Face studies 2/1/22

(my first critique ever, so critique on critique is appreciated ;-) )

I do not know the references, but I think that you captured the orientation and the basic proportions pretty well. Though I tend to say that the right eye of the right portrait is a bit too big and a bit too close to the nose (I am quite receptive to this because it frequently happens to me as well)

It may be worth a try to sacrifice a few outlines for a bit more value. Not only because the sketches would look more "finished" then but also because it makes it easier to judge whether you got the proportions and placements right. The pupil, a little shadow under the nose, the upper lip and the eyesocket. That does not have to be too accurate but it gives you a valuable feedback of how you did.

Also, I would recommend to force yourself to a faster pace. I also found it hard to accept all the errors that happen when I started with that and it can be daunting to draw very faulty sketches over and over. It takes maaany very bad sketches to become better at that but the good thing is that you do not spend much time on a single sketch and it is a great training for learning to grasp the proportions more intuitively. I'm saying so because there is not that much conveyed by your sketches considering that it took ten minutes to draw each of them. It happens to me frequently when I am allowing myself for too much time to revise and correct rather than moving forward. To me it turned out that 5 minute sketches were not significantly worse than 15 minute sketches. They were just wrong in a different way. But doing three instead helped me to learn faster.

But again, overall these orientations are difficult to grasp and I think you did a pretty good job on that. They look like plausible faces and especially the right one with the nose superposing the cheek is well done. I find that angle very difficult to draw because every millimeter counts in that.

Hope it helps a bit.

Very good expressions! Good head structure, can't go wrong with the Loomis methid

great sense of structure! Do try softening up strokes and tapering lines. For delicate features like the eyes bold hard strokes causes it to fall flat and appear 2D. With more practice you can definitely figure out how to improve those strokes and minor errors of proportion. Plus its super helpful to draw the overall form of parts like eyebrows rather than drawing all the little details (basically avoid drawing strokes for hair).

I think you got the basic proportions correct. They both look good

Biggest critique I have is the eyes. I'll focus on the right drawing because I think it'll provide a better teaching tool

When drawing the eyes we should remember that they are essentially spheres inside of the head. Their placement is important otherwise you get a situation such as on the right where it looks as if the left eyeball sits further towards the center of the face than it would otherwise. A short study on eyes and eye placement should help if you find yourself struggling with eye placement

If you can, get a magazine or a newspaper and a brightly colored pen or pencil. Then simply outline where you think the entire sphere lay. You'll need to look up anatomy of the eye shortly before and after but I think it would help going forward

A quick overview of eye placement with respect to anatomy

https://imgur.com/a/eyl8dUI From the book Gray's Anatomy (Sadly with much less drama)

Good evening, Nere Kapiteni, how are you? Great work and job on your design, gestures and shapes of the head you've slowly sculpted out. These craniums all look very good indeed. Keep them up.

What bothers me is that, not to be a bit too jerky, but I'm here to help you out, but, the right face doesn't have a pair of eyes believably look directly at us enough yet. Would you please free up your dominant shoulder and arm with 6 minutes of 2 minute faces and expressions, all flipped vertically, and all fully centered on eyes and their directions. The reason is because, they are one of the necessary tools for the facial expressions,action, and action, in emphasis and exaggeration and satire. If you really want to make a goofy wall-eyed expression, then I'd suggest you'll go for that. Look, Good luck to you, and I hope these have helped you out and encouraged you very much.

Good evening, Nere Kapiteni, how are you? Great work and job on your design, gestures and shapes of the head you've slowly sculpted out. These craniums all look very good indeed. Keep them up.

What bothers me is that, not to be a bit too jerky, but I'm here to help you out, but, the right face doesn't have a pair of eyes believably look directly at us enough yet. Would you please free up your dominant shoulder and arm with 6 minutes of 2 minute faces and expressions, all flipped vertically, and all fully centered on eyes and their directions. The reason is because, they are one of the necessary tools for the facial expressions,action, and action, in emphasis and exaggeration and satire. If you really want to make a goofy wall-eyed expression, then I'd suggest you'll go for that. Look, Good luck to you, and I hope these have helped you out and encouraged you very much.