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Post by Ricky on Jun 3, 2005 12:06:33 GMT -5
Hi There, I'm having a hard time with judging distances and making measurements. When any features of the face I tend to either make one eye higher than the other, too close together, or the pupil larger than the other. Same thing with the nose and mouth. I either make them too big, too small, too close to the eyes. I've read "How to Draw Caricatures" by Lenn Redman. In the book it illustrates an "exaggerated" grid to obtain accuracy. I thought about trying it but I want to learn the right way. I want to be able to have live gigs and a grid would be hard to do live - not to mention I think it would take away from the experience of drawing on the fly. Is there a way to learn to judge distances, measurements, and accurate proportions? Sorry this is so long but it's frustrating when I can draw all the shapes perfectly but when I put them together to make a face, I get everything all wrong.....ugh!! It's so frustrating. But I love to draw so it's all good. Sorry this is so long but I thought I'd vent. Now it's back to drawing Thanks, Mad
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Post by toonMom on Jun 3, 2005 13:27:29 GMT -5
I just dug out an old caricature of my husband we had done at Cedar Point years ago. I always admired the drawing, until I look closer at it now. The eyes are crooked, the nose is off center and the face itself is quite uneven. Overall, it looks like a nice caricature of him. However, upon inspection of it, it's full of mistakes. I think these are common mistakes that will disappear in time. It's something we all do and only practice will remove the flaws.
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Post by Ricky on Jun 3, 2005 14:25:13 GMT -5
thanks toonmom, I'm just being hard on myself. I'm a perfectionist (it's a curse sometimes). I'm my own worst critic. I'll be posting some work for some critiques. Thanks so much. I'm glad I found this forum. mad
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Post by WATCHTHEBIRDY on Jun 5, 2005 21:26:33 GMT -5
I'd like to see that caricature, Toonmom.
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Post by donpinsent on Jun 6, 2005 7:22:58 GMT -5
this isn't always the most welcome advice to hear, but it all comes with practice. the more you draw, the better your eye gets at identifying things like this. it's good that you recognize, after finishing a drawing, its flaws. just try to remember the things you get wrong most often, and, next time you draw, put more conscious effort into not doing those things again. also, a lot of people might disagree with me on this- and if you do, please say so here, so i don't steer madaboutdrawing astray- but personally, i would avoid "how to draw caricatures" books. most, if not all, of the ones i've seen concentrate far too much on how to draw caricatures the same way the author draws them, instead of giving any pointers on developing your own style. if you ever have a chance to take a class of some kind (i know, we're talking about money here), that would be much more effective than trying to learn from a book, since you have the interaction and feedback from an experienced instructor.
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