Aging a face

REMEMBER: Gravity acts on flesh
The face and body have anchor points where the flesh is secured to the bone (red areas).  on the body it is often the bony joints, such as knee and ankle, or elbow and wrist.   It is the areas in between these anchor points that are most affected by gravity and "sag"(blue areas)

Young skin is very full, firm and full of water. it can hold a firm shape without too much sag. As the body ages, the skin becomes thinner, dryer and more susceptible to the pull of gravity.

Gravity on the face - This is a really good Demo! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzhCPIIIQyo&playnext=1&list=PL6B3D34D3E6C0FEBC&feature=results_video

Tips for drawing ages: http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/2011/04/few-more-tips-for-drawing-ages.html

Makeup – aging a face http://www.vfs.com/programs/makeup/what-you-will-learn/aging-and-character

Andrew loomis - 

Tangled Reference

More Thoughts on Drawing Different Ages  - from Mark Kennedy, and Part 2
Resources for drawing different ages

Assignment #7 - Expressions

In this assignment you will do 15 facial expressions for a human character
You may do a character that you have designed from this class
If you want to do another character not done in this class - check with me first

Parameters:

1) 15 heads
2) various angles and head tilts - not all the same (see examples below)
3) just head, neck and shoulders
4) one MUST be an extreme stretch and one MUST be an extreme squash (ex - yawn and pout)
5) expressions must be recognizable, readable and effective
6) character must be easily recognized as the same character from one expression to the next

please have drawings NUMBERED and posted by class on tuesday.

Due: Tuesday October 21st

Lackadaisical Cats - Expressions

http://www.lackadaisycats.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333

Expression - Demos

Here are just a few,
I will keep looking and post if I find some really good ones.

Mark Crilley – This one is pretty good - 3 male expressions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJtloDZXGMI

Stephen Silver – real fast- I like how he talks about improvising from reference– also talkes about pose book - an artist reference rescourse you may be interested in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl3eWxAyqfo

Expressions

The Key to Expressions is showing the squash and stretch of the features:

A face, whether chewing, smiling, talking, or just showing a change of expression  is alive with changing shapes in the cheeks, the lips, and the eyes.

Squash and Stretch is the only way, really, to show a change of attitude on a character's face and body to show that they're thinking and processing ideas and emotions. When you go from a Squash to a Stretch, or vice versa, you see a clear change of attitude that shows a change is happening within the character's mind.

It doesn't have to be an extreme change. Even very subtle shifts of a Squash to a Stretch (or vice versa) can say volumes. We all have seen an actor (or animated character) lift an eyebrow, or purse their lips, or just slump their shoulders, and immediately with that subtle change you know exactly what that character is thinking and feeling and it's more powerful than any more extreme change would be.

Mark Kennedy http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/2011/10/squash-and-stretch-part-one.html

Volumes remain the same:

The most important rule to squash and stretch is that, no matter how squashed or stretched out a particular object gets, its volume remains constant. If an object squashed down without its sides stretching, it would appear to shrink; if it stretched up without is sides squeezing in it would appear to grow.

When a person smiles, the shape of the face is determined by the movement of muscles underneath a layer of skin. During a smile, though the head seems to increase in size, with the widening of the mouth and jaw, it does not. The object is simply displacing its matter into the stretched shape. The most important rule to squash and stretch is that no matter how squashed or stretched out an object gets, its volume remains constant.

Watch for relationships between parts of the face:

When a face smiles broadly, the corners of the mouth push up into the cheeks. The cheeks squash and push up into the eyes, making the eyes squint, which brings down the eyebrows and stretches the forehead. When the face adopts a surprised expression, the mouth opens, stretching down the cheeks. The wide open eyes push the eyebrows up, squashing and wrinkling the forehead.

One of the best sources of documentation I have found on making good character expressions is HERE on Lackadaisy Cats.

Recommended readings

Some books (yes, old fashioned I know - but awesome nonetheless)  That have inspired me. and that I have read more than once:

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Thinks nobody told you about being creative  by Austin Kleon - about $7

"The great thing about dead or remote masters is that they can't refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work." pg 17

Practice Productive Procrastination" ... "The work you do whole you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life." - Jessica Hische (Kleon pg 64-65)





The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for life by Twyla Tharp - about $4

Training yourself to be consistently creative

Assignment #6 – Ashley Sanborn

Dr. Vanna Adamsen is a (xeno)biologist— her expertise is put to use when Earth is invaded by hostile lifeforms. Vanna's fascination with the creatures leads to her wanting to preserve them, and even coming to see them as better than humans. She ultimately accepts an offer to join them and become hybridized with their kind.

Garrett Hamon- Assignment #6

Dr. Dorian Goldbeak
Dr. Goldbeak was created from the nose of a disassembled god. He is a master of alchemy, and can discern all the different elemental properties of a material by smelling it. Dr Goldbeak's primary objective is to become a full god. His pursuit has lead him to the practice of capturing characters with heroic properties and using their parts to complete himself.

*I did the shaded version before seeing the instructions not to.

Rachel Sackett's Late stuff

I can't find my straights vs curves

Dutch Lady Chef

I really only put up the second one because I like her dickey pattern most. But I like the angry lady more. 

Wooden shoes in the Netherlands are actually only really used for tough work. Someone like a chef who spends a lot of time inside would actually wear buckle shoes. The Dutch traditionally eat a lot of potatoes and will mix in applesauce into potatoes and vegetables. 

I don't have any idea how to change the orientation of these, they're correct on my computer. 

Melissa Vance-Assignment #6

Line Version

Shaded Version

Evil Geneticist: Genetically modified as a fetus, by the (now deceased mad scientist) Evil Dr. Morbert. He was raised by said doctor as his prodigy, being the only experiment to survive. As a result our satyrical friend truly believes himself to be the next step in human evolution, thanks again to Morberts brainwashing. The evil geneticist now wants to change all of humanity into half human/animal hybrids, believing that humanity is too limited in itself. His genius intellect has made it easy for him to surpass human genetics to the point where he is very close to his breakthrough. He then plans on releasing his modifications into the water supply where it will directly affect the human genome, changing it to a "superior" version of what it is.
He also has a lovely pet lion-cat which he modified himself. It is his only friend. He's very lonely and looking for a female companion if anyone is interested.