Adding this under resources since this can apply to all media.


Adding this under resources since this can apply to all media. 

#protips  

Originally shared by Daniel Ibanez

Something for the art-makers out there: People always ask me for tips at drawing faces. This post may provide a small insight into that special visual problem. The image here is taken from a small study I did this morning. This detail shot is an in-progress image. I intentionally cropped the artwork to show the painting existing at three levels of finish simultaneously. Number "1" is a face as it looks when I am simply "roughing in" the sketch. Number "2" is what my faces look like when I begin to more clearly define the lights, darks, and proportion. Number "3" is a representation of a near finished/polished stage of the painting. The important thing to note is that in all cases, the work is about seeing and representing "value" - value is the artist word for light and dark. Light and dark will create the illusion of form. Recording these forms accurately is the beginning of good portrait work. 

Thanks for reading and best wishes! 

- Daniel
#digitalpainting101  - I tagged a few of you here so that we might get back in touch for a painting hangout again soon!

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