lazysmirk:

Just in case you forget this exists.

It exists.

edencomplex:

Cedarseed’s Guide to Human Types

Part 1: Asian types

Part 2: Caucasian Types

Part 3: African Types

Download them. This guide is really, really good and I recommend it to everyone. I always use it before I try to come up with a character, and I think it would be especially useful in fandoms like Hetalia. 

awrugro:

I drew a newer/cleaner version of this in English for the anon who asked for an English version a month ago or so? Sorry for taking so long orz

This has the same info in it as before except for one extra point.

Anyways, again, these are all self-observed notes! I don’t study art or whatever! And I highly suggest you look at different pictures of faces and practice this to have a better understanding.

wannabeanimator:

Drawing the differences in ages

1. The size and angularity of the neck and shoulders: Babies start out with thick necks, but then by the time we’re 5 or 6 our necks seem to look pretty skinny (at least I’ve found it seems to look that way in drawings). Our shoulders, obviously, start out small and get broader and broader as we get older (this is more apparent in men than in women, of course). Also I made a conscious effort to make his shoulders start out rounded and get more angular as he ages. If I’d kept going, drawing this guy into old age, I would have made the shoulders start to shrink (and get more rounded again) as he aged.

 2. The relation of the mouth to the chin: I simply made the mouth get further away from the chin as he ages, to give a feeling of a jaw that develops as he gets older. Also I made the jawline stronger and more angular with each successive age.

3. The amount of upturn in the nose: I made it turned up more in the younger drawings, and made it less so over time.

 4. The size of the forehead: We have a bigger forehead when we’re young, and it diminishes proportionally over time.

 5. The chubbiness of the cheeks: most of us have less fat in our cheeks as we age.

via Temple of the Seven Golden Camels

nomadic-shayejou:

Red Fox Pelt Chart by *SkinnedFawx

eyecager:

The Secret to Composition
“Exasperated by composition tutorials that go on about the rule of thirds but don’t explain why it works (or even that much detail how to use it), I decided to make my own.

This should be applicable to both painters and photographers, with occasional tips for one or the other in particular. ” - Lulie

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ibelievepracticemakesperfect:

Oh hey guys, remember the lightning cheat sheet?

How about one with 5 degree increments using a 3d model in Blender? more downloads here!

youngartist-city:

Eye Shapes!

careydraws:

Few notes on Richer(translated & edited by Hale)’s Artistic Anatomy. Only had a little while with it at the library today, but I’d love to dig around in there more. Good stuff!