{"id":720,"date":"2024-02-22T14:13:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/?p=720"},"modified":"2024-02-22T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:03:58","slug":"learning-to-draw-people-challenge-day-03-2024-01-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/22\/learning-to-draw-people-challenge-day-03-2024-01-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Draw People Challenge \u2013 Day 03 (2024\/01\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\n<i>This was initially written February 19, 2024 as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2024-learning-to-draw-people-challenge\/\">2024 Learning to Draw People Challenge<\/a><\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\nOn this day, I spent just over an hour drawing. I started with the initial measurements based on the reference material in the book. However, I&#8217;ve actually been struggling with getting those measurements right and this will require further investigation. Once I had my guildelines, I spent some time trying to get the head&#8217;s outline in place, this time immediately including the jaw. I had a lot of insecurity and issues getting it in place, so there are a lot of &#8220;scratch marks&#8221; present. And it&#8217;s not even perfect anyway.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\nThere are two things I learned during this stage:\r\n<ul>\r\n  <li>There are natural pivot points that can be used with your arm (your elbow, you wrist, etc&#8230;). These can be used to help draw some curves more naturally. Obviously, it will require more experimentation, but keeping that in mind can be useful.<\/li>\r\n  <li>Unfortunately, due to the nature of drawing, symmetric things are sometimes not trivial to draw. Because I&#8217;m using my right hand, there some stroke orientations\/directions are more natural to me than others. This means if I try to draw the four quarters of a circle separately, each will have a different level of difficulty. This can be alleviated by re-orienting the canvas, but that still won&#8217;t accomplish proper symmetry&#8230;only a rotation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-638\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-757x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"893\" class=\"size-large wp-image-638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-768x1038.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-250x338.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-550x744.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-800x1082.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-133x180.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline-370x500.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/head_outline.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head outline with jaw,  guidelines included<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\nOnce the head&#8217;s shape was sketched, I sketched the eyes, nose and mouth. At this stage, the results seem disappointing and unnerving, but that&#8217;s ok. It&#8217;s meant for rough placement.\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-639\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"725\" class=\"size-full wp-image-639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth-250x263.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth-550x578.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth-171x180.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth-476x500.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head with rough eyes, nose and mouth. (Guidelines included)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-640\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth_no_guidelines.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"772\" class=\"size-full wp-image-640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth_no_guidelines.png 598w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth_no_guidelines-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth_no_guidelines-250x323.png 250w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth_no_guidelines-550x710.png 550w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth_no_guidelines-139x180.png 139w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rough_eyes_nose_mouth_no_guidelines-387x500.png 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head with rough eyes, nose and mouth. (No Guidelines)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\nThe next step was to refine the eyes, eyebrows, eye lashes and ears, along with a little blush for effect. One very notable thing with this step is that I spent a lot of time adjusting things. For example, deleting parts of the eyes that existed in the previous part, and trying to fix them, better center them, etc.. A lot of learning at this stage, which eventually should be replaced by intuition if I gain enough experience. Two important lessons I&#8217;ve learned here:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It&#8217;s ok if parts of the rough sketch are not perfect, they can be adapted later. Early on, &#8220;good enough&#8221; is sufficient<\/li>\r\n<li>Some detail imperfections can get masked by thicker lines in some situations, especially when it comes to having the &#8220;perfect curve&#8221; (Though I will have to learn more about thickness of line and their proper purpose in the future)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-754x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"896\" class=\"size-large wp-image-641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-768x1044.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-250x340.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-550x747.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-800x1087.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-132x180.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed-368x500.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eyes_detailed.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eyes, lashes and ears with more detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\nOnce these part of the face were &#8220;ready&#8221;, I moved on to the hair (also adding a neck and shoulders). Here there was a lot of erasing and retries, in particular with the neck and shoulders. As for the hair, I followed the book, first with an outline of where the hair would lie:\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-642\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-733x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"922\" class=\"size-large wp-image-642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-250x349.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-550x768.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-800x1118.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-129x180.jpg 129w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside-358x500.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hair_outside.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing hair spacing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\nFinally, I tried to add detail to the hair. I definitely struggled a bit with this one, and realized how unintuitive hair placement feels to me. A few issues I&#8217;ve dealt with are:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The actual orientation of the hair to make it more natural<\/li>\r\n<li>What individual lines represent. Ultimately, we&#8217;re representing the general shape of the hair, rather than individual strands. However, I struggled to make sense of when to connect strands of hair, and when to simply add unconnected lines.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHere is the final result, with and without guidelines. It&#8217;s definitely no masterpiece, and isn&#8217;t as good as the model I&#8217;m following, but for my third day, I think it&#8217;s not too shabby. (There was an extra step I could have followed, but I opted to stop there for the day.)\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-645\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" class=\"size-large wp-image-645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_layers_1.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day 03 final drawing (With Guidelines)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-644\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" class=\"size-large wp-image-644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Drawing_2024-01-10_1.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day 03 final drawing (No guidelines)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\n<i>This post is followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/22\/learning-to-draw-people-challenge-day-04-2024-01-11\/\">Learning to Draw People Challenge \u2013 Day 04 (2024\/01\/11)<\/a><\/i>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was initially written February 19, 2024 as part of the 2024 Learning to Draw People Challenge On this day, I spent just over an hour drawing. I started with the initial measurements based on the reference material in the book. However, I&#8217;ve actually been struggling with getting those measurements right and this will require &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/22\/learning-to-draw-people-challenge-day-03-2024-01-10\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learning to Draw People Challenge \u2013 Day 03 (2024\/01\/10)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawing","category-skill-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}