Kyle Petchock

Capturing Likenesses

<p>Hey Kayla! Not a bad start, but a few things than can be improved upon are things like the placement of the eyes, the mouth shape, hair, and line art. The eyes should be placed a little lower, and should be angled down to the right slightly rather than the opposite in your sketch.  Also be sure that the pupils are in the same position on each eyeball, so try either shifting her left eyeball more towards the ear, or adjust her right side pupil so there's less white space. With her eyelashes, try simplifying them by blocking them together in order to create a solid shape, so they don't look so messy. With the eyebrows, the shapes look pretty good but I would lighten them up a bit, as she appears to have a lighter brown eyebrow color (same with the hair). Speaking of the hair, see if you can add interior details so the entire form doesn't look so flat, and perhaps fill it in with a light shade of grey so we know she's a brunette. Usually, in black and white artwork, a blonde is portrayed with a white hair fill, so filling it in will definitely help add to the overall likeness.  With the mouth, make her lower lip a little less thick, especially on the left side.  Bring her ear down a little lower as well.  Once you adjust the position of the eyes, shift the ear so it's the same length as the space between the nose and the top of the eyes. And finally, with the line art, try varying the line weight throughout to give it some depth and a more dynamic appearance.  Typically, the outermost contour lines will be thicker than the innermost detail lines, and will be the most thick around areas least exposed to light (under the nose, the jawline below the ear, etc.).  With that said, see if you can practice drawing a blank head template in a different position than the reference photo, and then, observing the shapes and placements of the head and facial features, re-draw them on the blank head.  That definitely takes practice and a keen eye, but it's absolutely possible. All of the examples at the end of the final video lesson were drawn that way. Anyway, I hope that was helpful and keep it up! You can do it! :D</p>

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll work on it.

I added an updated version with your feedback incorporated. I’ll definitely try to do some work on a blank head template. Thanks again!

That looks much better Kayla! Great work!  I think her upper eye lashes could still be a bit thicker, and thicken her outermost contour lines a bit more throughout, and especially the bottom of her nose (it looks partly erased here).  Bring her left eyebrow (her left, but from the viewer's right) down a bit and shorten it, and shift the eye under that eyebrow down and towards the nose slightly. Awesome job though, and sounds good, keep on practicing! :D

<p>Great class! Here is my project. Please let me know any areas for improvement. Thanks!<img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/4ab53cc024495fafe830fcf181baef54/ffdf5145.jpg" alt="Ariana Grande Likeness - image 1 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/4ab53cc024495fafe830fcf181baef54/ffdf5145.jpg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/4ab53cc024495fafe830fcf181baef54/ffdf5145.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy"><img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/4ab53cc024495fafe830fcf181baef54/f4562cc2.jpeg" alt="Ariana Grande Likeness - image 2 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/4ab53cc024495fafe830fcf181baef54/f4562cc2.jpeg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/4ab53cc024495fafe830fcf181baef54/f4562cc2.jpeg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy"></p>


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