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A pretty awesome guy named Stan Prokopenko started a video series on Youtube where he covers the basics of Andrew Loomis' art, with an absorbing teaching style that makes them fun to watch as well as being very informative. There are a lot of aspects of the construction of the face I didn't "get" until I started watching (especially with the placement of the jawline and relation to the neck when the head's tilted upwards) and I definitely feel like I've improved by working through them. If interested, you can find them here .I also started playing around with Sai's brush settings and was able to replicate the look and feel of drawing with a pencil (which you can see on the eye and nose), and am now totally comfortable drawing in the application. This was a great warm-up for the 5 Hands assignment in the Sketch-Books group which I'll start working on right now.
C&C is always appreciated! I'll move this image to scraps in around a week and upload a revised version with facial features added to the head templates.
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BlackLight101 [2012-11-26 22:01:30 +0000 UTC]
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Ah hell yeah Stan Prokoprenko. I've been showing him to a few friends of mine and some have resorted to calling him Broko.
You've nailed the Loomis method down perfectly. Good job on the odd angle's aspect as that has always frustrated me to no end. I must say however that it looks like you copied his nose and eye tutorial, as if you were following a step by step procedure when watching his videos. What I find to be most educational is that one must learn his advice, seek out an image and then attempt to draw that using the techniques and tips offered before hand.
All in all though, your foundations for the head is top notch and I hope you many successful art works from you in the future!
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Outrack In reply to BlackLight101 [2012-12-20 21:00:19 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the input! The video tutorials for the nose and eye were done step-by-step, I followed the instructions directly to get a feel for the shading (which I've always had problems with - I was also drawing digitally and not using a pencil so I was tweaking settings as I went along). I completely agree with your points and have broken away from following guides now that I'm more confident with the features, and I'll be uploading more stuff over this weekend.
I'm honored to be the first artist you're offering critique on - hope others appreciate your feedback as much as I did!
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Outrack In reply to AlfredoJDeLeon [2013-04-01 12:22:38 +0000 UTC]
Sure! Hope you find them useful.
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luciasar00 [2013-03-19 00:55:46 +0000 UTC]
Nice work! I also thought Stan's videos were great.
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Outrack In reply to luciasar00 [2013-04-01 12:26:21 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, pity he's slowed down with them but the Ctrl+Paint vids have fill the void nicely.
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