Drawing Fantasy Characters Pt1 - Head Construction! (Elves, Horns, and Eye Patches)

Fix the Top 5 Head Construction Mistakes!: www.thedrawingcodex.com/fixyo...
Level up your anatomy and structural drawing!
A big part of the art journey is figuring out how you apply these concepts into your own work and style!
If you want to learn about the techniques I am using based on the Loomis Method you can check out these videos:
Building The Figure - • Learning To Draw The F...
Posing The Figure - • Learning to Pose Your ...
Different Body Types - • Learning to Draw Diffe...
Drawing an Action Pose - • Practice Drawing An Ac...
With most types of stylised types of art - There is often a mix of structure and perspective and technical drawing.... combined with symbols and abstract features.
Happy Drawing!
Tim Mcburnie
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[@HamizHassan-zb3zn]

I have been watching your videos and subconsciously I have also started to do bomp thing.

[@wa7pP986]

It always amazes me -- and serves as a good reminder -- that going SLOW is the best way to go fast. You really take your time to get the structure right and you draw lightly, constantly pausing to look at your lines. I tend to go too fast and by so doing, I quickly lose the foundation. Thanks for sharing.

[@oddysay]

I recently came to this conclusion. go slow - get it down. and repeat as often as needed.

[@oddysay]

All videos about exploring oddities ARE AN INSTANT LIKE! lets draw together

[@TheSmelzy88]

This video and many of your others have helped me improve my drawing is so many ways. I'm very thankful you've made this channel and I stumbled upon it. I've found my character drawing becoming more consistent and my process is becoming quicker by just understanding the foundation and fundamentals you teach in each of your videos. Thanks so much for sharing these ideas and techniques alongside showing us how you put them into your process. Looking forward to whats next.

[@EmeraldVideosNL]

Been drawing along with this one. Actually doing it really teaches me a lot about the structure needed to create character faces. Thanks a lot!

[@volticfamily2881]

I am thankful to you so much , i consider you my art teacher , thanks to you i saw huge improvements just in one week

[@karenvargas7804]

I didn't know I needed this video until I saw the title. It was so helpful, thank you for taking the time to share all of this 😊 I already know I'll be using the tips about the horns/ears line up often.

[@daniellucas6831]

I'm working through this Loomis book right now. It is helping. Great video.

[@shawnart101]

Alright bro I subbed, I'm really impressed with your lessons and such

[@aphexsib]

thank you so much for these videos! :)

[@MegaPieru3000]

Great 👍🏻👍🏻✨

[@user-ce6pg1dz4u]

The perfect ammount of energy at the beginning, calm enough at the lesson bit and a nice save in the editing at the end. 😂 Well done, sir! I’d like to see something similar for expressions and maybe for animals, too. (Constructive drawing for animals, that is.)

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Haha thanks!! Yes animal drawing videos are a great idea!

[@dragonfire810]

How to Draw Evil Fantasy Monsters Halloween Special such as Goblins,Uruk Hai, Orcs, Ogres, Troglodytes and Skeksis on October 31, 2023 ?

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Sounds like a plan! Thanks! I always forget about timely themes like this :)

[@dragonfire810]

@@TheDrawingCodex here’s the tutorial for you :kzbin.info/www/bejne/joakfaiIh9h9gsUsi=7mmKoLq_XU7vr09_

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Nice!

[@h0zynt735]

Thanks for your videos they are best complement to the "Damn Books"

[@thehackingdom2868]

Your effing awesome

[@clintthorpe9052]

Hi, Tim, just dropping a like and a comment for the Algo and I'd like to make a request: If possible can you make a video on leg construction in the near future? I greatly benefitted from the arm construction video you did earlier. Thanks for all you do and can't wait to watch this vid!

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Great suggestion!

[@smlc4407]

It would be cool if you have a draw along playlist

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Great idea! Leave it with me!

[@LVLwithART]

Awesome video once again! Looking forward to this series, any chance that you can do some weapon construction using this method in one of the demos? Thanks again, Tim.

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Thanks! Yeah Weapon Video is a great idea!!

[@nwrob1]

Lovely illustrations and great content. Ara looks gorgeous - is it available for sale? One minor observation - at least for me, it can be hard to process a lot of talking at the same time I'm visualizing what you are doing on the paper, and it's even worse if I'm drawing along with you. I can literally feel my brain struggling over which to pay the most attention to. I notice in the videos of yours I've seen so far, you lecture (in a good way!) pretty much nonstop through the whole video. You won't lose us if you give us a bit of room to absorb what you're doing on paper :^) Great channel though. I'm a new fan.

[@ratchetandchank8648]

Does the minor axis of the ellipse for the brow define the center line? Would the minor axis of the ellipse that splits the cranium in half vertically define the vanishing point for width of the face?

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Yes (if I am imagining what you mean correctly) the minor axis of the ellipse that runs around the head (think of the brim of a hat) will be parallel to the centre line of the face in three dimensions!

[@ratchetandchank8648]

@@TheDrawingCodex Thanks!

[@Art-What..]

Hi Codex..another great lesson. How's a city over grown/decrepit and people pull old rusty car's around with horses.

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Haha! Yes I still remember this! Good idea :)

[@souhi1027]

just as if you knew how much i searched "draw stylized with loomis method"

[@chrisaay5547]

Hello, Is your line and colour course for beginners?

[@TheDrawingCodex]

I think it's beginner friendly. But a few people have commented that it felt above their skill level. I have some updates that will hopefully help make it really accessible for absolute beginners. But right now it's probably more advanced than some would like. It focuses more on technique for creating line and color work... as well as how to get into a habit of drawing, but I don't focus a lot on the how to draw side of things (there is a lot more on the channel here that goes over drawing fundamentals). So I think some people find it hard to follow along with the photoshop/digital side of it due to their drawing ability still being undeveloped. Let me know if that helps clarify!

[@chrisaay5547]

@@TheDrawingCodex Thank you so much!

[@akbarramadhan2691]

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[@user-fn2vp1sw1h]

s) Tim Mcburnie you drive me crazy with the lack of focus ! Dont compare stay on point . One item at a time ! Use darker colored pencils for screen presentations ! Your voice is nice loud , This is what I say . I am a force of one !