[Anaeriel]

Hey Guys

I have been busy on another child drawing and I would like some help and useful comments. I have been drawing child�s lately because I am working on a project which I shall call �AfterLife� for the time being. The inspiration comes from my brother who died nine years ago due to cancer. I want to give and insight into how the deceased deals with his death and not the people closest to him.

The child I am busy with is not my brother but merely a test to perfect the way you can draw a child. I have been inspired by Andres Loomi�s way of drawing and shading and have used reference for the way he draws certain parts of the head, his way of shading and his proportions.

I do hope to get useful comments and will keep you guys updated, at least, if you wish me too.

Greetz Max4d




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[Wren]

I think perhaps you should try looking at photos of children and drawing from those for practice. Pay close attention to how much larger childrens eyes are than adults (eyeballs don't grow much, we are born with them pretty much at adult size) and how the nose is shorter and how the head is more round than oval.

Children can be very difficult to draw if you are doing it based on adult anatomy. While the rules of placement don't change (eyes are still halfway between the top of the head and the chin, the mouth is still as wide as the area between the middle of the eyes, the nose is still as wide as the space from one tear duct to the other, etc) the differnce between the shape of a childs head as compared to an adult head throws a lot of our perception of proportion out of whack. But really once you get the shape of the head correct and the size of the eyes, the rest should fall into place.

By and far however, it is recommended that you simply draw lots of children (from life or photos, doesn't matter) to get a feel for it before striking out and drawing them from your own imagination. And don't just draw them facing full forawrd. Try profiles and 3/4 views too, those will really help you see the differences i mentioned.
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[Anaeriel]

[dingobloo]

uhh.... wooo pencil shading..

[spyders]

it's looking pretty good, but yeah, I think the facial proportions make him feel a lot older than a child, I'd put him in his teens right now. Wren pretty much said it all, the best way to make it look like a child is to make the eyes bigger, probably the face a bit smoother too, but I suppose it depends exactly how young you want him to look. The jaw is also not very symmetrical, not very noticeable, but it's there.

nice shading so far, but don't forget to give the eyeball a very light greyish shading to make them seem round.
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[Anaeriel]

Hey thx for the comments
This boy was planned to be around 12 years old.

Anaeriel

[Anaeriel]

[xzacto]

there are 2 main ways to get better.. 1 DRAW ALLL THE TIME, and 2 DRAW FROM LIFE AND RECORD AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

here is a good quote:

"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh." -John Singer Sargent
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[starglider2]

Child heads have usually their eyes-nose-mouth area concentrated in the middle of the whole skull. eyes are same as adult, thus bigger in scale.
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