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Published: 2007-11-20 10:42:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 310538; Favourites: 10744; 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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This one's a good guide, too. I like all of your "facial shading things" and they help me quite a bit. Thanks!
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Thank you SOOOOOOOO much now I completely understand why the face is shaded like that...
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This guide is so awesome. I have a hard time putting figures into geometric shapes and looking at this really helps.
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Thanks for this tutorial. It's really useful for a beginner like me to think of the face as a 3d object
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I need serious help with shading faces, and this will definitely help me
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Wicked awesome tips. Not just helpful, but cool to look at, too!
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This is very nice
It's very easy to "use" and it improved my shadow quite a bit
thank you!!
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Awesome shading, this could prove very useful.
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Wow, thanks for this; it might prove very useful
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*sigh* ive bin looking around for about an HOUR searching for shading tips!!! thank uu!!!!
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I find myself using this constantly lately. It's very helpful. Thank you for this and for all of your great references.
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This is cool and helpful in reminding me how it's done. Thanks.
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Thanks for this! This will definitely come in handy for me
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this is extrememly helpful. i appreciate it, thank you.
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hey man this rocks!!! i think i can learn how to draw heads from this. Thanks man!
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do the face planes apply to every face shape including that of the opposite gender?
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Wow, I've been looking for something like this for ages! ^-^ Thank you very much.
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It's kinda hard to determine the same facial planes at different angles. Do you have another tutorial or rescource that shows shadows at other angles???
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woah it really useful for me~
take it as my fave and thank you!!
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extremely helpful! thank you very much for uploading this!!
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