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can anyone give me tips on how to draw form? my stuff always ends up looking kind of flat. (yes i know the head and face are a bit confused) (i.imgur.com)
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[–] wieson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For me it helped to draw sharp angles, using lots of triangles to describe the lower eyelid, nose and cheek.

Also looking at a reference photo with strong core shadows and drawing the black areas first/ generally drawing with pure black, pure white, no gradient.