Portrait Drawing Fundamentals
The Loomis Method
The Features
Full Drawing Demos
Drawing the head with a downtilt.
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Nelly Skeen
2d
Vue Thao
2d
Where's the reference photo for this?
Phattara Groodpan
2mo
Knissah
2mo
nice. You could also use a circle to find the lips. The whole mouth is not a flat area, but it is convex.
Nal Nal91
5mo
a downtilt head
Nikita Thakur
6mo
I think drawing from demo is easier than drawing from a real reference. I think it's time to practise that
Joseph Rivera
8mo
Had trouble with the ears on this one, can't wait to try it again.
momo
9mo
I can't figure out how to make mine look better. Maybe you guys could help?
Gannon Beck
9mo
You have the brow line correct. The next line down from that should be the nose, but you put the mouth on that line, I think causing you to make the line for the chin much shorter to get it to look right. The result is that your head proportion is off.
Once you place the features correctly, I think you'll be on the right track.
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Matt Tsui
9mo
In your drawing if you measure the distance from the top of the head to the chin, it’s almost the same as the distance from ear to ear. This gives it a flattened kind of look.
If you take another look the video, distance from ear to ear should be much smaller than the distance from the top of the head to the chin. Give it another try, and make sure to measure both horizontal and vertical distances as you’re drawing to make sure the proportions are correct.
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Paloma Yglesias
9mo
Drawing multiple times the loom is method. Started doing frontal. Frontal is definitely more difficult. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!
MICHAELANGELO CALABIO
10mo
I noticed that the height of the face/head (from top of head to chin) in front view Down Tilt .. is greater than the one in front view horizontal 0 angle. The more I fix it to become equal the more it become inconsistent and disfigured, Then I remember that the other component attached to the sphere, which the extension (jaw line) to the chin is almost straight line. Consider that if you rotate the angle downward the top line will remain the same because the circle side is constant while the chin line will go lower than its previous level line. Am i correct? Comments are welcome. Thanks
momo
9mo
No clue what you just said
Matt Tsui
9mo
That’s a good observation. I made a quick diagram to illustrate the point you made
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alessandro8
1yr
Quick question do the ears move when someone looks up or down
William Horton
11mo
If it's straight on, the ears will stay in the middle of the head, but the ears will tilt depending on where the head is going. If the head tilts down, then the top of the ears would be more visible, if the head tilts up, the bottom earlobes would be more visible. But the ears always stay in the center, sort of equivalent to the brow line.
RAMON LOMELI
1yr
Alexandre Dumas portrait
younchen
1yr
Followed stan's tutorial step by step.
lifeflame
1yr
Here we go, seems like some foreshortening on the nose/mouth/chin proportions needed on the down tilt one?
Nancy Yocom
1yr
joseph12
1yr
I think there might be something wrong with mine I think it's the eyes but I think it might be proportions someone pls help
Scott Lindh
1yr
I think the eyebrows need to stay (follow) on the brow line, otherwise looks flat.
Nancy Yocom
1yr
He’s fine. He just needs some iris showing. Looks like you just have the pupils and they need to be centered. 👀🙄
James Burnette
1yr
Nancy Yocom
1yr
He looks strong.
amyshuen33
2yr
Nancy Yocom
1yr
He looks so familiar. Like an old high school buddie,
carlosarguedas
2yr
hola este es el proceso al ver los videos y practicar
Michael Millan
2yr
Hello Everyone! Here's my attempt on this assignment. To me, it doesn't seem like he's looking down. What can I do to improve this?
Ariana Fabela
2yr
Hi Michael! I think your exercise is very good, and the only reason I think it doesn't look like he is looking down is because the eyes are looking directly to the front. As the eyes look down, they seem smaller. I noticed that Stan's model is almost part of the straight line as the circles of the eyes are almost in line with the rest of the eye. Hope that helps a bit 😉
Kiki K.
2yr
I am trying to draw the downtilt; but, I must be doing the measurements wrong because the face is too long and narrow. I can’t figure it out. Where am I going wrong? Please help. Tia
Joseph Vance
2yr
Cristina,
I believe that the problem is lack of foreshortening.
When the head is tilted downward the chin appears to get smaller because we see less of it. It’s moving backwards. If the head was free floating and spinning, at some point the chin would disappear because it would be where the back of the head is.
So, you have to chop off the chin a bit.
I’m sure someone else can explain it better than me.
Megan Margherita
2yr
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