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This is an attempt to observe proportions only using my eyes (which is how I get used to do). I find I tend to draw things wider when eyeballing. It's good to do this practice after last assignment. I feel I can
get a more efficient and accurate proportion measurement by adjusting the ratio using both methods. Thank you Stan!
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As you develop your eyes to judge proportions, you won't need to measure as much. In this bonus measuring demo, I’m going to rely a little less on the measuring and more on just trusting my eyeballs.
Tried doing Keanu. I like this method more than exact measuring. Is not entirely finished, but I’ll leave it here for now, focused on having those big and medium shapes as accurate as posible
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Looking great! Try sighting angle measurements along with eyeballing. That's what I do most, finding the angles really helps me to see the relationship between the parts more when eyeballing.
I just decided to do many more eyeballing studies, and I noticed it took me a lot less time to estimate the proportions for every new portrait
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Close! I think you made her nose a bit too long. Try to look at each part and compare their relationship to one another. Things like, what does the bottom of the nose appear to line up with, how close is the eye to the ear, etc. Of course eyeballing doesn't rely on measuring as much, so it's a matter of constantly looking back-and-forth comparing all of the parts to each other.
Interestingly I’m noticing a pattern of placing the eyes too high, same thing happened in the previous measurement drawing. I’ll need to keep that in mind going forward.
The drawing I did of Stan had better eye placement but was a little stretched horizontally.
Looking at it again, I think I scaled the facial features up as a group within the head shape, rather than just placing the eyes too high. Almost like I transformed them up and to the right. The spacing between the features still seems fairly consistent, which is probably why the likeness still works.
I tried lol. For the Audrey Hepburn photo I think her head is tilted slightly but when I drew it, I made her head face straight.
This was very very hard.
Throw your critiques!!! The first one is my third attempt to measure proportions. The last two are eyeballed. I'm trying to challenge myself with expressive faces and avoiding straight-facing heads like the plague lol
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19d
Really great work! You've captured the likeness, expressions and proportions really nicely here! :)
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1mo
You got really close, nice job!
I made a portrait of a musician by the name of Josh Homme. I timed my self to only did a hour while only using a few measurements, I'm glad I tride it.
I’m starting to think my eyeballing skill is better than trying to measure by accurate proportion😂 some parts were still off and not aligned, but I did it so much faster than accurate proportion, and lesser stress lol.
Wanted to give this a shot. I almost feel better about this one… over the measuring lesson.
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2mo
Is there any specific part that's giving you trouble? I recommend you use more searching lines, and adjust as you draw to find the right angles, proportions, shapes, etc. Don't be afraid to erase and try again, or start over! Keep up the great work!
These exercises in portraiture proportions have been really frustrating me so I revisited it. I struggled with sizing features correctly particularly the eye on the left. I spent maybe 40 minutes on this because the longer I take, the more frustrated I get.
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2mo
I'd recommend laying in the base features to make sure you're getting the proportions right. Remember to double check with the measurement techniques after you eyeball it, and you can adjust it from there, too! Keep up the good work, it will take practice but it will get easier to do!
Posting for experimentation. Executed prior to watching the video. Now to watch and redo for comparison…
Second attempt. Not sure if the experiment yielded anything of value. Took longer. Lost track of the time given the dog and daughter interrupting. Hopefully an improvement. Certainly felt harder though.
