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Published: 2007-11-20 10:42:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 310436; Favourites: 10743; Downloads: 0
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Geez, uploading this to Scraps because I've already uploaded one too many facial shading things, I know.
But this includes the basic planes of the face, which might help some people figure out why the face is shaded in a certain way depending on the light source. So Scraps watchers of mine get to see this bonus material first. 
This was a copy of an exercise sheet I passed around to students in my latest character illustration class. The face drawings are mine - the students copied the basic planes onto the large face then shaded the six smaller identical ones in different ways.
I referenced the basic planes of the face off of one of Andrew Loomis's books, Drawing the Head and Hands.
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Nice help on portrait study even in non-illustrational area
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It's always very hard to find a variety of facial lighting beyond the standard 3/4, front, or side view, so this is awesome 
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Thank you for posting this! It's very helpful for learning how to shade with different light sources.
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This is very well done and it will help me draw people better. Just a question: In the upper right the light is coming from below, so the alar wings of the nose are illuminated, but what about the lower left? The light is coming from the back, so why is the nose illuminated?
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Wow, this really helped me understand with my lighting struggles. xD
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Searched for "shading" on a whim to find a face shading tutorial. Ended up here.
THanks!
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Thanks you so much!!! you have no ideia how much you helped me OvO
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Super useful; may have to pick up Loomis' book.
Thanks.
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Thank you so much for this, this will defintely help my shading
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ive used this too often recently to not fav it, thank you!
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Yes! This is what I've always been wondering 
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This is incredibly helpful! Thank you so much for making this
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Thank you for adding guide lines, as well as sections where shadow may fall
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I have a feeling this is going to be incredibly useful... thank you!
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Thank you, you have absolutely no idea how much this helped!! I feel like I'm finally understanding how shadows on a face work!!! So thank you so much for posting this!!!!!
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This was very helpful
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thank you thank you!!! It's been a while since I've drawn and this helped so much!!
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This is invaluable advice.
thanks you for putting it up.
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Oh, this is very helpful. The graph really makes it clear. Thanks, this will come in handy!
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