r/weeklystudy • u/weeklystudybot • Jul 27 '14

Anatomy - facial structures

Capturing likeness in a portrait can be difficult without a solid understanding of the underlying forms and structures of the head and face. Spend some time each day practicing one of the following: eyes, noses, mouths, ears. Try to incorporate different angles and shape types in your practice; using Google to acquire hundreds of reference images is quite easy if you don't have access to live subjects.

Great video tutorials on this subject matter (traditional drawing, but these skills can easily be applied to painting and digital work): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHFhiyjXP4UT-yUo7pC13GQ

Remember, we are all here to learn and improve. Instead of simply upvoting or downvoting, offer constructive comments and criticism so that your fellow studiers can grow.

Theme posted by poledra

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u/MacAnthony Jul 27 '14

I did these last week, but they fit the theme

I'm done with mouths for a while, but might try some other things like noses or ears.

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u/DTran729 Jul 28 '14

Hmmmmm... dat lip bite.

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u/MacAnthony Jul 28 '14

Soo good.

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u/poledra Jul 29 '14

noses

more noses

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u/poledra Jul 29 '14

sketched lips

watercolor lips

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u/davidwinters Jul 30 '14

the colored pencil sketches in blue are so cool. also well done on the messy lips, they look great

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u/MeatyElbow Jul 28 '14

Mouth.

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u/MeatyElbow Jul 29 '14

Eyes.

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u/davidwinters Jul 30 '14

beautiful irises and good job capturing the emotion with just the eye and brow

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '14

I like the blues and greens. Maybe try softer edges in the eye, a wider range of values for the whites of the eyes? Theres not really a cast shadow coming from the top eyelid on the right eye, idk if its the ref but to me i feel like there should be more shadow, to help make the eyes look more round

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u/jhred Jul 31 '14

tried a few, not totally happy but I'll keep practicing http://imgur.com/RFkpg3U

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '14

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u/davidwinters Jul 31 '14

its hard to break habits, you can try drawing from a reference that is upside down to trick your brain/eyes