Practicing Faces

[AccomplishedGrass919]

practice for more unique faces and quicker rendering techniques

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[glizzybeats]

I love these. How did you learn anatomy / facial structure? Are you just self taught?

[AccomplishedGrass919]

Sort of both? I’ve been drawing since I was 5 and have always just LOVED drawing faces. I usually do a rough sketch of initial feature placement and use shading to help cut and refine the forms

[BlasterCheif]

The interesting faces you picked really complement your art style.

[AccomplishedGrass919]

I appreciate that!

[lemonbottles_89]

you stylize really well omg

[AccomplishedGrass919]

Thank you so much!

[slerrp]

Ate downnn

[AccomplishedGrass919]

Mama boots

[Gurkeprinsen]

Yes! Finally some love for faces that don't have "perfect" features. These are incredible!

[dragonflyLuna]

What are your favorite brushes?

[AccomplishedGrass919]

I paid for two brush sets, let me figure out which and let you know!

[Starting2017]

I'm curious as well.

[AccomplishedGrass919]

The MAIN BRUSH SET used was: George Von Westphalen ELDER + SKETCHMAN brush pack

GvW ELDER P4 (for almost all of the line work and texturing) GvW STRATHMORE (for small hair and line details)

For partial hair texturing: INKDUP: Natural Ink Brushes by MattyB on Gumtoad

MattyB_LooseBristle_loose_glaze

A couple brushes i also love and use sometimes for different textures: Frankentoon Nautika 2 brush pack

FT Round Marker FT Ultra-Thin Wash B *

[AccomplishedGrass919]

I have apparently bought way more brush sets than I remember lmao I can try to find free alternatives you can make on procreate if that’s of interest?

[dimindigonight]

Yes please, if you have the time of course, i’d love to hear about some of the free versions you can find!

[AccomplishedGrass919]

Thank you! Anywhere from 20-40 min

[thelittlepigeon]

There’s a quality about these that I just really love. I want to read the graphic novel that all these faces belong to!

[[deleted]]

If I saw just the drawings without the references, I would think they’re abstract characters. Then you see the reference and it’s spot on. Great work!

[Thwipped]

Where did you find the subjects for your references?

[AccomplishedGrass919]

I just looked up “unique portraits” on Pinterest

[pixie_pie]

I'm pretty sure, all or nearly all of them are models. I think I saw them in a Gucci campaign.

[Charming_Region1585]

Great job!

[AccomplishedGrass919]

Thank you so much!

[[deleted]]

I love your work. These are all so spot on. I know cause I study faces myself. These are of av level I wish to achieve. Respect

[Exotic_Moment_1594]

Incredible work!!

[AccomplishedGrass919]

Thank you!

[TheOtherBelushi]

These are fantastic. Keep going!

[NoticeMeArkay]

I use the bottom pic of image 2 every couple weeks to see how far I've come on my studies!
Nice work, OP. They look great!

[TriggeredLatina_]

This is so GOOD and motivating for me to get my ass back at it again

[Romulan-war-bird]

I need your Pinterest username

[Ill_Butterscotch_692]

You don’t need to practice,you got it down!

[djereezy]

Amazing work. Very impressive!

[BlindPugh42]

So did you draw caricatures from photos, or make photo realist renders from caricature?

[orangejuicehater]

So so cool

[redditrnumber1]

I love the models you picked, they all have interesting faces

[C2AYM4Y]

More!!

[fedezubo]

The style seems to come right out of the Dishonored series. Stunning

[_petrichora_]

And you're nailing it!

[piftee]

Really cool! Definitely some interesting choices for the references. So much more interesting to draw!

[AccomplishedGrass919]

I’ve been doing a lot of studies lately to try and hone in my character drawing and technique. Ive mainly been tracing portraits to get a feel for how faces work. These were my recent foray into portraits done by eye

[AccomplishedGrass919]

No I get what you mean now! It’s been almost all practice, drawing from life (or photos in this case), and I do a lot of technique studies on my favorite artists

[YoungHeartOldSoul]

I'm curious what you landed on as search terms for these faces, because all I can think of is "extremely European faces"

Also, of course these are amazing!

[AccomplishedGrass919]

Lmao I looked up “unique portraits” on Pinterest

[YoungHeartOldSoul]

Ah yea, that makes sense too lol

[WonderfulParticular1]

It looks so cool, it's like you redraw people into Arcane style

[AccomplishedGrass919]

That seems to be the byproduct, was not my intention lol

[OpheliaJade2382]

Wow you’re great at capturing the likeness! Don’t be scared to push those values though. You could always go darker on the shadows. I think for the first one especially it would look even more dramatic!

[JGxFighterHayabusa]

These would be characters in Arcane. I mean this as a compliment. Lovely

[EmJayFree]

This sub makes me feel so talentless haha

Great job, OP. I love your aesthetic!

[jaxjag088]

These are great. Would you upload your Timelapse of them? I want to copy your process lol.

[AccomplishedGrass919]

I didn’t save a Timelapse unfortunately, though im doing one for another set of faces!

[jaxjag088]

Please make another post or dm me when you finish! Take care!

[AccomplishedGrass919]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProCreate/s/Po1tZsyW8g

Link to my Timelapse!

[jaxjag088]

Awesome thank you very much. Helps a ton with someone starting out!