#mirrinka

[binary-bird]

how old were you when you read the hamlet?

@mirrinka

around 18! 

here are some of my early attempts at drawing Hamlet:

he’s come a long way.

[bifacialler]

This is maybe weird question, but. I'm strugling with drawing faces. My problem is, that any method of admeasuring face can't help me .Is there anything you can recommend me to do it better?

…this is a first art ask I ever got, this is exciting! =))

You wanted an essay. Here is an essay.

Let me start with a preface:

Faces are complicated. They are formed not only by bone and muscle, aka the ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE, but the also exist as parts of HEADS, that are parts of BODIES, and out bodies are basically objects like any other that exist within the multi-dimentional space of perceived reality, aka SPACIAL POSITIONING.

Sounds terrifying, I know.

Good thing about it is - we all are unique, therefore all faces are unique! Before starting with anatomy and such, I think it is important to welcome this idea that this Uniqueness IS Beauty. Therefore every face, no matter the proportion, racial features, anything else, is BY DEFAULT beautiful.

Basically, when drawing a face, the artist’s job (especially if this artist is of academic school, or focused on realism) is to detach from personal perception of aesthetical, and focus on studying the beauty of nature’s design. There will be time for personal taste and creative decisions.

To break the rules you need to know what rules there are.

How to Draw a HEAD

(Mostly because you can draw a disambullated head with some of that shoulder action and get away with it. When you draw just a face - it’s… well it can serve a purpose, but there will be questions. It’s generally better to think of a face as part of a head, it makes life a lot easier.)

As it is customary, the process of drawing an object starts with understanding two basic concepts:

The base shape: if you simplify the object to it’s most basic 3-dimentional shape, what shape would it be (a box, and elongated box, a sphere, a pyramid and so on.) Out of which comes the next one-

Where that object exists in relation to you, aka the Artist, since you are the one who will be drawing it. You have the power. The Power of Perspective.

A head is an object like any other. And a head, as an object, is A BOX.

The basic proportions of the box - and I’m talking the commonly art teacher accepted medium - are:

4 units tall : 2 units wide : 3 units deep

What is a unit, you ask? Will come to that, when talking about points and proportions.

So we have a box, and it’s something like this. 

(Picture belongs to Stan Prokopenko, who is a remarkable artist of anatomical drawing, and generally a professional art teacher. I suggest watch everything he ever made, he has ton of stuff on anatomy. http://www.stanprokopenko.com/)

The grey line in the middle signifies the line of symmetry of the face. It’s on the front plane of box, in the middle. The box is much easier understand that a head with a face. 

What we do with the box? We rotate it in any possible we can come up with, while keeping in mind the proportions. It’s important to always keep those proportions in the back of your mind. 

Why we do this? Because this box will tell us about about the lines of perspective that will interact with our portrait’s features. As you can see on Stan’s picture, the yellow lines indicate which way perspective goes.

(Perspective is a whole another topic altogether that would require a separate tl;dr post, so I’m going to step over it in this essay.)

I took the liberty to use one of your pictures to illustrate, especially since you asked for some feedback. 

Overall this is a good drawing, but see how the orange lines start to stray away from the perspective the box exists in? By sticking to the directions the box helps us with, we can get rid of that feeling of something being crooked - becasue all the facial features will exist in the same architecture as the rest of the head.

Second reason why the box is our friend is becasue on the box we can clearly understand: okay, this side is facing the light, and this is the side is in the shadow. This is the break line between the planes of the object. 

But Ler, you may say, the face is curvier than a box.  

Yes, young padavan. Here is a trade secret: first we tackle the overall, and then we go into details. (then we come back to overall, then back to details, and so on, until you can’t find anything sticking out of the unity of the piece, and you can decide that your job here is done. [it is never done, but perfect is an enemy of good, and sometimes good is “good enough” and “as good as I can do at the moment which is still good”)

This may sound familiar, because it is - it’s a lot like the Loomis method, which is, in it’s essence, your good old illustrative version of academic portrait, but without the hassle of learning all skull bones and facial muscles and crying yourself to sleep.

