(11-15-2021, 06:34 PM)RottenPocket Wrote:(11-15-2021, 01:06 PM)Anomily Wrote: Thanks a lot for your feedback, as always. I'm overly reliant on using negative space and other tricks to draw figures, and not enough measuring/marking. I thought everything except the head was going in a positive direction, so I may go back and give it another attack.
I'd be interested in hearing what these tricks are because I'm all for alternative methods of learning. I do want to note that your measuring is -OK- it's definitely more the marking that needs some love.
For instance this neko girl you have has a pretty solid head as a base but I know it's easy to get lost in each individual feature without looking at it as a whole. Here you can see just how slanted the features are compared to the head structure and that's what makes it feel warped.
The beauty of digital is it's easy to edit these things, which does help you eye to 'see' these issues and train you to avoid making them in future.
Ultimately output is a great way to keep improving on these things so great work!
I basically use negative space to measure the angle of the nose. So in a 3/4 profile I would draw the triangle (or negative space) of the nose, the outer edge of the face, and the lowest part of the eye. Then I would draw the rest of the face out from there. It keeps the general relationships the same, but on the flip side you can end up drawing larger than the size of the canvas unintenionally.
My old figure drawing teacher also taught me to draw the inner features first, and then draw the outline of the face around them. He also said to draw one part of the eye, then then the same part of the other eye, instead of focusing on drawing them whole separately. He lied to his family about the degree he was getting and went to a very fancy art school in Spain. He actually never saw the point of dissecting bodies or doing muscle studies because,"we don't dissect a flower to understand the anatomy", but it might have been a bit of trauma on his part because his school had them dissect bodies. I actually interviewed him for a cultural project after I switched my major to social work. He was highly complimentary of my ability to sneak in and steal supplies even after switching majors. I used to art model a lot and picked up on various methods from listening to teachers instruct their students. Still obviously not enough to make me an expert. :P
I love the feedback I receive on this forum. It does take me longer to absorb it with my day job being a little extreme. I don't post a lot on other people's sketchbooks, but I find what they do amazing it's hard to find anything to say.