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Shreyans
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11d
added comment inDemo - Eyeballing Proportions
Eyeballed my way through these portraits. I think I am more suitable with eyeballing than to measure each element as it takes more time and is quite frustrating if certain parts doesn't align, wereas when guessing I can almost instantly fix it if it doesn't feel right. The only thing I struggled a bit was to draw the features (eyes, nose, mouth..). In the second one, the eyes look kinda miss balanced, I think I need more practice.
Shreyans
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1mo
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Tried another one, misplaced the neck due to which the whole body placement got wrong. Although pretty satisfied with how it turned out as compared to the previous ones.
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28d
Awesome work! Though you already mentioned the neck being off, other than that, it looks very close! A quick tip I like to implement is to confirm alignments for major shapes with two different landmarks. For example, instead of only relying on the chin to place in the neck, I would also confirm with a second alignment like the pupil (or the eyebrow corner, too) on the vertical. Hope this helps! Keep up the great work :)
Shreyans
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1mo
Tried with another one, And again.. messed up the eyes. Also I am facing difficulties finding and matching relevant landmarks. It's taking too much time for me to find these measurements/ landmarks. Mainly struggling with the facial features.
Try looking for natural landmarks that tend to align if it was someone looking directly at you for example !
I think the moment you start seeing an eye and not a shape, is when you need to take a step back (also quite literally, you'll simplify shapes more easily). Since we see people everyday, we interpret it as something we know, but you need to really switch your mind into "simple shapes" mode !
For example, if you squint your eyes, you'll see that the hairline above the forehead is one horizontal line.
Don't mind how much time it takes, this is usually how you'll end up rushing and getting into easy mistakes :)
Really start from big form into smaller ones, try finding every big one you can before getting into details !
Good job anyway, keep it up :D
Shreyans
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2mo
Half part into it and I realised, I messed up the proportions (the nose is looking too small for the face). But was too lazy to correct it. Messing up in measurements is really easy in this.
Any advice if you wanna give, would be helpful.
You did a great job with the eyes! That was a tricky part for me and you seemed to have captured the positioning on the face really well.
Shreyans
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2mo
Asked for help
Finally, attempted the study after Heinrich Kley. Tried it with graphite which took some time but I think I have pretty much replicated the line weight. I really enjoyed it. Lemme know if I did some mistakes on this one.
Shreyans
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4mo
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Attempted the study on Glen Keane's work. Tried to go with the rough and loose, confident strokes & it was quite intimidating. Also, with the texture of paper, it was kinda hard to replicate the lines, but I think I did the job.
Anyways, feel free to express any critiques on this one.
Shreyans
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4mo
Asked for help
Took a break for a couple of weeks due to exams. Very happy and excited to start again and continue this. Hopefully I have not forgotten the earlier lessons. 😅
Shreyans
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6mo
Asked for help
It was really challenging. Had so much fun! Any critique is welcomed.
Shreyans
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6mo
One thing I observed when coming up with new shape designs is that the idea to come up with is kinda hard in its own. Designing and modifying the shapes wasn't the hard part for me, but coming up with ideas for different and interesting shapes was the challenging thing for me. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Shreyans
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6mo
Asked for help
Did the project on various animals. Currently idk why but I'm struggling to simplify still life objects, as I observed that simplifying animals were not that difficult. Anyways, had fun with the project.