See how he clearly identifies here the border between the frontal planes of the faces and the side ones? Look how is is not afraid of laying that tone on the sides? This is what I’m talking about. He got it from The Box. 

(I would suggest reading Loomis’s books in general, and especially “Drawing the Head and Hands”, where the illustration above is from. His method of drawing heads is quite good, and he explains it in a very approachable way.)

Now that we sorta figured out the head in space, and the box the head truly is, lets figure out 

Where Do We Put The FACIAL FEATURES

There are a few different school of thought on “where the features are” and “what are the proportions”, so I’m going to share with you how I work around them.

My personal approach is a mix of different methods, and years of life studies - as I explained in the beginning every face is unique and has different proportions, and the more “cartoony” and “caricaturistic” (is this a word?) the style is, the more those proportions are exaggerated. 

My approach to placement of features goes like this [unless I got a life model before me, then I measure with my pencil, old school style.] It’s pretty math intense, so buckle up.

1) [Purple] Cranium is a SPHERE. The axis of the sphere is your friend. Cut it in 3 equal parts. Add one part down - hey presto, this is the height of your head. [Remember the thing about the proportions of the box? These are the units I was talking about. It’s all coming together now.] 

2) [Purple] Eyes exist in the middle of the axis. 

3) [Orange] The protrusion of the face is *design* and may vary. Rule of the thumb: make it an arc, similar to what I did. The lower jaw corner falls into the same cathegory, but I prefer it to be on the same level as the corners of the mouth.

4) [Magenta] Mark 1/7th of the height from the top - that’s your hairline. 

5) [Red] After you mark the hairline, divide the remaining part of the height in 3 equal parts. Lower part is chin to root of the nose, the middle one is root of the nose to eyebrows (actually to the glabella, but let’s call it eyebrows), the upper - from eyebrow to hairline. this is the Rule of Thirds. In reality nothing is perfect.

6) [Yellow] This is the tricky part. This is where I personally mark the border between the frontal facial planes and the side ones. There is a general guideline on how it’s done, but it does require understanding the skull and the subplanes of the frontal plane of the face. In layman’s terms, go from the hills of the forehead down to the middle of the brow, around the eye socket, over the cheek bone, through the middle of the cheek (preferably on an arc) to the chin bone, not foregetting the chind also has upper plane and lower plain and yes, there is a break between them, rounded as it is. 

7) [Dark green] Back to eyes. They are also spheres. In the drawing above I marked them as “width of 1 eye = 1/5th of the face’s width”. This is my design (and also the “fashion portrait design”, but don’t get me started) . What is not my design is that the distance between eyes is about the width of one eye, very convenient. The distance between the ear and the outer corner of the eye is 1 third of the rule of thirds. (see point 5) Don’t forget: eyelids cover the eyeball like peel covers the orange. It has thickness.

8) [bright blue] EAR! Love ears. Their traditional space is snuggly in the middle third. Also their angle usually follows the angle of the nose. 

9) [light green] Nose and Mouth. 

Nose.Take your middle third. Divide it by three (approximately). The top part is where the dip of the nose is. For reference is about the same level as the eyes, maybe a bit higher. The nose itself is a trapezoid. The general width of it - the space between the eyes. There is a shadow under it, in most cases. When drawing from reference, pay attention is the root of the nose goes lower than the edges of the nostrils. It’s important. That’s where character hides.

Mouth. Take your lower third. Divide it by two. That’s - no, it’s not the slit of the mouth. That’s the dip under the lower lip. Take the distance between the eyebrows and the eyes, measure it, and apply from the root of the nose down. That’s where the upper edge of the upper lip is. The width of the mouth is very different, but I prefer somewhere between the irises. 

Oof, that’s about it.

