08-04-2015, 06:00 AM
Hey, man. I thought I'd try and give some tips on how you go about doing your drawings.
One thing I'd recommend you try out is to simplify all contours and only use straight lines. Getting curved lines to be correct is hard and it's even harder to check if they're correct. By using straight lines you simplify everything and it allows you to better compare angles and structure.
When drawing the features, this approach lets you simplify the very difficult and allow you to notice the subtle changes in angles that things like the eye has.
Another thing to bring up is what information you need to draw. Some information in a drawing can just be implied. You don't need to draw all the contours of the lips because they are not as important as changes in contour of form. You can just imply them and it tends to look more natural.
One of the most important parts of the face is the plane between the brows, above the nose. This area gives a lot of structure and it is where you can suggest the depth of the eye sockets and the protrusion of the brow. You don't need to do much, just hint and it adds a lot of structure.
I quickly drew over your drawings to show how this would have looked if this was done the way I suggested. I changed very little, the proportions are very good, just a few corrections to the jaws and angle of the centre drawing's eye socket. I also exaggerated some of the existing angles of the features to better show what I meant.
You have good drawings there, just a few changes in how you approach a drawing and you would push them to a higher level :)
One thing I'd recommend you try out is to simplify all contours and only use straight lines. Getting curved lines to be correct is hard and it's even harder to check if they're correct. By using straight lines you simplify everything and it allows you to better compare angles and structure.
When drawing the features, this approach lets you simplify the very difficult and allow you to notice the subtle changes in angles that things like the eye has.
Another thing to bring up is what information you need to draw. Some information in a drawing can just be implied. You don't need to draw all the contours of the lips because they are not as important as changes in contour of form. You can just imply them and it tends to look more natural.
One of the most important parts of the face is the plane between the brows, above the nose. This area gives a lot of structure and it is where you can suggest the depth of the eye sockets and the protrusion of the brow. You don't need to do much, just hint and it adds a lot of structure.
I quickly drew over your drawings to show how this would have looked if this was done the way I suggested. I changed very little, the proportions are very good, just a few corrections to the jaws and angle of the centre drawing's eye socket. I also exaggerated some of the existing angles of the features to better show what I meant.
You have good drawings there, just a few changes in how you approach a drawing and you would push them to a higher level :)
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