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Tutorial - Craneofacials 01
Published: 2008-04-08 20:34:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 80093; Favourites: 2321; Downloads: 1517
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Exposure to zillions of artists is one of the principal drives I've had to improve as an artist and come to where I am today. This I owe to the dev community.I'm not putting myself on a pedestal here. I'm not a seasoned comic pro... hell, I wouldn't exactly call myself a pro yet, my first printed work isn't even on the shelves yet. However, I am a professional artist, and I think I have some knowledge and experience.
That's why it's time to give back to community. Pay it forward, so to speak.
These sketches are excercises in character rendering. I reallyrecommend you do the steps in the order listed. It really helps to speedily repeat the same craneofacial makeup several times, since it helps create muscle memory. They say teaching is learning, and I agree, I got more out of making this then I think people will get out of reading it.
Anyway, I hope it helps anyone working to become a better artist. And remember, be original. No technique is the superior (certainly not mine), and take what you get out of this tutorial and make it your own.
I'll try to whip out a female heroic, and then a male and female civilian version, soon.
Disclaimer is on the bottom. Ya damn hyenas!
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No one else was doing something like this, so I said, "Something's not right, here!"
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Glad you saw it, too! This'll help me if I ever master Photoshop... or draw a human being.
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This is a great tutorial. One note though, you've labeled D as C and I was confuse for a second.
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So awesome! Thanks a lot for sharing this.
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Ah, this looks really useful! Thanks for taking the time to make such a good tutorial!
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I was unemployed at the time
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I'll deffinatly save this to favorites for future use!
Thanks for creating this! I'll be sure to use the advice you give here.
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Awesome! very unique style and very informative tutorial. Love your choice in heroes!
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Ahh Wonderful. I can draw more manly men now! Yay for slowly getting away from anime pretty boys!
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By the way, you mislabled type D as C.
But still, really awesome walkthrough. Great explanations...
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while I don't do comics, I know a lot of my friends do, and I think this is really useful and could improve the drawing of many comics.
Brilliant!
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As a person who can do a decent variety of female facial structures but flounders with the male side I thank you for this. Very helpful and easy to follow with a lot of things that, when I see them like this, seem like they should be common sense.
Since this is a pretty old piece I'm now going to go browse your gallery and see your newer work^^
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That's what puzzled me when I woke up to almost 1000 messages... "I haven't anything DD noteworthy lately..."
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You know...I've noticed that a vast number of the DDs I've looked at lately are pieces from a number of years ago and that there seem to be a lot more tutorials too (or maybe it's the same number it's always been and I'm just noticing them more)
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Yeap. Like I said in my Journal, a piece needs to circulate to catch the mods attention, and sometimes that takes a couple years.
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Ah...it's nice to see men every now and then. Even if they are illustrated.
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A very interesting tutorial! I'm struggling in giving more variety to my head shapes, they look always so similar to me. This will surely come in hand!
Thank you for sharing your experience with the community!
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This is a great tutorial and on a subject i've been struggling with, myself! Im definately going to give these tips a try and see how I do. Also - You didn't drink enough last night if you can conduct a walkthrough like this with a hangover. 
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i will admit i have only read a couple of comics in my time, but reading this is quite interesting it looks so strange how the head can be drawn. Thank you for this, i may not be a comic artist in any shape or form but it gives an interesting insight on how to make your character drawings that little more unique..
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I hope it aids people of any style.
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Wow, thank you so much for posting this! This will come in handy!
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Well, something about first stones and sin, right?
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*hurls rock*
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O.o what does that mean??
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Awesome tutorial!
Faving for later usage!
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really great. myself Ive only gotten back into drawing for 5-6 months, so I'm still learning. this will definately help in practcing different character types. Thanks
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im sure somebody else has already told you, but you actually use the term 'type C' twice! type D appears to have been incorrectly typed =/
that being said, this is an incredible tutorial, DD well deserved
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Lol, when I looked at this first glance, I thought of a webcam I saw the other day. "How to draw an Owl: First, draw a couple of circles...Second, finish the rest of the f*cking owl." xD lol! Nice tutorial (:.
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..Oh, you have no idea how happy I am to find this.. I'm currently trying to improve on drawing different headshapes and such..... Thanks a lot~~ ;A; Congratulations on the DD.~ :3
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Just so you know, you have this labeled as "Type A," Type B," Type C," & "Type C."
This is awesome & informative, congrats on the DD.
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Aside from Alfred, no love for DC. Is that a matter of personal preference or just a consequence of the fact that most of DC's male heroes have a nearly identical craneofacial makeup?
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They don't have a lot to work with, story-wise. I too prefer Marvel for it's more diverse characters.
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Well, I wouldn't say I prefer Marvel, sure they have a lot of characters that are simply more approachable and lifelike than DC's, but I'm still very fond of a certain few DC's heroes and villains. As far as reading comics goes, I'd say it's a 50:50 split for me.
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Approachable, yes, good term.
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ace stuff, very informative! I'll bear this in mind in my next sketching session. I love your style, comicbooky but different too. Must be hard to carve out your own style when it comes to comic work.
New member on my watch list methinks.
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