If you are looking into indepth anatomy, I’m going to recommend the bible of all anatomy artists, Mr Gottfried Bammes, and “The Complete guide to human anatomy for artists and illustrators”. No better book was ever assembled. I wouldn’t suggest “reading” it, it’s dry as stale bread, but it has hundreds of illustrations that are pretty self-explanatory.

How to combine this whole knowledge together?

By drawing. Honestly, the rest comes with practice. Lots and lot’s of it. 

I would personally suggest downloading a million photos of faces, plugging them into photoshop and studying then step by step as per process above. 

Second, I would suggest making studies of separate parts of the face: mouth, ear, eye and nose. Break them down into basic shapes. Look at what covers what. There things do in, where they come out. 

Third. After you do your studies on photos, draw the faces you studied. But don’t draw them to minute details. Be as constructive as possible. Basic shape - ok. Hairline - ok. Thirds in proper perspective! - ok. Border of light and dark sides - ok. And so on. 

First hundred many look like crap. It’s okay. You are learning. Then things will get better. The more you draw - the better it goes. The more your drawing chakras open. 

I hope this was helpful. Have fun. Do art. Post art. 

[chaotic-bastard-demon]

@mirrinka 

I’m sorry, I’m pretty sure your boy is just wearing blue socks

[alty759]

I was tagged by both @letters-to-theo and @gecrgemackays to make a « dream summer » moodboard. Thank you it was fun! (And it forced me to discover how to make a proper moodboard, sweet victory). I put places that I’ve never been to or things that I never did but would love to do.

I’m tagging: @hystericalroger , @anneinneverneverland , @mirrinka , @asther221 , @imaginesbyme , and @khaires-rhapsody

(Sorry for spamming you guys XD)

[1917-blakefield]

Rules: spell out your url with song titles and tag 10 people.

Tagged by: @opossum-media-archive

Thanks for the tag I appreciate it :))

haven’t done this in a while XD

1 - Idk honestly

9

1

7

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B - Boulevard of broken dreams - Green day

L -Idk Man

A - Aces in exile- Sabaton

K - Keine lust - Rammstein

E - Eins Zwei Polizei - Mo-Do

F - Fields of Verdun - Sabaton

I - I am a poor wayfaring stranger - Jos Slovick ;)

E - End of the war to end all wars - Sabaton

L - Links 2-3-4 - Rammstein

D - Du hast - Rammstein

That’s a lot of German and history songs XD

Tagging:

@asther221 @anneinneverneverland @mirrinka

[mirrinka02]

G'day so this is my blog called mirrinka02 which is my second blog. My first is just mirrinka. So yeah.

[alty759]

Rules: name ten favorite characters from ten different things (tv, movies, books, etc.), then tag ten people.

I’m reaaally late on my tags I’m sorry! I promise I’m doing them all today.

For this one I was tagged by @hystericalroger thank you so much! 💚 This one was hard, maybe the hardest I had to do so far. Also I added gifs/pics too cause I think it’s a good idea.

Assassin’s Creed: Desmond Miles

1917: Tom Blake

The Haunting of Hill House: Nell Crain

Vikings: Ivar the Boneless

MCU: Bucky Barnes

The Lord of the Rings: Eowyn of Rohan

Game of Thrones: Sansa Stark

Hellblade Senua’s sacrifice: Senua

Warrior Cats: Ivypool

How to Train your Dragon: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

So I tag (if yall want to do it): @anneinneverneverland , @asther221 , @gecrgemackays , @en-aughra , @datfilmnerd , @imaginesbyme , @mirrinka , @khaires-rhapsody , @letters-to-theo , @blakeisbaby

[alty759]

Thank yooouu @datfilmnerd and @gecrgemackays for tagging me you’re so sweet I love you 🥺

I’m gonna tag as many people as I can: @anneinneverneverland , @insomgl , @en-aughra , @mirrinka , @1920s-obsessed , @imaginesbyme , @blake-and-schofield , @infinite-tom , @asther221 , @georgemackayshands , @hystericalroger , @letters-to-theo, @khaires-rhapsody

(I think many of you’ve already been tagged but hey that’s just MORE love)

I’m so glad I met all of you 💚

💞💞Thank you for existing 💞💞 Send this to 10 people who you think deserve a sweet and kind message in their inbox💕

Thank you babe😭 you’re to kind!

