Project - Measure Proportions

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Project - Measure Proportions

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Deadline: Submit your assignment by 07/25/2023 for a chance to be featured in the next critique video!

Use the reference photo and all the measuring methods you learned in the previous lesson to practice drawing a portrait with accurate proportion.

Keep in mind that your layin will get harder as you move from big shapes to smaller details. Don't draw too small, otherwise the shapes of the features will be too small and harder to draw accurate. Keep the photo next to or in front of your paper to avoid distortion.

Expect a careful layin to take about an hour. Don't rush. Worry about accuracy, not time.

Remember - big to small, use straight lines, measure units, double check, find plumb lines, judge angles. Try to have fun!

Level 2, you're doing the same thing for this one. This exercise doesn't change no matter what your experience level is.

The Musketeer photo reference is from the Musketeer Model Pack by Grafit Studio

Newest
Moses
3d
ear a bit small, cheekbone a bit too protruding, mouth a little bit high, but otherwise not terrible I think
Rachel Dawn Owens
Nice work 👍
@utopianprince
I can see some errors for sure—frustrated that those eyes ended up too far apart in spite of my best efforts lol. The nose and the ear were both wild to draw; my brain fought me every step of the way on both. Still not sure how I did re: the ear, actually. Those folds are really hard to capture. Enjoyed doing this and am eager to get quick enough at this even to take an hour; this took me about four.
Rachel Dawn Owens
The proportions are off, but it’s still a cool drawing. The variety of line weights looks great.
@ryandt21
I think the facial features should have been a bit more to the left as right now the left side is too large and right side too narrow. It was a fun exercise though and definitely going to do some more.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Very close!
Natalia
9d
Carmen Ciumber
mine does not look like the model. I think is because of the eyes.
Rachel Dawn Owens
I think it’s just the placement of the eyes. They are too close to the ear.
Juan Andres Gonzalez Trejo
i think i got it pretty close, still i need to practice the line quality since is too scratchy
Isaiah
10d
🫡🙌, Definitely look forward to doing another one. Going to aim to simplify, yet maintain accuracy & information/ line variation & placement.
Rachel Dawn Owens
You got some really great edges around your shapes! The proportions are well done too.
Jacob Granillo
Well done Isaiah!
Shreyans
11d
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.
Bohdan Fedorchenko
Very tiring project, but really insightful. I now know that I am very bad at angles and tend to overexaggerate them. I saw slight angles between the eyes, cheekbones, and nose, but made it much more steeper. I didn't measure the placement of the corner of the jaw, nose, and ear properly at the beginning which impacted later stages
@landsloth
20d
Took a lot longer than I would have like with this. Plum lines still confuse me a bit so I used the eye to pencil method for most of it. I was genuinely shocked how accurate I’d managed to get some of it when showing the reference underneath, but then equally  as unsurprised when I saw a lot more of it wasn’t accurate. I enjoyed doing this even though it was a tough challenge, just need to continue practicing.
@acorn9
21d
Well, I went through the first two and wasn't quite satisfied. I watched the demo, and redid it a third time, and it turned out OK. I've never used Procreate before, but I was able to kind of get my comparison to show up on there. Not sure how I can get that onto here though...
Xin
22d
The assignment was pretty hard, but also very fun! I’m happy with how it turned out, even if it’s not that accurate and it doesn’t really ressemble him. I was surprised by how off I was even though I knew something was off.
Michał Staniszewski
Wow, i think its look like a human. Mission completed ! :D Some errors with shoulders, back of the hat and angle of mouth.
Michał Staniszewski
I know why i made mistake with his right shoulder. Its becouse my reference was his chin, not beard
@brimarie
22d
This portrait was a real challenge. But in the end I was very satisfied when I placed my version over the original. I didn't quite get the shoulders and hair right but I'm very happy with the rest. For fun I did a second portrait to work on the shading a bit. Now I understand Proko when he says this portrait is not a beginner's face - I had a really hard time recognizing the different levels of shading...
@acorn9
21d
That's some impressive proportioning you did! Well done.
Tommy Pinedo
Wow you are very talented :D
@dukal
22d
You did a really nice job ! I made one the other day and my proportions were way off! Yours are pretty on point, impressive. Good job and your shading is great !
Joe Burris
27d
This has been the hardest challenge yet. I feel like I understand what Stan is teaching but when I try and implement it I end up way off. There's something getting twisted in my brain in application. Here's three attempts. The first I made the basic mistake of making things too small and not in the right position on the page although I think it was looking okay despite it. A lot of this one was done eyeballing it and I felt more confident than when I measured with the other attempts weirdly enough. My second attempt... woof. One mistake snowballed after another. I did my lines too dark and couldnt erase well enough and then I spiralled trying to fix it with more lines! Embarassing but it taught me how important it is to not be so heavy handed. My third attempt was feeling okay until I did the eyes and nostrils. I should have kept it simple. Any feedback appreciated. I appreciate how much this took me out of my comfort zone for my skill level but man this was tough.
Michael de Graaf
Placement and proportions are harder then I thought, took me about an hour.
Caden Young
I'll definitely have to do this more often when I notice the proportions on something I'm drawing look off, it was pretty helpful doing the direct comparison (I don't have photoshop so I just made the image the exact same size and held the drawing up against the screen to check the difference)
@dukal
1mo
I really like you drawing. I think you did great
@greenbdg
1mo
Wicked hard!! I admittedly did not spend as much time on this as I should have. Takes a long time to measure everything out and it’s hard to hold back from just jumping into the drawing…
@markplewis
Another attempt. This one was harder than my previous one, I think. It’s funny how obvious the mistakes become once you layer the sketch over the photo! I’m happy with the jaw line but her eyes are obviously too high. General observation: noses are strange and hard to draw!
Melanie Scearce
Overall you did well! Great job finding the correct angles, that's a challenging task. Here's a free lesson from the portrait drawing course specifically on noses: https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-draw-a-nose-anatomy-and-structure/comments. They are pretty weird to draw but learning how to simplify them will help :)
@deepanshu12
suggestions please
Melanie Scearce
Overall pretty good! Just a bit wide towards the top of the head.
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