Les Visages

Some different head designs for my Madame Cecile character. I have the terrible habit of drawing one face shape and then drawing the same face over and over and over again, thinking that Im exploring different ideas, but really Im not! Here Ive really tried to explore various head shapes, facial proportions and expressions. What ones are you feeling?

0 to 100

So it took my 2 days to do! Probably about 4 hours in total. Who'd have thunk it would take that long to draw 100 of something. Above is a low res image of all 100 (cause some are shockingly bad and I dont want you to see them :P) but below are some of my stronger ones.

0 to 50

As an attempt to get better at faces, Ive come back to my 0 to 100 PROJECT app, that showcases some interesting faces of people of each age, but different genders, ethnicity, nationality, style, etc. Great practise. I can feel myself getting a little better but can tell I have a looooong way to go. Ive attached this image of years 0-50, some are just terrible and hideous but you gotta show your least favourite work aswell as your most. Be nice! Next 50 tomorrow? Maybe.

0 to 100

The next new thing to learn is faces and caricature! I downloaded this brilliant wee app called 0 to 100, which has a front photograph of different people from all over the world, from to 100 years old. I got it for fun but now it's come into proper use!

These are pretty weak but I was starting to loosen up. Look forward to going out and drawing people in cafes and bars with this detail...as opposed to a cross hair face!