I’m just gonna tag people because this is my side blog😅

Love you all❤️

@mr-skyline-r34 @kitkatd7 @cheeky-foxx @chaoticpete @hermionesalvatore84 @salted-caramel-tea @babygurlbarnes @msgreenverse @lostinthoughtsandfeelings @thorfanficwriter

[alty759]

Hi! So once again I’m realllly late (sorry), but @letters-to-theo tagged me to list 5 things I like about myself, and then tag my favorite people to do it. Thank youuu it’s really sweet!

So it’s been a little hard for me to come up with ideas but I finally found inspiration.

1) I like my curly hair, even if it’s an everyday struggle to tame it.

2) I like simple things, I’d rather have a personal and/or creative birthday present than an expensive one (one of my best friends is an artist, and every year he draws me and each time it’s my favorite present).

3) I always try to be the kindest person possible, it might sound ordinary or obvious but that’s a thing I like about myself.

4) I’m kind of a mom friend, always checking up on my friends, planning everything when we hang out, making sure they’re okay.

5) I guess I like that despite the fact that my family tried to stop me, I persevered in the literary studies I wanted to do.

I think it’s really important to think about the positive sides of ourselves. If you can’t find any, it’s because you don’t look at yourself the way others do!

I’m gonna tag (if you want to do it of course): @insomgl , @mirrinka, @anneinneverneverland , @hystericalroger , @khaires-rhapsody , and @asther221.

[alty759]

I was tagged by @gecrgemackays, thank you so much!!

Icon: Baby boy, baby (Tom Blake)

My content: Basically everything I like, I’m too lazy to have multiple accounts so I just throw everything here (these days it’s mostly 1917 though)

Letter colour: Beige

Header: One of my favorite stills from 1917

URL: It comes from Altaïr, my favorite character from Assassin’s Creed 

My blog title: From a Starset song (Echo)

I tag (if you want to do it): @datfilmnerd , @mirrinka , @asther221 , @khaires-rhapsody , @schofield-n-cherries , @hystericalroger , @en-aughra , @letters-to-theo

[alty759]

Annnd @hystericalroger tagged me again! I am honored 😳 Thank you!

Rules: Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come up. Then tag 10 others to do the same!

So here we go:

1: Hurt- Johnny Cash

2: Thought Contagion- Muse

3: Aerials- System of a Down

4: Alone Pt. II - Alan Walker

5: The Lane- Lloyd

6: I Don’t Care- Apocalyptica

7: Leave a Light On- Tom Walker

8: Yellow- Coldplay

9: Legendary- Skillet

10: Telepathic- Starset

Pretty satisfied with how it came up...

I tag (sorry if you’ve already done it or if you don’t want to): @datfilmnerd, @gecrgemackays , @en-aughra , @letters-to-theo , @asther221 , @schofield-n-cherries , @blakeisbaby , @privatecooke , @mirrinka , @will-schofield

[alty759]

I was tagged by @gecrgemackays thank youuu ! It was an interesting thing to do (I’ve noticed our choices are different for the most part)

Rules: Choose between the two words and tag some people whose answers you’d like to learn about!

ancient or modern • bitter or sweet • chocolate or vanilla • coffee or tea • create or destroy • day or night • early bird or night owl • freckles or dimples • gold or silver • greek mythology or egyptian mythology • macarons or eclairs • hot or cold • thunder or lightning • typewritten or handwritten • secret garden or secret library • spicy or mild • dark magic or light magic • virtue or vice • ocean or desert • mermaids or sirens • known or unknown • rough or smooth • moon or stars • rain or snow

