Challenge #39: Upside down technique
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drawesomeTitle: Upside down Lin Chen
Artist: Mekare
Rating: G
Fandom: Nirvana in Fire
Characters/Pairings: Lin Chen
Content Notes: I‘ve decided that this one counts as a face-your-fear thing because facial features are always hard and always something I‘m trying to improve. The technique is that the reference is seen upside down, so the brain doesn‘t try to recognise a face and doesn’t replace individual features with generic noses, eyes etc. Interestingly, the exercise probably helped me achieve more accurate features when I drew the same reference the normal way in step 2! I‘ve started on a second try today and will post my new attempt soon.
Artist: Mekare
Rating: G
Fandom: Nirvana in Fire
Characters/Pairings: Lin Chen
Content Notes: I‘ve decided that this one counts as a face-your-fear thing because facial features are always hard and always something I‘m trying to improve. The technique is that the reference is seen upside down, so the brain doesn‘t try to recognise a face and doesn’t replace individual features with generic noses, eyes etc. Interestingly, the exercise probably helped me achieve more accurate features when I drew the same reference the normal way in step 2! I‘ve started on a second try today and will post my new attempt soon.