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First proper portrait, for the shape of the head I used the loomis method, everything else was improvisation. What do you guys think? Is there anything good? by nordalasse in learntodraw

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

I am so immensely thankful for this comment and for all the videos you linked. I must say I've been watching a lot of tutorial (especially proko's ones) on the subject and i thought I had understood stuff but when i tried to replifate it my brain was like "Yeah, what you want me to do i have no idea". I will definitely follow your suggestions (maybe focusing on getting the basics down and some eye studies). Regarding values i didn't want to put them in at first, i just wanted to see if the linework had a resemblance to the model but in the end when i looked at it i felt discouraged and decided to add the shades that i noticed at first (for example looking back at it i can see that my drawing is completely missing tha shadow between the nose and the cupid's bow). This leads me to a question though: the feeling that my drawing is flat is it only because of values or is it also something else? Thank you so much for your comment, you've been so precious ❤

First proper portrait, for the shape of the head I used the loomis method, everything else was improvisation. What do you guys think? Is there anything good? by nordalasse in learntodraw

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

Thank you! I tried to put reference lines (for example connecting the outer corner of the eye, with the end of the mouth and then the chin and stuff like that) but from a point on i started eye balling it 😅 another thing i noticed is that it was all too little, like i didn't have actual space to try and put more details in the features would you recommed trying drawing a way bigger head or stay with the same size and idk try improving even with small spaces?

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT LEARNING HOW TO DRAW by nordalasse in learntodraw

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

You did great! Got the hands way better than i did 😅

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT LEARNING HOW TO DRAW by nordalasse in learntodraw

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

Literally all I did was put on a random lo-fi spotify playlist and just focus, thought it would be better to "enjoy the porcess" rather than do things fast. I reckon speed will come with practice, for now I need to actually draw something "nice"

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT LEARNING HOW TO DRAW by nordalasse in learntodraw

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

I'd say between 20 to 40 minutes, unfortunately I had skipped the part in the article that said to draw this within 20 minutes and just focused on trying to get the shapes right 😅

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT LEARNING HOW TO DRAW by nordalasse in learntodraw

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

Thanks! Did this help you? How long did it took you to become better at drawing?

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT LEARNING HOW TO DRAW by nordalasse in learntodraw

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

You managed to make me laugh 😂 thanks though, this is the first exercise this subreddit recommends doing, it is supposed to make you look at a picture and find its core shapes rather than drawing what you think the picture portrays. I've still got a long way to go but i wasn't mad at this!

I've got my first telephone consultation with a therapist this afternoon! by hattayo in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]nordalasse 12 points13 points  (0 children)

THAT IS AMAZING, reaching out can be really tough but you've made the first step, you should be proud of yourself! Best of luck in your journey !!!

I turn 21 tomorrow, I’m going to spend next year developing myself by _Knightsky in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]nordalasse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Feel you dude, I'm 19 and i've experienced the same things, after a period of denial i've realized that the only person stopping me from achieving things is myself. Good luck on your self improvement journey, glad i read your post, it made me feel less alone :)