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November 23, 2005
Face Drawing from the Inside Out
I've been practicing drawing imaginary faces over skulls. Here are two examples. One is better than the other, but I'll show both, because I think the mistake is instructional.
In the example above, I gave an adequate amount of space between the face and the skull to account for muscles and fat. I think this one worked out pretty well.
In this attempt I cut the face too close to the bone. Because I didn't account for muscle and fat, the face is too small for the features and doesn't look right.
Here's a book I found useful in this regard:
Forensic Art and illustration by Karen T Taylor
Posted by digital artform at November 23, 2005 10:57 AM