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Now that I think about it... I *do* tend to use myself as a model. It's very convenient, considering that I'm always available.Jim North wrote:I may be wrong, but I'm guessing that you learned to draw people at least partially by looking at yourself in the mirror? It could be just a coincidence, but the facial structure of the characters you draw closely resembles your own.Keffria wrote:Also, specifically regarding Jim's comment: buh?
...But my only conscious self-insertion character is the Middle Step-Sister in the fairytale jam.
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Taking ourself for model...no...don't..know anything about it... *shoves his male characters in a drawer and lock it*
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What about for that umm picture for me and CJ?Keffria wrote: Now that I think about it... I *do* tend to use myself as a model. It's very convenient, considering that I'm always available.I wonder, don't most people do that?
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I often use my hands to model hands.Keffria wrote:Now that I think about it... I *do* tend to use myself as a model. It's very convenient, considering that I'm always available.Jim North wrote:I may be wrong, but I'm guessing that you learned to draw people at least partially by looking at yourself in the mirror? It could be just a coincidence, but the facial structure of the characters you draw closely resembles your own.Keffria wrote:Also, specifically regarding Jim's comment: buh?I wonder, don't most people do that?
...But my only conscious self-insertion character is the Middle Step-Sister in the fairytale jam.
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I often use your hands to model hands too.mcDuffies wrote:I often use my hands to model hands.Keffria wrote:Now that I think about it... I *do* tend to use myself as a model. It's very convenient, considering that I'm always available.Jim North wrote: I may be wrong, but I'm guessing that you learned to draw people at least partially by looking at yourself in the mirror? It could be just a coincidence, but the facial structure of the characters you draw closely resembles your own.I wonder, don't most people do that?
...But my only conscious self-insertion character is the Middle Step-Sister in the fairytale jam.
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Odd thing is, I draw my Avatar Pyro based on me, but its not because i look at myself. It's more like how I mentally view myself.Jim North wrote:That'd be Leonardo da Vinci. Supposedly, he was the one who actually posed for his own Mona Lisa portrait.
And it's actually quite probable. Many artists, famous and otherwise, learn to draw from the model that's always there with them . . . themselves. For some folks (like me, lookit teh avatar), it's a lot more obvious, but others end up subtly placing themselves into the picture by using their own facial and body structure to fill in the gaps here and there. Even if da Vinci really used a woman model for Mona Lisa, it's still likely that he used bits of his own face in there because he might have learned to paint and draw human faces from painting and drawing his own, and those certain lines were ingrained in his style.
Very nice point made there though. *starts looking at others works for resemblances.*
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Well, that's what I do, too, when I draw Jim for my comic. The reason why I figured Lady Keff must have a long facial structure, however, is because the vast majority of characters she draws has that same long face. Those who use their own body as a model draw those specific bits across the board . . . those of us who draw their mental pictures of themselves tend to do so only for those characters based directly on themselves.[AlmightyPyro] wrote:Odd thing is, I draw my Avatar Pyro based on me, but its not because i look at myself. It's more like how I mentally view myself.
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I find this statement to be correct.Jim North wrote:Well, that's what I do, too, when I draw Jim for my comic. The reason why I figured Lady Keff must have a long facial structure, however, is because the vast majority of characters she draws has that same long face. Those who use their own body as a model draw those specific bits across the board . . . those of us who draw their mental pictures of themselves tend to do so only for those characters based directly on themselves.[AlmightyPyro] wrote:Odd thing is, I draw my Avatar Pyro based on me, but its not because i look at myself. It's more like how I mentally view myself.
Woah! You look like my brother... only different hair... and older... and not as boney.Jim North wrote:Fah on dignity!
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And let us not forget that Keff is attracted to young men with longer facial structures, and allows her preferences to influence her art... ;>_>Jim North wrote:Well, that's what I do, too, when I draw Jim for my comic. The reason why I figured Lady Keff must have a long facial structure, however, is because the vast majority of characters she draws has that same long face. Those who use their own body as a model draw those specific bits across the board . . . those of us who draw their mental pictures of themselves tend to do so only for those characters based directly on themselves.[AlmightyPyro] wrote:Odd thing is, I draw my Avatar Pyro based on me, but its not because i look at myself. It's more like how I mentally view myself.
But that's rather insightful. I shall have to try to draw more rounded faces on certain characters.
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Young!? Long faced?! By George! I fit atleast 2 categories of her interests!!!Keffria wrote:And let us not forget that Keff is attracted to young men with longer facial structures, and allows her preferences to influence her art... ;>_>Jim North wrote:Well, that's what I do, too, when I draw Jim for my comic. The reason why I figured Lady Keff must have a long facial structure, however, is because the vast majority of characters she draws has that same long face. Those who use their own body as a model draw those specific bits across the board . . . those of us who draw their mental pictures of themselves tend to do so only for those characters based directly on themselves.[AlmightyPyro] wrote:Odd thing is, I draw my Avatar Pyro based on me, but its not because i look at myself. It's more like how I mentally view myself.
But that's rather insightful. I shall have to try to draw more rounded faces on certain characters.
Sorry K-Dawg... I'll post some pictures later to make up for the rambling.
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