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Inkthinker — Some angles are a bitch

Published: 2004-10-20 04:53:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 2308; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 221
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Description They are, too... it was years, YEARS, before I ever properly drew a human face from a low angle, looking up. Something about not being able to really define the jaw line and trying to draw nostrils, lips, eyes and so forth from below just kicked my ass. Only recently have I been able to do it somewhat consistently, and that's because I've been doing a lot of shape blocking and then adding layers and layers, and erasing and erasing and doing it all over again when I screw up.

Christ, what a bitch.

I write little notes to myself, sometimes... it helps when I think I've come up with something profound that I'll want to remember, or whenever I'm sketching while in a condition not conducive to memory retention. I hope it doesn't make me sound like an ass...

I edited the naughty words out for those who are faint-of-heart... I expect my prediliction for verbal self-abuse is mentally unhealthy.

Oh, I almost forgot... the clip in the center is from an unrelated project at the studio, and that piece was rejected before I even got past the clean sketch phase, so I slapped it on a blank spot here.
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Comments: 10

lilrebelart [2015-01-18 16:07:12 +0000 UTC]

It's so hard to get it right. I've been a avid drawer for a VERY Very long time and I struggle with getting faces just right when it comes to different angles. Love the look though you have and great drawings!  

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whitembers [2008-02-16 09:33:03 +0000 UTC]

I lovev the one on the upper left! It looks perfect... And yeah, I agree with you there. I stilla agree with you on the angles! I still havent perfected them...

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Zlatty [2004-11-01 00:18:07 +0000 UTC]

awesome characters
i learn so much from you

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ShadowGrl [2004-10-26 14:15:11 +0000 UTC]

I noticed you fudged the nose by having smoke there. It covers nicely, but I have a problem with the chin it just doesn't seemed lined up with jaw.
What else am I here for if not to criticize you into a better artist/person.
Ahahahahahaha (runs off in a swirl of black cloak)

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KinkInk [2004-10-25 03:10:48 +0000 UTC]

aww how sweet of you, Bro, you censored it for our innocent little eyes *snerk* I feel your pain on that angle, freakin bitch to draw, I still haven't gotten it down.

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red-monkey [2004-10-20 08:01:42 +0000 UTC]

Yea, I have the same problem now, but you seem to have gotten over it. Those angles in the sketches look realistic to me and if there are flaws then they still look believeable. Like I said, I still haven't mastered this, so I'm not really the guy for critiques. Just wondering: what is shape blocking? Like taking the essential shape of the head and putting that in a perspective angle and then adding the noses, ears etc.?

Oh and as always, really nice lineflow, even sketchwise they look finished.

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Inkthinker In reply to red-monkey [2004-10-20 14:21:26 +0000 UTC]

That's more or less it... trying to break down the shapes into basic forms and then placing those into the right perspective, then going back and determining the location of the details based on the shape, and just doing a lot of sketching and erasing until you get it right... but it all starts with simple shapes. That seems to be the best way to ensure proper underlying stucture to the figure.

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hamzapecenkovic [2004-10-20 05:15:55 +0000 UTC]

oooh i need to work on mine as well. lookin good

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zaratus [2004-10-20 05:11:16 +0000 UTC]

awesomeeeeeeeeeee man as usual

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nichie [2004-10-20 04:56:40 +0000 UTC]

damn, that's some quality work, even for sketches. of course, you're (i assume) a professional, but still... i aspire to draw like that one day.

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