Nov '21

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GabrielVin

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

1 month later

Dec '21

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

9 days later

Jan '22

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.

Jan '22

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

Jan '22

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.

5 months later

Jun '22

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:

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1 month later

Jul '22

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 :smile:

Aug '22

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.

2 years later

Feb 23

Trying to get back on track.
Reviewing Term 2 :

3 points perspective.