Hello everyone:
I am working on lesson 5, try to draw animals.
But I found out that eye sockets are really hard to draw...or, in the other word, it is hard to recognize where should I place eye sockets and how big are they ( or what range should be covered by it) ?
Is there any suggestion to do it?
Thanks.
They are pretty big. The exact size doesn't matter much, as the objective on this lesson is to make a solid 3d drawing, it doesn't have to be 100% accurate to the reference.
So the main thing you should be looking at when drawing the eye socket and other features of the heads of animals, is not about their exact size, but about how to draw them so they fit snuggly on the head as if it was a puzzle.
So, instead of worrying about the exact size of the eye socket, try to think of it as a piece of a puzzle on the head, make sure it doesn't stay floating on it. (Also, to get an idea about how big eye sockets are, you can check images of the skull of the animal you're drawing)
Skull probably is a good idea. I will try it. Thanks.
Can I recommend looking at Aaron Blaises animal tutorials. He runs the creatureartteacher.com site.
He has lots of things on offer at the moment due to lockdown. Animals is his big thing ( he worked on the Lion King ) with a big fcous on anatomy.
I have paid for a year of full membership and feel I have had my money's worth in less then a month ( done 4 courses ).
Just a suggestion.
Hello, Scoobyclub:
I totally agree your suggestion,
actually, I am taking those courses now, too.
But when I am doing the assignments of drawabox,
I am trying to use the techniques introduced here only.
But now I found lesson 5 is really hard if I only use techniques which introduced here.
So, what I am tring to do now is combining the techniques of both courses.
Hope I can get nice result eventually :)
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