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So I just started reading Loomis, "drawing the hands and face"
I'm already running into problems
I'm having an issue drawing the head tilted up and down
Loomis says that the head is divided into three equal sections (bottom to nose, nose to brow, brow to hairline), plus the extra bit where the hair is
This is easy for me to understand and measure when the head is turned ,but facing forward
However, when the head is tilted down or up, I can no longer use the three even measurements
This is because the bottom two sections (below browline) are on a flat plane, while the section from the browline to the hairline is on a rounded surface
I can see a possible solution by encasing the structure of the head in a rectangle, drawing the three evenly spaced lines on it, and then lining up the rounded hairline with the third line one the rectangle
tl;dr can someone please help me draw a tilted head using the methods of loomis?

>> No.1497430

>>1497428
post what you got in the draw thread and delete this post

>> No.1497451
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1497451

maybe this can help you

>> No.1498015

I hope you are not using Loomis exclusively when learning how to draw. You know that you should be drawing heads from life while using the loomis stuff to help you construct it?

>> No.1498022

>>1498015
>You know that you should be drawing heads from life

I keep reading on this nerds website that I should draw from life...
...but I have no life. I can't find models in real life. I live in the middle of the fucking nowhere.

>> No.1498023

>>1498022
Photos do just as well...

>> No.1498067

>>1498023
Drawing from a photo is very different from drawing from life.

>>1498022
Go in a cafe, draw people.

>> No.1498079

>>1498067
>Drawing from a photo is very different from drawing from life.
Of course but it is still better then drawing from your imagination, I mean practice with your imagination.

>> No.1498117

Just eyeball it dude. The sections don't have to be exactly even.

>> No.1498123

>>1498022
>2013
>having the internet
>not realizing photos are "real life"
>shiggy diggy

>> No.1498127

>>1498123
>2013
> on /ic/
> not realizing people are talking about life drawing
>fuck spaz