Drawings of the face references

face 1:    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2fTNHS-wO3o/hqdefault.jpg

face 2:  http://art-educ4kids.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/6/9/8969100/2544862_orig.jpg?195

face 3: http://pre00.deviantart.net/350b/th/pre/f/2009/361/5/7/hugh_laurie_by_d6ominika.jpg

                       Facial Animation, the next step in becoming an animator. The task for this semester is to animate a character bust preferably that of a superhero. This is extremely appealing to me and there are endless possibilities which i will go into in a later post. Looking at a series of photographs was the first step in this process in order to learn about different face shapes, angles of view and overall whether a reference image is good or not. I chose these three images to express good reference drawings.
                     
                       Firstly we have a drawing of a female character. The angle of the head works nicely here and the cheek bones can be seen as well defined and strong. The ear also manages to get a great level of detail in it and one can see it quite closely. The hair is quite detailed and it is overall a powerful drawing. If i was to find fault with it, it would be in the fact that it is hard to visualise the overall size of the head due to the angle and so, further references of the girl would be needed.  

 

 Tom Cruise is nicely represented as a caricature. I looked at the idea of caricatures as they are popular forms of cartoon imagery combined with drawings which manage to capture the emotions of a character through their expressions and physical features. From newspapers strips to Satirical shows such as "Spitting Image" (1984-1996), the caricature has always been popular. To take this idea into an animation or modelling point of view may work well. Accentuating the features of a superhero or famous character could add an interesting twist to it. Obviously the lack of realism would be the major flaw in this concept. 

 

 Finally, Hugh Laurie's character, Dr. Gregory House from "House M.D" (2004-2012) is a character that i find to be extremely compelling. The character, although fairly ordinary looking, has had his complex emotions captured perfectly by the artist here. The image creates depth and is extremely three dimensional. The look of his hair, eyes and shading around the nose and cheeks all make it easier to use this as a reference to form a good looking model. This would again, need to be grouped with other varying images of the side and back of his head but it is still a drawing that I found to be powerful as characterisation and the pain of the character comes through in the expression on the page.