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Title: Noses - how do you do it?!
Post by: Mia.Elora on December 29, 2016, 04:31:24 PM
Post by: Mia.Elora on December 29, 2016, 04:31:24 PM
So, I occasionally will get the itch to draw, but I keep running into this - I cannot draw a realistic looking nose. What is the great secret?!
Title: Re: Noses - how do you do it?!
Post by: Ms Grace on December 29, 2016, 05:52:31 PM
Post by: Ms Grace on December 29, 2016, 05:52:31 PM
Noses can be tricky...different shapes, sizes, angles...I'm far from perfecting them myself and being a cartoonist I tend to go for stylised rather than realistic. All I can suggest is finding lots of pictures of faces and practice drawing them.
Title: Re: Noses - how do you do it?!
Post by: Kylo on December 29, 2016, 06:25:20 PM
Post by: Kylo on December 29, 2016, 06:25:20 PM
Visualization in 3D space. Break it down into a shape out of squares or rectangles and simplify it. Then get used to how that roughly looks from different angles so you can re-draw on demand. YouTube tutorials like those of Proko might help you.
Title: Re: Noses - how do you do it?!
Post by: Mia.Elora on December 29, 2016, 09:45:42 PM
Post by: Mia.Elora on December 29, 2016, 09:45:42 PM
Why did I never think to Youtube this? Gah. Thank you both for your suggestions.