Caricature Portrait with Graphite
Canons to draw the face
A course by Víctor Vélez , Caricature Artist
About the video: Canons to draw the face
Overview
“In this lesson we will see a basic guide to build a face from scratch, because to be able to deform or stylize in the cartoon, we must first have clear rules, then we can break them. ”
In this video lesson Víctor Vélez addresses the topic: Canons to draw the face, which is part of the Domestika online course: Caricature Portrait with Graphite. Learn to depict people and capture their essence through a caricature portrait.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well guys after seeing materials, Now let's see our first anatomy lesson where are we going to see canons Three quarter profile and front. A canon is a grid where we find the proportions of each of the elements That make up a face. Here I already have a grid and divided it into four parts. It is a square. The measures in that table must be divided exactly in the middle and this helps me to start drawing a profile. This profile that I'm going to draw is going to be related with a face that I'm going to do right here and one of three quarters. Simply to take the same measures and make a rotos...”
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Course summary for: Caricature Portrait with Graphite
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Víctor Vélez
A course by Víctor Vélez
Víctor Vélez is a caricature artist from Mexico City with more than three decades of experience in the industry. He published his first piece at the age of 16, launching a long-term collaboration with El Universal, one of the biggest newspapers in Mexico. He has also collaborated with other major publications such as El Economista, La Jornada, and Reforma. He is currently a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte in Mexico, specifically in the field of graphic narrative.
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