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jakobdam — Tutorial: Drawing 3/4 portrait
Published: 2014-02-21 09:31:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1869; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 22
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I hope some ppl find this tutorial useful
I plan to make more tutorials - on shading, different drawing styles etc...
Tutorial: Drawing a head full frontal: fav.me/d77ep18
Tutorial: Posing/drawing a character: fav.me/d774lyw
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Thank you. When I draw my half elf OC I lose the shape of the eyes sometimes.The lines I draw my features on become straight and not curvy. Very helpful!
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I'm very happy you found it helpful!
Elf eye shapes are more almond-like (at least, that's what I prefer) than ordinary eyes. Now since elves are creatues of myth/legend/fantasy, you can do pretty much whatever you like, as long as you do it convincingly. Personally, I prefer the style of Larry Elmore - the famed original artist for the DragonLance novels; search for "Larry Elmore Laurana" on google image search; you'll see what I mean. When I draw elf characters, I base them on his designs (in regards to eye shape and ear shape/size).
* Laurana is an elfmaid character from the DragonLance universe.
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I remember that! I have some of his books and I read the series too.
My character does have almond shaped eyes but they are not the size of say, Wendy Pini`s elves. They are more proportionate and closer to what you`re used to. I could use the `not human`card on a lot of things in my fellow`s features, LOL, but I prefer not to!
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Thanx for sharing this helped a lot. I always have trou7\ble drawing human faces I could never get it right this helps me figure out a few things I was doing wrong and made a few things easier.
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Thanks - I'm very happy you find it useful 
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You're welcome - I'm glad you found it helpful!
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