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Octavio Rodriguez: Making faces out of shapes....

Here is one of my methods to quickly knockout some shapes for faces. 

First I'll start to draw a bunch abnormal circles, as below:

Then use those shapes as the foundation:
To make these rough sketches:

Here's another example, just a little more dissected:)

Draw some shapes:



Draw the accents for the face (nose, hair, ears, etc...)



Ending up with this final result:
This process I find helps to keep you loose and also keeps it fun as you discover shapes you wouldn't normally create.  Because your focus is on the specific details from the beginning then looking at the overall design:)


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20 comments:

k.mediani said...

Awesome! Thanks for posting, Octavio.

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing this is really helpful :D

Raúl said...

Thanks, I found it really useful!

chromasketch said...

nice!

Florian Satzinger said...

Brilliant!

Dave said...

So helpful...thank you!

Unknown said...

Thanks everyone:) I'm glad you found it useful.

rad sechrist said...

That's really cool. I have to try that.

Mike Monroe said...

Great post.

Randall Sly said...

Awesome !

PJ said...

Very cool! Definitely have to try this out.

ibby k said...

Cheers Octavio. This is a very helpful tip.

Christian Alzmann said...

Great post! Thx!

Jon Hart said...

Thanks, its a great way to break away from our set ways of design and spice things up!

Brian S. said...

Just awesome! I always welcome new ways to dig my way out of artist's block.

Evan Bonifacio said...

inspired!

Scaloso said...

wow... thank's for posting !!

Justine said...

Thanks! This helps IMMENSELY!

Mark McDonnell said...

You're REALLY REALLY FRIGGIN' TALENTED by friend. Love 'em and your doodles.

Best,

MAC

Chris said...

I've been using this method more when drawing live caricatures, and find that it makes the compositions of two or people much more interesting. Great post! Thanks for sharing!