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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Turnsky on June 04, 2004, 11:29:05 am

Title: I'd suppose i'd better show this.
Post by: Turnsky on June 04, 2004, 11:29:05 am

(http://users.bigpond.net.au/Turnsky/images/Lore.jpg)

just been trying to improve the overall look of the faces i draw..

Title: I'd suppose i'd better show this.
Post by: Ransom on June 04, 2004, 11:36:52 am

I think the eyes need to be a bit lower on the face, maybe a bit bigger as well although that's a style thing. The hair looks kinda flat as well (flat as in horizontally, not depth). The general shape is pretty good, I think the main thing is the eyes. They look a bit, hmm, angular.

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Post by: pyro-manic on June 04, 2004, 11:39:06 am

Kewl, but can you post something to compare it to? All I can think of is the anthro type stuff you do, which isn't really good for comparisons. :)

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Post by: PeachE on June 04, 2004, 12:18:05 pm

it's pretty good :yes:

if you're looking for a general tut on drawing faces, found this one (http://www.portrait-artist.org/face/structure2.html) with a quick google.

basic rules are pretty simple. the eyes are at the exact half-way point on the head. draw a line through the middle of the head and that's where the eyes are. the bottom of the nose is half-way between the eyes and chin. and the mouth is about 1/3 the distance between the nose and chin.  these rules should probably be kept regardless of style just to make it look like a face.

regarding eye-size, that's completely a style thing. if you're going for realism, a good way to think of it is that you should be able to fit five eyes across on a human face.  -o-o-. if you're using a cartoon style, the eyes are slightly larger (especially on villians), and if you're doing anime, even larger.

the shading could use a little refinement, but hell, i've done worse.

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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on June 04, 2004, 12:59:00 pm

Hmm.
Too little space for the forehead
Face seems a bit too fat.
Neck is too thick
Everything else seems great (that sword hilt looks Awesome :yes:

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Post by: Fineus on June 04, 2004, 01:17:08 pm

The face is good, but it's a masculine face. Correct me if I'm wrong but your charachter seems to have breasts - if it didn't I'm sure it'd make quite a nice looking solider type man.

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Post by: kasperl on June 04, 2004, 01:35:51 pm

I don't really like the nose, but the rest seems good. Though she does look like it's the wrong time of the month to be taking pictures.

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Post by: jdjtcagle on June 04, 2004, 02:03:06 pm

It's her face stucture... she has a overbite
Though VERY NICE!!! :yes: but that's what we expect :)

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Post by: Carl on June 04, 2004, 07:45:27 pm

try putting the eyes at 50% to the top and bottom of the face. that's how they are IRL

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Post by: Carl on June 04, 2004, 07:50:14 pm

also, here's an interesting bit of info: all attractive people's faces will line up with this thing

(http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/images/psychology/golden_ratio_face.jpg)

you should use it for proportions.

Title: I'd suppose i'd better show this.
Post by: Setekh on June 04, 2004, 11:27:05 pm

I love it. I would have pronounced her features a little more with the shading, but the more I look at it the more I like the subtle style you've approached it with. Beautiful. :)