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Offline Sairue

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Beginner's Face [C+C]

on: April 10, 2016, 03:46:43 am
So after watching a bunch Prokos' viddies, here is what I have so far:



Now, I don't know which direction to take right now. I want to do more to improve on her cheek, nose, and lips areas (along with other anatomy errors), but I'm trying to figure out how to proceed from here.

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The face I tried to emulate- https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5b/ab/40/5bab4005db12745b1733c7974f95a4b0.jpg
I kinda tried to incorporate this style- http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/102755.htm

P.S. 0/

Hello, thank you for helping me out.

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Re: Beginner's Face [C+C]

Reply #1 on: April 10, 2016, 03:00:16 pm


The biggest thing I kept in mind while editing was seeing how the light cast upon her face. In the original picture, look at the subtleties of where the darks and lights are on her eye socket - the darkest bit is just by her nosebridge, and then there's some more minor darks to lift up her bottom eyelid. The rest of the edits dealt with anatomy and spatial stuff.
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Re: Beginner's Face [C+C]

Reply #2 on: April 10, 2016, 07:17:04 pm
Biggest issue is the forehead thing Prism indicated. The eyes should be more or less halfway down the face. Overall, the issue is that you need to learn how to construct the skull to actually draw the face upon.

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Re: Beginner's Face [C+C]

Reply #3 on: April 11, 2016, 05:05:52 am
@Prism
I like your edits, especially the areas around the eye sockets and the nose. :yay:

Yeah, the forehead has been bothering me for like a week straight.  :'(

@Gil

So here's my learning goals with my sketch book and 2b pencil:

Skull --> Muscles --> Skin --> Face

Is this a good plan to go on?

Btw, thank you for the critique and advice, folks.

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Re: Beginner's Face [C+C]

Reply #4 on: April 11, 2016, 07:10:33 am
That's a good plan. I'd definitely emphasize study of the skull since the facial muscles generally just wrap over the bones (excluding neck) and it's where getting the perspective, form and proportions correct happens, which are usually the biggest areas of criticism.

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Re: Beginner's Face [C+C]

Reply #5 on: April 11, 2016, 06:36:17 pm
I think that's a fine plan, I'd just add one more thing.

Skull --> Planes --> Muscles --> Fat (skin) --> Face

Knowing how facial planes work is kinda like the forest, muscles are the trees. Going straight from skull to muscles might get you lost. I also recommend looking up how fat tissue works, that's why I changed skin to fat. Just thinking about skin will make you try to wrap the muscles, while fat tissue will sometimes do weird things, so you have to study both at the same time. Alternatively, you could start studying the face as soon as you master planes and use fat/skin/muscles studies to better understand what you're doing.