glasses

[flatcap]

I always seem to have problems drawing glasses. is it best to draw them at the same time as drawing the face, or draw them on afterwards. What do you guys do?

[toonMom]

I have always seen caricaturists draw them at the very end.

[flatcap]

Thanks toonmom, if thats the way most do it then it's good enough for me.

[chrisneuenschwander]

Hmmm, well you can draw them at the end like most caricature artists (most live caricature artists have a formula they follow, so this works.) But if you want to get creative, you should draw them as you go along. Definatley draw them after the eyes, never before, otherwise the eyes will be "locked" in by the frames, but dont set a rule for when they need to be drawn, otherwise you cant do this...



-Chris

[flatcap]

thanks for the good advice chris, I've now kinda changed my mind about doing the same as every one else. I think i'll take each face individually and decide as i draw to
decide which method to use. Because i Really like the way you magnified the parts of the guys ears that are behind his glasses.
Great picture and likeness, by the way.

[toonMom]

Good point Chris.

[andysarts]

ha ha ha ha thast cool chris...

[donpinsent]

when i'm doing live caricatures, i draw the glasses on last, unless they have bi, think frames i'll have to work around. the only reason i do them last is because it's faster. when i'm doing other caricatures, though, i draw them at the same time as the rest of the features so i can work in the distortion effect behind the lenses.