doing my best to appreciate all the perspective portion. Also I should add that the image was sourced from Proko's "Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle." I decided to get it as I was struggling to find high quality images with camera angles and expressions that I find interesting. There are many examples of extremely emotive faces which I have also tried but at the moment didn't do a great job of doing correctly. I think I'm finding that the more extreme the expression is the more important small deviations are. Whereas in a portrait like this that is in a resting face I think that a small deviation say in the width of the mouth may just make it appear as if the model is smirking for instance. But a small deviation in the mouth in an already exaggerated expression can take the portrait to looking unphysical.

i have three things that bug me off 1. the facial expression, it was supposed to be serious but he came off angry, he has little visible eyebrows so its kinda hard for me to express his face 2. it doesnt read like they are the same guy tho i did try to focus on that. 3. the eyes dont look at the direction i wanted them to be proportion wise, i dont feel very bad about it, but as you can see i used only the hat to measure vertically only i eyeballed them a bit more than measuring, mostly because i dont really know how to measure in this software. but i think he looks... okay? i hope, any advice is appreciated

This was very insightful, I've never taken line guides to this levels and often struggle a little bit with proportion since I eyeball it. It took me 2 hours to lay the lines to structure the drawing and even though I still have some issues I think practicing this method more will help me improve with getting the right proportions. Open to feedback!

Here we are. Probably leaned too far into detail but needed to express dark values like the beard.

This is my first attempt after weeks of avoiding and finally having the courage to try it. For the proportion I tried using just my pencil and eyeballing it. Could be better, will do another attempt soon. Any feedback and advice would be greatly appreciated!

I am quite proud just of the fact that I didn't quit this time around, and actually completed the assignment! It was really challenging and fun to do a portrait layin this way, as I have been prone to simply use grids in the past.

Hello, I believe I may have gone too far, and I also think the face should be more refined. What are your thoughts? Thank you for your feedback : )

Drawn with grid method.

This assignment was very challenging for me. Even as I followed the how-to that Stan did, I struggled. And my ability to eyeball without any kind of measurement is very undeveloped. I corrected over and over as I went along. It took well over an hour to lay it in initially; I had a bit better of a time with creating the shapes, and then, creating the shapes/detail for the face was, again, challenging. I will not be discouraged by this, she said hopefully.

Had to boost contrast since original was too light to see. I think this project is easily the most frustrating time I've ever had drawing anything. This was my second attempt and I stopped halfway. I definitely understand the point of guidelines and measuring, and how important they are. But when I draw a grid, or guides, my brain doesn't understand how to use them as guides. Instead I turn them into invisible constraints and can't seem to draw with any fluidity anymore. The guides make the page feel claustrophobic and my lines reflect that. It's as if my brain tricks itself into making the situation worse than it is. has anyone else felt the same way, and if so, how do you get over that feeling? Thanks.

I feel like I have so many thoughts in my head that getting them on paper turns out messier than expected. I hope my attempt shows through all my measuring by eye.

here is my attempt :

I decided to do a second face and I don’t know how but I did this one way faster than the first but i feel like this one came out well

Multiple attempts and here my best shot. Not so good comparing to the model but I struggle to the beginning and placing all the part relative to other (where do I put my first draw? what unit can I take? what is the simple shape of this part? etc) I hope I will get better because I dream to draw accurate faces. Have a good night

Doing this challenge again as an exercise before I start Designing Value Groups Assignment(https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/project-designing-value-groups/assignments). It always takes me at least two hours to finish this project. (1) My initial attempt (2) Using the layer function to find and fix mistakes. (3) After repeating (2) process several times.

I eyeballed everything, now the proportions are off TT I'll try to come back to this next time to fix the proportions and add details!

Did some more after watching the demo and I think they went a lot better.

I tried my best to do this and i think it turn out good.

I had a pretty successful attempt I think. The main problems I see are that his right eye is a little too high and the slope angle of his shoulder is waaay too shallow. I tried just to judge that angle and I got it a bit off. The other stuff I really tried to measure. Not bad I hope??