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Actionman
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« on: July 08, 2007, 12:04:41 AM »

I'm having trouble with sketching the face area as you can see below:



can someone give me some tips on how to give the face right?

I've tried more than ten times and I still couldn't get it right.

Here is the original sketch:



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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2007, 01:09:10 AM »

Jaw should be receded, if you look at the screen shot, the mouth section curves outwards, not inwards.
The top of the head also pops out left a bit more. That's if you're copying the screenshot.
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2007, 01:17:51 PM »

I might get bricked for saying this but try tracing it??  Like a practice run before you try the real thing.
You can have the picture on paper and get used to the style and stuff.
It's easier to sketch something beside you as opposed to looking up at the computer screen. (that's what i found anyways xD)
And if you trace it you only focus on the lines in the drawing. Colours and tones tend to distract us from the important lines so maybe that might help.

Alternatively, you can try lightly tracing the parts of her body. Like a blob for her head and a blob for her body, the angle of the arm. Where the nose approximately goes and the eyes etc. I used to trace the outline in pictures so I get an idea where everything is.
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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2007, 12:45:53 AM »

Look at the curvature of the lines, eg the mouth is concave out, figure out the general errr flow of the body and pose like how the body is tilted forward but her head is pointed straight ahead, compare lines and objects relative to eachother eg how thick is the ribbon in comparison to the hair strands, the size of the head compared to the body etc...

Now more specifically to your drawing first of all I think the lines are way too dark (unless the picture quality has something to do with it) I like blocking out the shape with a 2H then moving on to HB or 2B for defining the lines but go lighter on the pencil to save yourself the effort of redrawing the whole thing everytime something goes wrong. I think i can also see an erased line you've put for the shape of her head which looks waaaaaaaaaay too small people have a bulging large skull underneath all that hair and so do anime characters. My plan of attack would be to roughly and lightly block out the shape of the head first, then the body/shirt, then the skirt - though everyone knows skirts are optional in anime drawing XD just take notice of the relative size of things, the head is usually a good reference point eg neck to wast is roughly two head sizes, the neck length is about a third of the head, I would also leave the arms for last - good luck. Oh another technique that helps me is to try and block out the shape first using only long straight lines first and slowly add detail overall, not one part at a time
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« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2007, 03:36:32 PM »

thanks alot for the tips.....really appreciate it....
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