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>Have been drawing in secret for years
>only draw animals/nature/objects/skulls/characters
>can't draw people for shit
>try to draw a portrait
>not realistic
>how the fuck do you draw hair
>how the fuck do you draw a nose
> hard for me to keep attention to one drawing
>missionfailed.jpg
>should I abort portraits
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Don't worry everything looks bad
Draw what you see not what you think you see. Eyes aren't ovals with circles inside
Hair is the ultimate test against the so called symbol drawing. If you don't think in shapes of value/hue you'll never get it
There's a beginner thread too
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got u bruh >>2622667
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First time I tried portrait I copied an already completed sketch.
It gave me an idea about shadows and shading.
>Try drawing pic related for a start
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>>2624338
don't do this
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>>2624344
Explain?
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>>2624353
copying drawings is absolutely pointless unless you're looking to learn another artist's style
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>>2624284
When it comes to hair, less is more.
Try to successfully communicate what the hair is in the least amount of lines possible.
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>>2624355
Learning shadows and shading from another artist isn't copying their style.
Most portraits sketches have the same principles
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>>2624360
you'll learn a lot more from making your own observations from real life or from photographs rather than from studying bottom of the barrel celeb portraits from deviantart
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>>2624284
S Y M B O L
D R A W I N G
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>>2624284
Work general to specific, get the general shape of how it fits around the planes of the head with value, dont draw every strand, you don't need much for it to be understood as hair but going too far is easy.
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>>2624284
Get better photos. with a single light source meant to draw from, not like this but it shows planes, simply i think.
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>>2624434
he's not a pedophile, he's a minor
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>>2624338
>i see you're a beginner and need some help
>here, draw this fully-rendered, high-detail portrait of a celebrity to start
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