Thread:Todorokis.better.than.Bakuhoe/@comment-39073867-20190411182457/@comment-39058631-20190412010105

Zack55456 wrote: Hi, Iwas looking at your art work and I was wondering how you can draw characters facing the camera? I can only draw them facing left or a 1/4 turn. I have tried drawing them facing the camera, but it looks weird. Hey! The way I draw characters facing the camera partially relies on how I shade them. Shading helps bring most drawing together anyways, but in my opinion it counts even more when the character, the Midoriya one I censored my real name out on for example, is facing forward. I like to shade the areas to make it seem like natural lighting almost, kind of how it looks when you face someone, the light shining brighter in some areas than others. Also, the placement of the facial features counts in my opinion as well. To get it accurate I like to first set up the position on where to place things like eyes, mouth, nose, etc. will be going before drawing them. But first I set up the head itself. Basically I just make a circle and draw a verticle line, lightly, down the middle. Then I draw almost a cresent shape under the circle, just barely under the circle and barely a cresent too, lightly. Next I make the face shape by connecting the lines to make the cheeks, jawline, etc. followed up by a tracing of the shape to perfect it. After that, I very lightly draw a horizontal line down the center of the head, which is where the eyes will go. Then, I divide it into fourths lightly, still horizontal, so I know where to place the bangs/hair and the mouth. The nose I usually have to make a rough guess somewhere inbetween the eyes and mouth, but a tiny bit closer to the eyes than the mouth. Proportions matter, but that applies to all art, being a principle of design. I usually look at the posters on my wall to know how exactly the hair looks, and the shoulders, hands, arms, torso, etc. I just go look in a mirror to see how those are proportioned and, usually, I get it almost right on the money. I hope you found this helpful, sorry if this is way too long of an explanation; I didn't know what exactly you have trouble with so I kinda just explained everything I do in a drawing. If I didn't help with this response, please let me know and I can try to answer your questions, or if you still have any. Have a good day/night/whatever time it is that you are reading this!!!

And by the way, I love your drawing of Bakuhoe (I call him that because of a stupid typo in a text I sent to my friend), so I don't think some of this stuff you would even need because of how good you are. UwU

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