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Big smelly head [DOODLE] face with words that make me go ARAHAHREIAHRIA

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Tam wrote: »
    Davoid wrote: »
    That's ok, I'll just practise more

    Thanks Tam

    no prob

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    edit: as a new beginning painter, I'd love some crittin's on this and the paintings to follow, as I am not entirely convinced I know what the fuck it is I'm doing.

    This is pretty great. Has a delightful old-worldy feel! Eyes look a little flat but I figure you'd fix that up eventually. You're awesome.

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  • LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    the left eye feels a little far off mister tam a buckaroo

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, I'm seeing that too. Urrrrggghh, it's too swirly and soft- not enough hard edges, but I don't even know where I would put them!

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  • LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I use the nose to measure the eye location, the tear duct aligns with the end of the nostril thingy

    EDIT: this thingy

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Loom wrote:
    I use the nose to measure the eye location, the tear duct aligns with the end of the nostril thingy

    Why don't people tell me this shit earlier. I always struggle with eye placement.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    that's a nice guideline, but it doesn't work for every face

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  • LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    nah thats just generally how faces work even silly asians work like that with there squinty eyes

    FACETHINGY.jpg

    edit: people with bigger noses have farther apart eyes

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    yeah, I get that, see post above

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  • LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I wana see a face where that doesn't work

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
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  • LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    What the hell, I cant tell where the nose begins or ends in that

    EDIT: wait no I can tell where it ends, its right along the muzzle of the mouth thing, the moustache looking muscle

    FACETHINGY-1.jpg

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    yeah I guess if you move the line around, it fits

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  • LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    thats not moving the line around tam you crazy head

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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Tam, It's a good start, but I think you should try painting a face from reference.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats not moving the line around tam you crazy head

    alright, fine, whatever

    now someone please tell me something about painting
    Scosglen wrote: »
    Tam, It's a good start, but I think you should try painting a face from reference.

    something like this

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    the outside of the nostril wing is aligning with the inside of the eyeball, but not the inside of the tearduct where it's aligning on the asian broad.

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  • lyriumlyrium Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    the outside of the nostril wing is aligning with the inside of the eyeball, but not the inside of the tearduct where it's aligning on the asian broad.

    This.
    So basically, Loom, all you've proven is that you can draw a line against the nostril that goes vertically up the face.

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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    There is no such thing as a formula or a blueprint which all human faces conform to. The best we have is idealized averages and guidelines. There is no law. Quibbling over a tearduct's width worth of variation is asinine. It's still a decent guideline. And that eye is still shifted a little too far away from the nose to be symmetrical with the other. Hell, I could even bite the other eye being moved further out to match. It's a pretty stylized drawing in the first place.

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  • LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    yah basically what scosglen said, like, the eye can be shifted by a very very very small amount left or right. But thats where it will most likely be. Thats like drawing nipples on the top of the chest and trying to say theres no guidline to its placement

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    So Steve is going to be my first victim

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    though it looks more like Gandhi

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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Excellent start. This is what I like to see.

    A quick suggestion, I would round out his jaw/chin a bit more, and I would be careful to watch the "tilt" of his head. His head is more or less vertical, but he's got a weatherworn face, and it (and his smile) is not perfectly symmetrical, which can throw you off if you're not careful.

    In the future, I would suggest especially seeking out images with even stronger directional lighting, and non-profile or head on angles.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Thanks for the pointers- I'll keep working on it as time permits. Would it be detrimental to do any line work while I'm learning painting at this basic stage?

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    if you're really wanting to focus on your painting skill, I'd stick with patches of tone for now.

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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    You folks like beards eh?

    chops.jpg

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  • MindsackMindsack Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    That's an epic beard! I'm diggin his hand and arm as well, although it kind of distracts from the beard.

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  • FugitiveFugitive Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    He's got a funky beast-man hand

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ahhh a man-beard, I have head of these creatures, men more beard than man, never seen one though.....apart from Bacon of course.

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  • the_monarch23the_monarch23 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I don't know why, but that screams revived Rasputin to me. If his beard was always moving in a ghostly way that would be so cool.

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  • NakedZerglingNakedZergling A more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ah my buddy watercolor...what shall we do to finish this up?

    guns.jpg

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  • mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I don't know why, but that screams revived Rasputin to me. If his beard was always moving in a ghostly way that would be so cool.

    I wasn't going to say anything, but I totally agree. I also have no idea why, other than "spooky guy w beard"

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Well except for the baldness, the head looks a lot like Rasputin. Hands are way huge though.

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  • the_monarch23the_monarch23 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    And just to clarify, Scos, that was supposed to be a compliment. I really like it.

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    "Gott in himmel! Fritz, vee haff named our car after ein lady-garten."
    ~Jeremy Clarkson
  • mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Doodle I'm working on. Trying a bit of a diff. style.

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  • Radar6590Radar6590 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I wanted to draw, but had no ideas. So I took one of my old pieces and made it better.

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    And since no one knows what I'm talking about with the old piece, figure I may as well link to it.

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    Loomdun wrote: »
    ...And I am being hulked enraged by multiple things right now and I will destroy you
  • CharisCharis Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    derpo.jpg

    I was going to do some lineart, but then I accidentally colored over my lineart layer (which was cleverly labeled 'DO NOT DRAW ON ME'.) Subsequently, I decided lineart was for fools.

    I'm using a nice stock image for the pose and most of the lighting, btw.

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  • Radar6590Radar6590 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I have already told you you're amazing, IRL. I have nothing to critique. D:

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    Loomdun wrote: »
    ...And I am being hulked enraged by multiple things right now and I will destroy you
  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Warn up sketch this morning. Now onto my shitty studies.

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ah my buddy watercolor...what shall we do to finish this up?
    guns.jpg

    Helloooooo, 2000 A.D.

    on that note, I like 2000 A.D.

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  • Radar6590Radar6590 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    WCK: Watch your proportions. Her head and neck are far too big for that body.

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    Loomdun wrote: »
    ...And I am being hulked enraged by multiple things right now and I will destroy you
  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    WAHAHA-EEEEEEEE DO I HATE DRAWING NOT-FROM-MY-IMAGINATION SO MUCH

    this is important! I have to do this! I do not want to hate it!

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    BOTP'd
    Warn up sketch this morning. Now onto my shitty studies.

    1q0qhz.jpg
    Charis wrote: »
    derpo.jpg

    I was going to do some lineart, but then I accidentally colored over my lineart layer (which was cleverly labeled 'DO NOT DRAW ON ME'.) Subsequently, I decided lineart was for fools.

    I'm using a nice stock image for the pose and most of the lighting, btw.

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