How do I sketch a face with the proper dimensions? I'm trying to draw a picture of my friend, and it doesn't look quite right. Can anyone give me some tips?
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This link has a basic overview: http://painting.about.com/library/blpaint/blfigureclass2.htm
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The number one thing is to look at all the proportions. The more proportions that are accurate the better the result. As in, exactly how big are the eyes relative to the face (we tend to draw facial features larger than they really are) width vs. height of the head, width of the mouth, distance from the mouth to the chin relative to the distance from the nose to the chin, etc, etc... Drawing faces are about the hardest thing you can draw, if you're new to drawing maybe start with something else and work your way up.
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If you draw an upside down egg shape an then draw a vertical line down the middle and then a horizontal one across where the eyes will go(it will look like a cross) and a smaller one where the end of the nose will go and then another where the middle of the mouth will go. These guides will help to place the features on the face. Make the lines very faint so they can either be covered or erased. Hope this helped.
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If you're drawing from a photograph, you may want to look into using a grid... I personally do work from photos, and I'll show you how *I* do it... Basically, I scan my picture, and import it into Adobe Indesign... then I will set a grid of very thin lines over the image, making a square grid. What this does is give you many, many reference points where the grid lines cross the image. You can make the grid squares as big or small as you want them, but the more lines you use the more information you have to go by. Now, what you do is draw a grid with the same number of lines on your substrate (paper!)... The thing to keep in mind is how big you want your drawing to be - that will determine how big you want to make your grid lines. If you want your drawing to bigger than your image, you'd draw your grid squares slightly *bigger* on your paper. Make sense? That has worked like a charm for me... Hope it helps!
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