I want to draw my OC in this pos, can I get help with referencing :)

[thick minnow]

I recommend tracing this for the structure then adapting it to how youre wanting to draw

[river sable]

that aint considered cheating right

[thick minnow]

Nope

Tracing for structure is totally fine

Plus this is a photo

[river sable]

alright cool

[brave forge]

Yeah. Get the structure first (loomis method). Block in all ur main forms, dont jump straight into detail

Constantly compare different features to other features

[river sable]

so is this like too much

i wanna do my oc's face

did change the hair a little

[thick minnow]

it looks to me you traced the lines. not the structure

to trace the structure you need to pay attention to the underlying shapes as well as how the features are wraping around the head in relation to those shapes

[river sable]

you think you can give an example

like how do i go about it

[thick minnow]

this is a structural trace

is of this pic

[river sable]

oh damn

did you do that in 5 mins

[brave forge]

HOWD THAT GET IN THERE

[thick minnow]

did not do in five minutes lol. i had to explain this to someone else a few days ago so i kept it in my photos

[river sable]

i see

man how do you do this 🤣

[thick minnow]

uh... next question...

idk how to explain. i just do it XD

[river sable]

is this how i go about it

or am i just putting useless lines

[brave forge]

Search up the loomis method on youtube

[thick minnow]

close. you need to look for the full cranuim (primary part of the skull that houses the brain) you also need to look for the eyeline ( where the eye rests) and how it changes based on the angle it is currently at

[brave forge]

Theres a ton of videos on how to use a ref to apply it to the loomis scturcutr

Structure*

[river sable]

okay i will try

ty

[thick minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/big-hero6-baymax-there-there-patting-head-pat-head-gif-17634358873307423130

[brave forge]

Im trying my best

[thick minnow]

smh

[river sable]

@thick minnow @brave forge

is this it

[brave forge]

Much better

[thick minnow]

yep. now replicate it without tracing

[river sable]

f*ck!

😉

[brave forge]

Lmaoooo how else will u lesrn

[river sable]

it was a joke

[brave forge]

Ik

[thick minnow]

what did you think it was going to be that simple XD

[river sable]

this is the fun part

[brave forge]

Gl soldier o7

[river sable]

now i can spend hours trying to do it

[thick minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/tired-exhausted-telettubies-po-pass-out-gif-17396467

[river sable]

but does the method look right?

like did i map out correctly is what im asking

[thick minnow]

yep

[river sable]

alright cool

[brave forge]

The nose is sligjtly off and your kinda missing the mouth line. Otherwise the rest looks fine

[river sable]

is it cheating if i use an elipse tool for the circle 🙂

[thick minnow]

i advise against it tbh

[river sable]

alright

[thick minnow]

work on freehanding circles

[river sable]

ill try without

[brave forge]

No. But why do u need a perfect cricle when in the end u erase ut

[river sable]

trueeeee

[river sable]

is that better

[brave forge]

Si

[river sable]

cool

so do i just put on a sub view

and do my best?

that looks horrendous without the picture lol

[thick minnow]

Practice

[river sable]

ay ay captain

@thick minnow

this is hard

and sorry for pinging all the time

hope you dont mind

[thick minnow]

Is fine. Do be aware i have class starting up soon so discord will be completely on mute

[river sable]

alright all good

was just sharing my progress, would you suggest I keep practicing this method over and over on different references, or do i just finish this one completely

[brave forge]

Outside of personal work i rec doing lots of practice with diff refs and anvles