Gabriel - Art School Journey

GabrielVin 2021-10-29 05:07:09 UTC #25

University work's pilling up, but I want to try to keep a daily practice, so here's my study for today:

GabrielVin 2021-11-01 06:45:50 UTC #26

I'll probably take some time in Anatomy 1
Heads:

Ears:

Ears 2

Let me ask , Do you guys try to remember every name he teaches? And you remember in English or in your mother language?

Kosmonaut 2021-11-01 15:31:03 UTC #27

I would try to remember the names but I also try to recall them every once in a while to see what I remember. don't think it's too important though I do it more as a self-challenge. English is my first language so I also remember them in english.

GabrielVin 2021-11-02 07:01:13 UTC #28

today's studies:

I'm having quite a bit of trouble with the nose ... Any tips would be appreciated

Kosmonaut 2021-11-02 14:42:59 UTC #29

what helped me with noses is trying to get in the blocky forms of the nose without smoothing the planes as a way to help see how far the nose comes out and how the planes look so I can easily identify how to shade it. also, use references if you have to if you aren't already doing that it makes it a lot easier to understand it at different angles. You could also try to do the nose just by itself so you don't have to worry about placing it on a face and you focus purely on trying to get the nose right at different angles. hope this helps.

GabrielVin 2021-11-03 02:49:13 UTC #30

I tried doing what you said and it truly became a lot easier to shadow , and I am avoiding using references for now (I'm trying to draw focused in the parts I just learned [like - 'what happens if I make this part bigger? ' or 'Does it still look real if I invert the proportions?' ] )
And as you said I tried to draw only the nose for now

Lukiesartventure 2021-11-03 11:53:18 UTC #31

Noses look better! It seems like your overall head shape is squished. I think it is better to make them slightly longer unless there's a specific style you are going for. Just make sure that first ellipse of the side of the head is a bit longer and then everything should sort itself out

Kosmonaut 2021-11-03 18:59:10 UTC #32

glad to hear that it helped but if you are not using ref when drawing at least when you end the practice session or after you finish a couple of noses check to t see if they look believable in that angle you drew them to make sure they look correct and you aren't in a positive feedback loop of making the same mistake using reference

GabrielVin 2021-12-23 01:54:41 UTC #33

I Had to stop with the Art School for awhile, as I had my finals from university
I hope to be able to keep studying regularly now ...
A quick Review on heads:

ears:

and GD:
30S

1 Min

GabrielVin 2021-12-24 05:12:36 UTC #34

GabrielVin 2021-12-27 01:49:11 UTC #35

GabrielVin 2021-12-28 03:37:47 UTC #36

GabrielVin 2022-01-06 01:41:33 UTC #37

GabrielVin 2022-01-08 02:48:04 UTC #38

Kosmonaut 2022-01-08 23:09:15 UTC #39

Did you use a ref for this? the ear and mouth are too small and the side of the face is too wide imo or the rest of the features need to wrap around and take up more space on the face. your nose could also have more of a curve to it and pop out from the face more.

GabrielVin 2022-01-10 02:27:24 UTC #40

Well... I kinda got overconfident and thought to try without any references. Obviously it didn't work, but after some hours I couldn't simply throw it away so I posted here as a reminder.
Ps: I tried drawing with reference and it's still all messy

the reference:

I'll keep practicing

leeireo 2022-01-10 05:34:03 UTC #41

You're doing well! Learning how to draw a head, especially a realistic or semi realistic head, is definitely one of the most challenging things to learn in the beginning.

Here are some things I see that could use work:

Think of everything as 3D when drawing.
I think you're doing that to some extent with most of the drawing, but the eyes definitely just look 2D. When drawing the eyes, really try to think about how the skin is wrapping around it.
Both of her eyes are about the same size.
In reality yes they are probably the same size, but from this angle, the visible part of her eye will be slightly different in size.
Overall proportional issues.
If we're going off the reference, I can see some issues with the general placement of some of the facial features like the mouth and left eye. And her jaw as well might be a bit too wide. I recommend going back to Marc's anatomy video about the head until you're confident enough to move on to the next step.

I hope this could be of help! I am not too great with criticism so please take what I say with a grain of salt. If other forum members see issues with what I've said, please correct me! I wish you luck with the rest of your art journey. You're making good steady progress.

GabrielVin 2022-06-21 20:37:18 UTC #42

I've been quite busy lately, so unfortunately I can barely study on weekends,
but here's my progress until now

I've got very satisfied with the values here, so I decided to go on to the next class as I keep drawing portraits occasionally

3 point perspective :

4 point perspective:

GabrielVin 2022-07-31 17:03:27 UTC #43

this month's :

Even though I'm gettin better at drawing faces, it felt kinda off when I tried to put it together with the rest of the body, do you guys know why?

the reference:

and I also did a 3 point perspective structure :

this one I liked a lot

Lockenheim 2022-08-03 14:03:40 UTC #44

I think connecting the head to the body on that ref is pretty hard because of the clothing she is wearing. I felt that connecting the head to the body got a lot easier once I learned some anatomy specifically the traps and sternocleidomastoid.