Drawing any Head with the 4 Steps - Demos
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This course teaches students to draw realistic human heads, from basic structure to detailed features, using Loomis-inspired techniques.
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We learned the theory last time, now we’ll put it into practice trying the four steps on a variety of reference photos.
I thought the head was more of a egg shape as you approach a profile view. How does the circle still work for head angles as you approach profile do you have to add some more head later ?
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The circle is just a starting point. You can add more shape later or work directly with an egg shape for profile. Whatever works for you.
Due to the recent perspective video by Peter Han on the perspective course, it inspired me to revisit this course and have a go at it. This is my follow along drawing. After starting, I grabbed a circle template, an ellipse template and a ruler for cleaner lines. The first five are all freehand and the rest are with the templates and the ruler, with some freehand mixed in. For now, I prefer the tool assisted drawings as compared to the freehand drawings. Feel free to offer any critique. Cheers!
Hi @Michael Hampton!
I'm glad to have started your course. I've been practicing and here are my 'best' attempts so far.
Could you tell me if I'm on the right path? I just want to make sure I'm not practicing wrong. Having a process is so important to be consistent and I want to refine it as much as I can.
Could you share your thoughts on what I did for: #8,#5#10,#11, and #12? These are the ones that gave me the most trouble. I feel like something is missing.
I'm looking forward to continue your class!
Have a nice day.
Benjamin
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Those are looking good! My only comment would be to make sure you're connecting the neck with those "t" overlaps and wraps. Explaining the neck will help set you up for later stages by having a solid perspective while connecting the surfaces of the jaw and back of head. Otherwise, they look great.
Where can I find these images shown in the video? @Michael Hampton
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Hey @Bruno Carreiro ! The model pack is available here!
https://www.proko.com/tool/female-body-and-portraits-vol-1-model-pack
https://proko.com/satine
I have my attempt on the demo, with most of the reference in the video. Feel free to erase my work to practice with.
If I'm not mistaken. This is the last time this exact set of images are used, but if you wish to find more to practice, I believe "Female Body and Portraits vol. 1 Model Pack" was the image set used.
Hope this helps :)
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Hey Bruno, Id reach out to Proko support for help there. Sorry I don't know more.
Another thing I noticed is the tilt can be seen by noting the angle of the orbital socket and the cheek bones. Most of these I’ve seen they appear to play out that way.
I enjoyed the classes on body language so much that here I am for this session. I really want to improve my character, so we'll see if this continues to help me progress. Here's my first sketch after the first video.
@Michael Hampton when figuring the plane of the underside of the chin, would that plane be parallel to the ellipse plane you make in perspective step, or is there a better reference point to figure this?
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Hey Christian. Yes, I think it would be parallel to the ellipse. That's a good way to think about it.
@Michael Hampton I appreciate if u guide me on this: How do we determine the correct position and angle of the tilt in step 2? Sometimes, the tilt seems to follow the center as a slightly angled diameter, while other times it appears more asymmetrical, positioned more to the right or left. What is the logic behind placing the tilt correctly on the sphere, beyond just following a diagonal inclination?
I love this course. I have a better understanding from learning from Mr.Hampton then I did from Andrew loom’s books.
I'm not sure if I'm understanding tilt correctly, specifically for the head direction. For instance, in example 7 it looks to me like the tilt of the head is going the opposite direction of how @Michael Hampton drew it. Thank you.
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Try looking instead at the symmetry line of the features and not the angle of the outside of the contour.
Couldn't find the references he used so i found my own. Very good practice couldn't help myself after watching these two videos.
A revisit is always worth it. Been a while since I drew any heads and a refresher was needed.
For me in my current skill level, this course feels basically perfect. Thought looking at some of the concept present, I don't think I would have really understood anything if I started this course a few months ago, before I understood the basic structure of the head. Many ideas such as turning the browline into a cross-contour of the entire sphere would have been impossible for me to understand at that time. For me right now thought, this is just perfect.
