09-07-2018, 08:44 PM
Hi, @Artloader.
You have very interesting process of studying. Could you please tell me, why are you redrawing one ref 10 times? What was a purpose of the crow's study? Likeliness? Structure? Light\shadow relations? You've done a great work here and I admire your patience.
I'd like to add that although you were studying from a decent photo, breaking his face into structure is for understanding form and tweaking shadow patterns for better design. For example, our foreheads have at least one top plane and two side planes. Take a look at your photo at the man on the left. It is a prominent division between frontal and side planes. You've got pretty nice frontal and side planes of the face (I mean cheeks or cheekbones), but why didn't you add a side plane of the forehead? it looks too round a big.
Actually, I know why you did so, because on the photo his forehead is completely white. This may be because of his white paint or post production. But you should rely more on the structure not on the photo ref.
Although I noticed that my processes for likeliness and studying structure are completely different. And when I try to draw from a structure, I didn't get much of similarity.
Good luck with your next study. <3
BTW, I adore the Crow movie.
You have very interesting process of studying. Could you please tell me, why are you redrawing one ref 10 times? What was a purpose of the crow's study? Likeliness? Structure? Light\shadow relations? You've done a great work here and I admire your patience.
I'd like to add that although you were studying from a decent photo, breaking his face into structure is for understanding form and tweaking shadow patterns for better design. For example, our foreheads have at least one top plane and two side planes. Take a look at your photo at the man on the left. It is a prominent division between frontal and side planes. You've got pretty nice frontal and side planes of the face (I mean cheeks or cheekbones), but why didn't you add a side plane of the forehead? it looks too round a big.
Actually, I know why you did so, because on the photo his forehead is completely white. This may be because of his white paint or post production. But you should rely more on the structure not on the photo ref.
Although I noticed that my processes for likeliness and studying structure are completely different. And when I try to draw from a structure, I didn't get much of similarity.
Good luck with your next study. <3
BTW, I adore the Crow movie.