Portrait Drawing Fundamentals
The Loomis Method
The Features
Full Drawing Demos
Drawing the head with a downtilt.
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Vin
2d
the center is a little bit off...
@mogumogu
4mo
any feedback appreciated :)
Fabio Roveyaz
4mo
Ismail AMRANI
4mo
As long as I don’t have to draw detailed features, it remains ok 😂
Alex S
4mo
The eyes kinda threw me off towards the end....
4mo
Hello! I've noticed your recent posts--really nice work. Something you'll continue to practice as you progress through the course is the understanding of form and how it affects your drawings. In this for example, the eyes are rather tricky because of the curvature of the ball plus the mass of the brow ridge hanging on top, making things barely visible to see and seemingly distorted from the view we are used to. Keep in mind not to fall into "symbol" drawing--that is, drawing shapes as the ideas we are used to, like an almond shape for an eye--and instead really focus on what you see in front of you when studying off reference. Once you combine this with the understanding of the subject's form (eyelids, cornea, tear duct, etc.), you'll have a good, solid foundation for drawing.
Samuel Sanjaya
5mo
drawing along the downtilt
Nelly Skeen
6mo
Vue Thao
6mo
Where's the reference photo for this?
Phattara Groodpan
8mo
Herman
8mo
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
1yr
a downtilt head
Nikita Thakur
1yr
I think drawing from demo is easier than drawing from a real reference. I think it's time to practise that
Joseph Rivera
1yr
Had trouble with the ears on this one, can't wait to try it again.
momo
1yr
I can't figure out how to make mine look better. Maybe you guys could help?
Gannon Beck
1yr
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
1yr
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
1yr
Drawing multiple times the loom is method. Started doing frontal. Frontal is definitely more difficult. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!
MICHAELANGELO CALABIO
1yr
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
1yr
No clue what you just said
Matt Tsui
1yr
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
1yr
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
2yr
Alexandre Dumas portrait
@younchen
2yr
Followed stan's tutorial step by step.
lifeflame
2yr
Here we go, seems like some foreshortening on the nose/mouth/chin proportions needed on the down tilt one?
Nancy Yocom
2yr
@joseph12
2yr
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
2yr
I think the eyebrows need to stay (follow) on the brow line, otherwise looks flat.
Nancy Yocom
2yr
He’s fine. He just needs some iris showing. Looks like you just have the pupils and they need to be centered. 👀🙄
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