Trimestrial
2018-06-24 22:33
Sorry u/Uncomfotable....
But I feel like X-posting this to r/restofthefuckingowl ....
I love what you are doing for people like me that are trying to learn how to draw...
woojoo666
2018-06-24 22:42
Would it be fine to use a box form for the muzzle? And then build around it?
Uncomfortable
2018-06-24 22:46
The only reason I wouldn't start with the muzzle is that it's not terribly useful when you're drawing the entire body. Starting off with a cranial ball, ribcage and pelvis allows you to put all the major masses of the creature all at once, because they're all related to one another by the spine. If you were used to drawing the head starting from the muzzle, then you'd be hard pressed to find a way to easily connect it to the rest of the body without going through the trouble of constructing more of the head.
woojoo666
2018-06-24 22:55
I guess I meant starting with the cranial ball, but then using a box form for the muzzle instead of the pentagonal/hexagonal extrusion you did. And then build around / refine the muzzle later. Would that be fine? Any reason why you chose the more complicated extrusion?
Uncomfortable
2018-06-24 23:15
Ahh, I see. You could technically use a box, but the benefit of the form I used is that it nestles into the eye sockets rather nicely, emphasizing that whole puzzle point I mention in step 2.
GeckoNinja
2018-06-25 00:33
Do you recommend always using a sphere for cranium?
I drew a few crocodiles and currently drawing a warthog and both of them have a very long cranium. Especially the crocodiles.
Uncomfortable
2018-06-25 01:02
Always a sphere. I use "cranium" as a term because that's the closest thing I've got, but really I'm treating it like the spherical nub at the end of the neck. That's what we're building the whole head around, and I'd treat a human head the same way.
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2018-06-25 04:42
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Uncomfortable
2018-06-25 14:29
That's a great way to look at it, and it certainly lines up properly. Envisioning head construction like creating a scifi helmet of sorts really emphasizes the planar quality and all of the distinct edges, and can make it a little easier to keep yourself from trying to smooth things over too soon.
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2018-06-25 08:28
Khajiit Head Construction*
Without its body the head looks very 'human'
Ezechield
2018-06-25 17:47
You should definitively write a book with contruction for every single type of thing you would become rich :p
Uncomfortable
2018-06-25 18:04
Just thinking about that makes me feel exhausted. But the rich part does sound enticing.
Uncomfortable
2018-06-24 22:45
Hahaha! Maybe that's not such a bad idea.
[deleted]
2018-06-24 22:49
I would say this is pretty thorough.
He walks you through construction of the form. Adding details is the only part he did all at once.
The previous step says "use reference"
Trimestrial
2018-06-24 23:02
I thought it was pretty clear that that I was making a joke.
And that the joke was about my ability to draw.
And not about Uncorfortable's lessons.