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Facial Construction Anonymous Sat Apr 18 18:47:56 2015 No.2058679 [Reply] [Original]

So im studying ways to draw the face, I am unhappy with all of my results, I need some help looking for a way to draw the face that dose not look Real Ugly, I want to stay away from anime and go with my own thing, but its proving to be too difficult for me, in all of my drawings i Always slap a helmet or Mask on the fucker because his/her face looks like it was put through a firing Squad. Post suggestions/References i could use to better myself

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 18:48:45 2015 No.2058680 I forgot to Say please

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 20:38:23 2015 No.2058779 >>2058679 get over it, start doing artist studies if you hate yourself that much

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 20:40:44 2015 No.2058782 Fine jeez

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 20:41:55 2015 No.2058783 >>2058679 Draw people you don't find particularly attractive That way you can focus on accuracy If you can draw what you see in front of you (without tracing, that is), you're on your way to drawing what you see in your mind.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 20:42:37 2015 No.2058784 If you stay in your comfort zone you won't get better. Don't think that you can just read a tutorial and get it right on your first go. It takes lots and lots and LOTS of practice.

Anonymous Sun Apr 19 01:32:06 2015 No.2059053
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Get yourself a skull. I got mine for a about 30 bux and study the shit out of it. Or you can use http://www.anatomy360.info/skull-sketcher/
Just start getting comfortable with proportions.

Get the book by Gary Faigin
http://www.garyfaigin.com/book.html
I know it's expression but whats really cool about it is that he doesn't teach you how to draw like Looms but rather just breaks the head down to facial features and how they work. It's also a nice read.

Also start studying planes/rythms of the face. This helped me to try to put it all together and help me with lighting.

philippe Faraut -

http://philippefaraut.com/store/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/a/male-planes-head_1.jpg

Loomis -

http://www.learning-to-see.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/loomis-planes.jpg

John Asaro-

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/23/08/32/230832de29ff2ce9ae6d0b8956ebbedc.jpg

Danny Galiote -

http://www.newmastersacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/video_images/2GDT18/2GDT18_topimage.jpg?ea523a

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 19 01:50:17 2015 No.2059090 File: 162 KB, 1021x1351, Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Two_Satyrs_-_WGA20303.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2059053 You're like an oasis of good advice on a dessert of pointless noise.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 19 02:06:37 2015 No.2059113 >>2059053 Thanks, Anon

Anonymous Sun Apr 19 02:45:07 2015 No.2059152

>>2058679
Start by drawing some skulls.

Go find an anatomical model including facial muscles and layer those on top of the skull.

Now go draw skin on top of it.

At this point your paper should looks like a clusterfuck of pencil marks.

Now draw the exact same final product again but only demarcate specific planes. The cheekbones are raised, the forehead slants back, the eyes are sunken and have little > shaped indents towards the temples, etc.

The end result should look like a medium-poly render of a human face.

Now place features, modify expressions, etc.

Anonymous Sun Apr 19 04:45:03 2015 No.2059207

>>2058679
>I want to stay away from anime and go with my own thing

Search good animators' model sheets on pinterest, drawings with the head from different angles, and focus on these things studying them:
Don't overdo construction: you can make nice heads with simple basic shapes.
Perspective and volume are crucial: features are 3d shapes and so they have volume, they don't sit on a flat surface too.
Proportions and rhythm: features are related to each other.
Don't overdo construction: seriously.

Studying: I mean understanding how the artists solved problems, e.g. The artist drew a face with squared eyes and I like them, but how the artist drew those eyes in a 3/4 view?
I put those model sheets on PureRef and when I draw I occasionally watch them to see how to draw something or to see if I draw something better.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 19 10:50:46 2015 No.2059379 >>2059053 Damn, this is some good advice

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