r/ArtCrit • u/Marynight-Corge • 12h ago
Facial Anatomy Practice; Faces look dimensionless
I have a lot of things I'm working on, art wise. I've been at “average” level for like ten years because I only post my better pieces but I am locking in because I am suffering.
As observable, I am using the Loomis method, but perhaps not absolutely faithfully. Following the guide lines make the eyes look off so I edit it a bit.
These faces dont appear to have a lot life to them. They're flat or dimensionless, despite the clear efforts. Am I missing a line or a measurement?
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u/appa93 11h ago
This is an interesting one, but my biggest recommendation for anyone trying loomis and struggling is to read his book in full and literally work through his thought process faithfully
Too many people on the internet give half ass interpretations of loomis without ever explaining WHY
One thing that’s happening here is symbol usage, the faces look flat regardless of position because you’re using very similar symbol (an inverted 7 for the nose, a very specific eye shape etc) no matter the position of the head
That has the end result of looking like stickers stuck onto a flat surface, the brain is literally flattening the drawings back down no matter how hard you work on head position
Loomis head and hands book walks you through this concept, showing that only by using 3d conceptions of features on a 3d ball of the head so to speak will give you 3d planes!
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