15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:15-20
“I know this was a lot of information” that was GREAT INFORMATION. Very useful, thank you. New subscriber here and I found this to very helpful in understanding angle direction when for faces when it comes to 3-Dimensional space.
I can do the Loomis head just fine, and other body parts to make a person out of forms. What I'm struggling with is adding eyes, and detail. Seem to be just stuck in Limbo.
Thank you for this informative video! I wanted to draw a poster for a book of mine, but had no idea where to start, but now I think I got the general idea, so thanks!
This was the best description of the loomis method I've ever seen. the only thing is i couldent find the vid he said he would make on how to do the faces. I done know if I'm just being really blind or like.. he never made it
Wow. I finally see why I have struggled all these years with profiles. because I was doing the same thing you were. the Loomis method. I see why it's so wrong. I love Loomis so much I have two huge pictures hanging in my bedroom. you're using the profile method of Loomis which appears to be done correctly but it is so wrong.. look how skinny your suggestion of the ear is ! and if you complete the ear there is no room left at the back of the head! . not only do you need another full ear width to get to where the side plane starts to turn to the back of the head we need a whole other half an ear to get to the back of the head!!! if someone who loves Loomis it breaks my heart to say the luminous profile had is horrible.. Truly horrible. you could never get a profile head correct using Loomis. And yet we all tend to follow it. it's the Marvel way for those of us who got into art because of comics. The peak of the head is not over the bank of the chin. the highest part of the head is even behind the back of the ear!!!! The Loomis profile head is a recipe for art failure! if you keep using it you'll never get the head right except from the front and front 3/4.. You always hear noises about how you should add a little bit to the top and a little bits at the back. but it's never explained how and where you should add it. because if you add it above the back of the chin it's going to be too tall. if you add height to the back of the head that will kill the rhythm down the neck. I can see very clearly now why heads are so hard. because you me and everyone have been taught wrong. Loomis knew how to add to add the missing top and back when he needed it. but the rest of us didn't. I heard in your other video you like to use the Steve Houston Sail method
AT 31 years old i finally got it. I got it... I was using the circular loomis method and then i discovered i had to cut the sides off.. that still didnt work! It was the grid method that worked, starting with a square or rectangle and then using harder lines to round it out. Suddenly my drawings look... decent. Now im on to hair. using loomis on developing manga style drawings btw. A western comic book- manga fusion style,
Ha I almost bought figure drawing for all it's worth but didn't quite have enough money and put it back. Damn I'm kicking myself. I bought blackwing pencils instead.
Such videos are very harmful because of making beginning artists thinking they are incapable and hopeless. Loomis method requires intuitively measure ratios and proportions by eyes what requires TONS of practice and experience. These "by eyes" ratios are crucial for balanced proportions what misses exact point you're trying to teach here : how to get correct proportions in any perspective angle. Loomis answer is "measure rations by eye in practice until it's correct " :) It's like math teacher will tell you "try to solve until you get it" instead of providing learning curve :) This method of "simplified" representation implies you ALREADY have corresponding "complicated" skills aquired. It's a shortcut on familiar map. Not a learning system. Loomis created this method having _decades_ of academical drawing experience he achieved WITHOUT and outside of his own method. It doesn't work for beginners. And redundant for established artist (like Loomis himself). Also drawing from the model/photo doesn't require nor geometry neither anatomy understanding to be done. What you see is just a bunch of colour spots. You could measure "raw" sizes and shapes of this exact spots by eye exactly like ( and instead of) "geometrical/anatomical" rations you HAVE to measure anyway (by Loomis method). No-brainer. You only need to be able to build perspective distortions/projections if you have to draw heads/figures _from imagination_. It was heavily required by "old" masters because of lack of models and references. But is barely needed (nice to have) now when you have tons of references of ANY pose online at your fingertips and/or virtual posers/models in your phone/notebook for something extra. And you will acquire corresponding skill to achieve correct ratios automatically by practice. You don't need academical drawing skills to draw just like you don't need deep understanding of music theory to play music. You don't need an academical degree in linguistics/philology to write a stories or poetry. It's just nice-to-have when you're professional. And RU-vid wouldn't help you with that anyway.
