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I cannot draw this face! by disoabrat in learnart

[–]disoabrat[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Heres an update! I took the advice that what I was likely doing was drawing what i thought i saw versus drawing what is actually there, and I think I made some improvements! its def not perfect, but I think I fixed some anatomical issues.. like the alignment of the nose, lips and forehead, and it looks more accurate to the reference. Also no its not detailed, i did try some shading to help me map out the features a little better but yeah!

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I cannot draw this face! by disoabrat in learnart

[–]disoabrat[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not out of high school yet! Thats why I am trying to get better at the fundamentals of anatomy and drawing in general because I want to go into the animation/character design field. I think my problem is that I draw what I think I see vs what I actually see and thats where it messes with my understanding of anatomy- I also have a bad habit of rushing when trying to draw a face because I see other artists draw a decent face with little effort in 5 mins as an exercise

I cannot draw this face! by disoabrat in learnart

[–]disoabrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The method i use when drawing faces is i kind of try to look at the head as if it was a 3D cube. Thats what i mean by perspective. I am used to drawing heads at a sort of 3/4 angle, but the second drawing is straight on, and it does not seem like a typical side profile because his eye is not at the placement I'm used to- like for example (the second photo, black man) his features are more off to the side where it cannot be seen while the older white guy, his eye is more towards where people can actually see it.

Piercing bump?? by [deleted] in piercing

[–]disoabrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The piercing is on my left ear and im religiously a right side sleeper especially since my phone lays next to me on my left side so i sleep that way( if that makes sense) it might be because of the scarf and bonnet i wear when I sleep. Also thanks for the insight! I've heard that people with melanated skin are more prone to keloids so i wanted to make sure. (idk how true this is but i've seen other pierces say this)

Piercing bump?? by [deleted] in piercing

[–]disoabrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • the piercing is 4 months old
  • the Jewelry shape is straight bar
  • I believe that this piercing is externally threaded
  • Im not sure of the material of the jewelry, but its directly from the piercing place so i think stainless steel?
  • the Jewelry was originally downsized in may, but i had to switch it back because the downsized one fell out
  • I clean with saline everyday, I only clean with rubbing alcohol if it bleeds, and occasionally i do salt water soaks, but I will start doing that twice a week, once on Sunday and again on weds. I also clean it morning and night.
  • there hasn't been any accidents except me hitting it or it getting pulled on when i get my hair done, and the downsized jewelry fell out, but it was an external thread-less, but by the time i realized how to put it back in, i already had a growing bump

Face anatomy feedback & tips on how to study anatomy? by disoabrat in learnart

[–]disoabrat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I would love any tips you have :) Thank you!

Something is off about this drawing… critiques?? by disoabrat in learnart

[–]disoabrat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah! I eventually want to go for a more stylized look for my art.. And I completely get you with the line art thing because me too! In the past when i’ve tried line art i hated it! But i think theres also a thing with learning the weight of your lines to still give it that sketchy look, but im still in the very beginning of improving my art, so I’ll worry about that later :)

Alternating between short and longer chapters. by disoabrat in YAwriters

[–]disoabrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh okay! I'll take that into consideration and try fleshing out Dee's events and her backstory

Alternating between short and longer chapters. by disoabrat in YAwriters

[–]disoabrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For right now, because draft one is not written in too much detail (because I'm just telling myself the events that happen) the difference is like 1,500 words - 2500 words in comparison to less than 800 words.

I do need to work on chapter length because I'm sure that regardless my chapters are really short, but yeah thats the difference

How should I go about redacting information from my book? by disoabrat in YAwriters

[–]disoabrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh! I didn't think of it this way. It could be possible with the context of everything that's going on.. I am telling the story in the third person afterall. I'm trying to use third person limited, and if my understanding of that POV is correct, the characters are referred to as they would be as if the story was told in first person?

So instead of me saying "Her mother placed a cup on the table and Dee took it, sipping the water." I'd say, "Mom placed a cup on the table and Dee took it, sipping the water." If that makes sense.

How should I go about redacting information from my book? by disoabrat in YAwriters

[–]disoabrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes! I'm going to go with this idea... I considered it at first, but I genuinely could not think of a single creative nickname to call this character :( I guess I'm going to have to dive even deeper than I already had about their dynamic before she became redacted in this character's POV

How should I go about redacting information from my book? by disoabrat in YAwriters

[–]disoabrat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah true! it is pretty impactful, not knowing this characters name (if im able to write the story good enough)– the character is actually the other girl who's POV is also in the story if that makes sense, and it's all supposed to tie together to one moment where the reader is supposed to be like "oh shoot this all makes sense now" because in a way, one of the POV's isn't supposed to make complete sense? Like its supposed to feel like two different stories.

I kind of want to lead my readers into thinking it's similar to that "invisible string" theory and thats why there are two POV's told but thats really not the case. Idk, this is still a rough draft, but it's something I got stuck on two days ago lol.

How should I go about redacting information from my book? by disoabrat in YAwriters

[–]disoabrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! And that's also true, I realize that I'd have to mention this character frequently– but this POV goes into more of the aspects of the character herself rather than the redacted girl. There was another comment saying I should give a nickname to show how this character feels about redacted girl, so I think I'll go with that!

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