I’ll tag: @anneinneverneverland , @hystericalroger , @insomgl , @mirrinka , @asther221 , @imaginesbyme , @privatecooke , @khaires-rhapsody

[alty759]

@hystericalroger tagged me to post my top 5 celebrity crushes (a long time ago but hey I’m finally doing it). This is peak bi culture I loved it 😂

-Anne Hathaway

-Dean-Charles Chapman (oooh what a surprise)

-Joaquin Phoenix

-Tessa Thompson

-Chris Hemsworth

So I tag (if you want to do it of course it’s a pretty personal thing): @en-aughra , @gecrgemackays , @datfilmnerd , @khaires-rhapsody , @letters-to-theo , @zelda-of-skyloft , and @mirrinka

[alty759]

I was tagged by @hystericalroger and @khaires-rhapsody thank you you’re both so sweet! I’m sorry I’m so late with my tags but I’m slowly doing them all I swear. So this one was really fun to do, and I think it suits me pretty well so I’m glad!

Rules: Search your name on Pinterest with core or aesthetic (like « name core », « name aesthetic », « name core aesthetic ») and choose 9 photos to make a mood board.

I’ll tag (you don’t have to do it though): @asther221 , @mirrinka , @infinite-tom , @imaginesbyme , @insomgl , @anneinneverneverland , @letters-to-theo

[hamletandthegang]

Thanks for tagging us!! As there are two of us running this blog we’re going to do 5 each

We’re tagging @shakespearesmashbros​ @queenfoster​ @kittenstern​ @nerdycacti​ @minninugget​ @crazyflowerfreak​ @ellayouneedtostudy​ @outworld-skies​ @mirrinka​ @noodle-of-sunshine​ if y’all feel like doing this!

Tagged by the lovely @castiel-saved-me-from-myself !

Rules: post a gif from each of your top 10 shows, no titles. Tag 10 people

Tagging @consultingcupcake @kwat01 @smokeyloki @polygamoussquamous @yanderebeat @xdawnofthestarsx @its-all-ineffable @dearestdahlia @bekahsrebloggyplace @upontheshelfreviews and anyone else who wants to participate!

[alty759]

Quarantine tag

I was tagged by @hystericalroger again thank you so much 💚

Are you staying home from school/work?: Yes, my uni closed on March 12th and since then I never left my parents house (thank god their house has a garden). I’ve got online classes and it works pretty well for me, I’m just a bit stressed about how the exams are going to happen.

Who is at home with you?: My parents and my 14 y/o brother. 

Are you a homebody?: I definitely am, so this whole situation is not so hard to handle for me...that’s what I thought a few weeks ago, now I feel like killing someone in the house, so for the first time in my life I really want to go outside lmao.

Any event you were looking to that got cancelled?: Eurovision, E3, and a lot of museum visits I wanted to do during summer break as I don’t really have the time to do it when I have class. 

What movies have you been watching recently?: How to Train you Dragon 2 for the 3938493th time (and I cried again), Kingdom of Heaven, Extraction on Netflix, 1917 of course, Frozen 2 (I cried), and probably more but I forgot. 

What are you doing for self care?: Not much haha, I play Assassin’s Creed and as usual that makes me very happy so I guess it counts.

What music have you been listening to?: The Amazing Devil’s new album, Starset, Alan Walker (especially his new song Heading Home), the 1917 soundtrack.

What books are you reading?: I finished the most recent Warriors Cats book a  while ago (the most recent in France though, we just finished Dawn of the Clans so no spoilers please), the last book of the Assassin’s Creed series Last Descendants, and right now I’m reading a book about Norse mythology. 

What games are you playing?: As I said, Assassin’s Creed lmao, they’re my favorite games, they’re my life. I finished Unity last week and now I’m playing the first game again, good old times. 

I tag (sorry if I’m spamming you): @datfilmnerd , @gecrgemackays , @khaires-rhapsody , @letters-to-theo, @mirrinka , @asther221 , @anneinneverneverland