Portrait Drawing Fundamentals
The Loomis Method
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balintradics
3d
Drawings following the nice video demos.
Marco Sordi
5d
2023/3/18. Good morning everybody. Here's another attempt to learn from the masters. this time I went digital. And I've chosen one of my favorite living illustrator: Haren Kim (the original is the second one but I think is very easy to understand who's the master and who's the student). Thanks and have a good weekend.
squeen
4d
The differences are mostly color choice. I think the gulf between master and student get somewhat minimized in digital. Well done.
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Marco Sordi
6d
2023/3/16. Good evening everybody. Here’s my assignment for my portrait class with model today at my art school. Thanks and good night.
Marco Sordi
7d
2023/3/15. Good evening everybody. Here's my latest illustration: "Adam's Passion for Apples".
It's the first time that I draw a portrait in japanese "Otome" style. After I met Master Beni Aoto's illustrations I totally felt in love for her works, I bought her book and I tried to imitate her style creating an original character.
You can watch the timelapse video on my YouTube channel clicking the link below or scanning the QR code:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMWrM-k0DcI
Thanks for any comment or advice.
Marco Sordi
1mo
2023/2/11. Good morning everybody. here's a concept I made few weeks ago for the hat and mask of a 3D printable minifigure. Thanks and have a good weekend.
Marco Sordi
2mo
2023/1/21. Good morning everybody. Here’s my latest assignment for @Patrick Jones’s course “The Anatomy of Style”. Thanks and have a good weekend.
2mo
Hey, @Marco Sordi, this is a beautiful page! Since it’s an assignment, I’d suggest posting it on the respective lesson discussion in Patrick’s “The Anatomy of Style” course (instead of on this page, which is actually related to Stan’s Portrait course). As a general recommendation, when posting your work here on the Proko community, try to make sure you posts are related to the page, lesson or topic you’re posting them on - this should help them be seen by more people who are browsing that same lesson or topic and, consequently, help your work get better attention, especially if you expect the community to give feedback on it. Hope this helps!
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wickedtuna
2mo
Really enjoyed the course. Here is my final assignment.
Marco Sordi
2mo
2023/1/12. Good morning everybody. 3 portraits in a row for my today’s 30 minutes warming up exercise (10 minutes each). Can’t provide pics since I used an online site. Thanks.
Marco Sordi
3mo
2022/12/30. Good morning everybody. Here’s another attempt of using Loomis method to draw the head (30 minutes). I think the chin should be a little bit more prominent to the left side of the drawing. The left eye is too low and the bone around the right eye under the eyebrow is too big. Thanks.
Brett
3mo
I looked at this for a while. A challenging reference due to the deep shadows. A couple of thoughts. The jawline has a slight convex curve and the proximal part of the lower mandible is quite rounded. The perspective of the left eye seems a bit off - the shape and amount of white gives the impression that the eye should be directed at the viewer but this is not the case and conflicts with the orientation of the pupil. The overall piece is very nice especially for 30 minutes you have captured the likeness of the model.
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Niklas Nilsson
3mo
Marco Sordi
3mo
2022/12/25. Good morning everybody. Here’s my today’s 30 minutes warming up exercise. Now let’s jump into the practice (Christmas)day. Thanks and happy Christmas 🎅
Marco Sordi
3mo
2022/12/21. Good morning everybody. Here’s my today’s 30 mins warming up exercise. Thanks and have a good day.
Brett
3mo
I like your approach to simplifying the shapes in the hair
squeen
3mo
Another great reference! Where is it from?
Your simplification is deceptively simple. I tried to do likewise from the image and failed miserably. I could not get the subtle angle looking down no matter how hard I tried.
Well done.
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Marco Sordi
4mo
2022/12/5. Good morning everybody. Here’s my today’s 30 mins warming up exercise. Thanks and have a good week.
sunriseboy
3mo
Take a priceless work of art, and vandalize it with graffiti. What a dumb act!
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Marco Sordi
4mo
2022/12/2. First day of exhibition “Nanaten” yesterday, at National Art Center. Doors opened at 10:00 am and I had some minutes to take some pictures of my paintings ("Ritratto di giovane donna” and “Riflessi” before visitors filled the hall). Sorry for the quality of the images. Since the lights and the photographer (me) reflects on the plexiglass, the paintings are barely visible. Thanks and have a good weekend.
4mo
Wow!
What medium are they painted in?
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Isaiah
4mo
Congratulations Marco! I hadn't seen the one hanging on the left before. I am really admiring your rendering in physical media. Fantastic pieces! Right at home in a museum exhibit!
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squeen
4mo
Congratulations!
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Marco Sordi
4mo
2022/11/28. Starting the practice week with Loomis Method 30 mins exercise. Thanks and have a good Monday.
Marco Sordi
4mo
2022/11/23. Good morning everybody. Here’s my today’s 30 mins warming up exercise. The chin is a little too ling and her left eye too much toward the right side of the portrait. Thanks for any comment or advice. Have a good day.
Marco Sordi
5mo
2022/11/4. Good morning everybody. This is the Heracles I finished yesterday for charcoal class at my art school (7h30m). Thanks a lot for any comment or suggestion.
4mo
Nice! What was your process like?
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Marco Sordi
5mo
2022/10/25. Good morning everybody. Hi everybody. This is my third and last video of my UI guidance/navigator Maria Kitajima. This time I explored new facial expressions combined with a little bit more complex movements of hands and fingers, with a final comical action and expression. I'm already working on a new animated illustration... in steampunk style!
You can scan the QR code below or click the following link to my YouTube channel to watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBu6WEQ5AbI
If you want to share your impression and suggestion feel free to leave a comment. Thanks.
Marco Sordi
5mo
2022/10/23. Hi everybody. Bust of Hermes for me today (charcoal on MBM paper, 5 hours).
Thanks.
Marco Sordi
5mo
2022/10/20. Good morning everybody. I fixed the body proportions of my preparatory study for my next painting. I also realized how much the eyes were off and so I completely erased them. I‘ll try to fix them tomorrow. Thanks.
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