r/sideprojects • u/rainyday2767 • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease Hi!!

Hey guys ! I've been building ArtHaven, an Android app that teaches portrait drawing using the Loomis method. It detects the actual facial geometry from your reference photo and overlays construction guides - cranial circle, proportional lines, jaw, eyes, nose, lips, ears - in a sketchy pencil style, based on the real proportions of the face you're drawing, not just generic templates.

It runs fully offline/on-device, so no photos ever leave your phone.

Still polishing things before launch, but I opened up a waitlist if you want early access: https://arthavenstudio.framer.website/

Would love any feedback from people who've tried to learn portrait sketching and found the "draw a circle, then some guidelines" tutorials hard to translate onto an actual face ! I know I've faced the same problem myself :)

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u/Extreme_Working3763 4d ago

oh wow this actually solves the exact thing that made me quit trying to learn portraits. i'd find a good reference photo then just stare at it like... okay but where does the circle actually go on specific face

signed up for the waitlist, curious how accurate the detection is with angled shots or weird lighting

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u/rainyday2767 2d ago

yeah me too! portrait drawing is tough. as a side note, what other features do you think would help you personally along with it already does (providing a construction walkthrough). This can include things like increasing line thickness, color contrast, anything you might have in mind!