Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital

Overview

“Now you will do an exercise that is crucial to understanding how to properly position and draw your facial features. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Methods of Basic Facial Proportions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital. Master portrait techniques from graphite to digital, creating expressive, professional artworks across various media styles.

Partial transcription of the video

“So we just went over how to take a good reference photo Now in this lesson, I'm going to talk about how to find basic proportions of the face. So the first thing I think about is the placement of the face. Usually your first measurement could be the heights. From there, you would do a sighting measurement to find the width, But however, since we're just going to do a very simple, almost like cartoony face, just to find where the facial features go, I'm just going to do a simple egg shape. Now, I do often use the Loomis method as well. But I find the Loomis method works better for faces at a...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital

• Level: Beginner
• 144 students
• 6 units
• 83 lessons (16h 8m)
• 17 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Digital Illustration, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Typography, Watercolor Painting