Besides the usual proportions of the face there's 3 (+1) shadow areas I concentrate on and make sure to be darkest, these are usually the deepest shadows on the face given normal lighting: The Brow, the nose, the mouth, and the chin.
The ears are a fantastic clue; they're the most important indicator as to the tilt of the head; always look for their location, if the bottom of the ear is higher than the nose, the face is tilted down. If the bottom of the ear is lower than the mouth, the face is tilted up. If one ear is larger (or obscured) that means a turn of the head is involved. The ears are the best clue as to the angles of the head.
Any tips appreciate, I'm always learning! Good luck out there!
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Some other methods of construction, for fast drawings there's the double oval
And slower studies the Bridgman Square - Bridgman loved his squares, also alcohol.
Gato: lol, some mysterious stranger came along and put these in :D Oh mysterious stranger, who are youuu?
AntwortenLöschenThe egg or oval that you draw as head shape is a nice crutch for starters but soon you'll find out that if you rely too much on that you will always have heads with a weak chin.
Almost all humans have a little snout (mostly visible in kids, women and black people) like here: http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/26/71/23/400_F_26712368_omwSn5HeoITE7HxOAI5801XTAqkBuBOZ.jpg
All of those little drawings suffer from a weak chin and from difficulties with the mouth area (remember that the lips and the mouth muscles go over the teeth which protrude a bit themselves, like here: http://www.3dscience.com/img/Products/3D_Models/Human_Anatomy/Skeletal/Human_Skull/3D_model_anat_skull_web1.jpg)
The eyes are usually in one line with the eyebrows, that's a handy rule of thumb C:.
Most people have this and it's an alright indicator of headtilt, but there are some people where the ears are just in a weird position and not aligned with the eyebrows - so don't be too rigid with this.
Gato:
AntwortenLöschenOhhh, Loffelnog again, I've just read the Shortwings commentary :D
Yeah, I appreciate it that you comment but learn to give critique, what's up with those critiques that miss the point?
Weak chins.. weak chins everywhere D;
Arf, serves me right being lazy, there, have some more construction :V
AntwortenLöschenNow post yours!
Generally though: concentrate on proportions, form, and turning them as well as you can. And use reference. I can't draw out of my head (as above demonstrates) and this is often the norm - we use model sheets and mirrors for a reason.
AAAAARGGGGHH LOFFELNOOOOG :D :D
AntwortenLöschen(this is Gato, you can't hear it but I'm frustrated and laughing, you should webcam me on Skype :D)
This advice is really bad for Shortwings and generally you don't even have your own stuff under control D:
The two ovals method is bullshit and just one side step of the anime face and no, of course you don't need the difficult Bridgeman method with planes to pull normal, non-animation like faces off and yes it is possible to draw some fantastic faces without reference sheets or model sheets or rulers out of the head and you do this with *drumsroll* practice.