You’ve got the right idea and I love that you’re trying to self-critique. Trying to spot your own mistakes is a really important part of learning so keep that up! Personally, I’m not a huge fan of drawing a box for the head. The box is really good for understanding the perspective but I’ve always struggled with converting it to a head. The problem is that the head is just too rounded and that’s why I prefer the Loomis method. That being said the box does help to establish the perspective and so going forward you need to be mindful of that perspective. The skull is rigid and so certain elements and relationships will follow the perspective. The brow line, the eye line and the nose are good examples. The main issue I’m seeing is you are severely overestimating the size of the face (brow line to the bottom of the chin). You are placing the eyes too high on the head and then trying to make the rest of the features fit. This is a very common mistake. The eyes, generally, are in the middle of the face. If you go and analyze a bunch of heads either from straight on or in profile, you will see that the eyes are half way between the chin and the top of the head. There will be minor variations between people but that’s the basic rule. So if you’re starting with a box, if you find the center of the box that’s where you need to place the eyes. To find the brow line and the nose is a little trickier on the box and it’s why I prefer the Loomis method. On the Loomis head you draw a sphere and then divide the sphere in half and that line equates roughly to the brow line. Another important relationship goes from the hairline to the chin. You divide that length in 3 and that gives you the brow line and the bottom of the nose. Another way to think of it is if you divide the line from the brow to the chin in half, that’s the bottom of the nose. Lastly, the ears sit between the brow line and the bottom of the nose. So if you follow your perspective from the brow line and the nose, that will show you where to position the ear. Again, these proportions are ‘idealised’ and different people have different proportions. So you can play around with the proportions. Having a recipe to follow is good for practicing and learning but it’s important to not lose sight of what you’re actually trying to draw. Using reference will help when you’re unsure but the important point is to look at what you’re doing and asking yourself if it looks ‘right’. Don’t allow the method to override your observation. | Artwod Feedback