How can I draw glasses?? They don't fit??

[devout linden]

Hey so im drawing a drawing (crazy ammiright) and I can't get the glasses to fit.. I appreciate advice and criticism just pls don't tell me to just not draw glasses cuz I kinda have to cuz the og oc has glasses... Thank youu

[amber vector]

Have you tried to make the middle less straight, usually its bridge is curved with the nose

[formal fog]

Ngl I thought this was a 3d render oh and a tip for glasses use 5 lines to show the 3 different dimensions and just use them as a guide to make the glasses

[devout linden]

thx! and could u maybe explain itz with a drawing cuz i dont rly understand?

[devout linden]

oh yea i should proll do that too but i think the glasses themselves look funky too

[amber vector]

Can’t rly give you advice but try looking at a reference also this is pretty random but the eyes look kinda funky

[devout linden]

i cant find a ref sdaly..also in what way r the eyes weird? i havent rly noticed nor has anybody else ive asked so id rly appreciate it if u could explain what u mean

[prime halo]

the left eye is shorter than the right, which doesnt make sense with the direction shes facing. also the left eye has less eyeliner than the right but maybe its just the shading that makes it look like that

[devout linden]

i see this question was actually bout glasses but sure

[prime halo]

yea but u asked what was wrong with the eyes

[devout linden]

yea i asked 1 specific person cuz they already mentioned it. i didnt mean that i was now asking for eye tips. its fine tho👍

[marble slate]

I think the glasses just lacks the 3d aspect. right now it just looks like a 2d stickers pasted on top. It might also help if you paint the "handle" of the sunglasses, i'm not sure what to call it .

great painting tho, i like it.

[surreal hemlock]

what i think is that the glasses in your art don't follow the 3d shape of the face,
glasses have two points of suspension, one on the nose and the other is on the ears

nose:
you can notice in the references i have sent that there are two little supports in the place where the nose is supposed to go. these little pegs sit on the sides of the nose. the bridge of the glasses either floats above the bridge of the nose or sits on the nose depending on the way the character has worn them. usually if they're worn on the lower nose, the bridge floats ( reference 2 shows this) and it sits on the nose if the character has worn them on the upper nose(like in reference 1)
another thing to notice is that the action line (or axis? idk what to call it T^T basically the line the glasses follow) of the glasses is perpendicular with respect to the axis of the nose, in your art it's probably a rough drawing of the glasses but I can notice the bridge of the glasses following a different perspective than the nose.

ears:
so the arms of the glasses rest on the top part of the ear, so naturally they would be parallel to the side plane of the head. also the arms connect to the main frame at the same height where the bridge connects the two lenses. another point to notice is that the arms and the main frame make a 90° angle most of the time (ref 2 shows this really well) except for when the main frame is curved. you can incorporate this knowledge in order to better fit the frame on the character's face.

one last tip, think of the placement of glasses on a head like a square around it, something like the box method you use for drawing the head in perspective.oh and if you are following this analogy then the lenses can be made by drawing their shape on the box

uhm that's all I can think of right now, I might've missed a few little things tho.

anyways, amazing painting i love your rendering, teach me how you do it please T^T (this is an equivalent exchange mwahahahahahha)

[viscid walrus]

if you want them super circular. otherwise youu could get away with slightly more oval if you want a sleeker fit to the face

obv as you render and refine it itll look better than these pink general guide lines

[devout linden]

omg why didnt i get notified bout this??

[devout linden]

thx alot this wouldve been a great help!!

[devout linden]

this is crazy help woww!!! thx alot! unfortuantly i dont rly have a specific way of rendering but i recommend def learning how to make smooth gradients with both a soft airbrush and a hard brush and getting lots and lots and lots of references

[viscid walrus]

No problem

[surreal hemlock]

anytime! also do you have any socials where i could see your art process? i quite like the colours you use and the rendering you do, it might help me in some way

[devout linden]

no sadly not.. i was thinking about it tho and ill tell u when i do:D