Andrew Loomis drew a variety of faces, including in his books. You are supposed to take the outline from the method and edit it to fit whatever face you want to draw.
@@simmersman9736 by adjusting the lines. for example he said in his book that the middle of the circle is the position of the brow. you could adjust it by making the line lower making the forehead look prominent
Yeah came in the comments to point out that Andrew Loomis’s book covered these questions. He encouraged learning the anatomy of the face as well. The book is free if you google it. I feel like this video did Andrew Loomis wrong. 😢
As much as a full video will help people need to go read the actual book, it covers lots of things that dont get mentioned in videos like how to use the method to draw other head shaps, women and children
I told myself I wouldn't invest too much time and money in drawing, that it was just going to be a fun way to relax at the end of the day... After a month of doodling, I saw myself getting better and better, I ordered more expensive supplies and now here I am bingeing this whole channel! I love your tutorials and your sense of humor, super easy to digest for this beginner. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us! This channel is awesome and I haven't left a RUclips comment in forever but I just had to let you know that.
@@nengelen Any creator loves to hear how their work affects the lives of others, that they're not creating alone into a void. I won't respond to you again, but it's poor form for you to hijack this comment to try to bring negativity. I hope you fix the sickness in your soul that causes you to lash out and bring cruelty and selfishness into a place where there was none before; perhaps it is a projection of your own malice.
You journey motivates me. Even it I draw for years, I am stuck to a certain level where I am not consistent. I guess I should think less about the result and just enjoy the process :/ Thank you for sharing 😊
Right there with you, I only started back in May, said "Eh, I have a pen and a few sheets of scratch paper a day for work, may as well". Then after a .month I caved and got a sketchbook.
Anderw Loomis himself in his book "Drawing the head and hands" mention on page 36: "Varaiety in spacing creates types In order to create differences in type and character, we may decide not to follow the basic measurements or divisions to meticulously. By varying the proportions of the three divisions of the face, we come up with a good deal of variety in the resoults. There are thousands of possible combinations. It is fun to experiment with them." So problem with Loomis method is not method but that most of people who use it or teach it use only most basic form of it. In his book Loomis describe many variants of this method, he describe separetly method for men, women, boy, girls and babies and for different types of heads and faces. I strongly reccomand everyone to read this book, it's avalable in digital form for free.
@@LoneRoverr I think it's on internet archive(down for maintenance right now). there are a couple other pdf hosting sites that will have it. if you get better at searching for things you will be able to find many useful anatomy and art books without having to be told directly where they are, research is a really useful skill.
You can still use the loomies method for anime/cartoons if you move the lines. I never knew everyone was doing the same measurements every time. No wonder y’all suffer from same face syndrome. Great video Mickey!
Thanks for the great video as always, Menschheitsgeschichtsschreiber! I think we would all love a full Loomis tutorial, but I'd also appreciate a video on how to do wrinkles on clothes bc I always have a stroke while doing them
The funny thing is that Loomis explains this in his book as well if I remember correctly. Anyways cool video Malte and late JoJo is definitely one of the best looking manga out there for these reasons. Early JoJo not so much
True but godamn Araki's art evolution from part 7 onwards was just beautiful, either that or monthly releases actually allowing him to be able to draw like that
Araki is such a great artist II have read some of his parts in JoJo I really need to catch up but his drawings are so pretty and I think that is why I am so obsessed with drawing muscles 😂
Yeah he does explain it. Before Loomis even shows the method he shows a variety of face types. Then once he shows the method he writes how shifting the lines leads to a variety of shapes and expressions. No one reads the book apparently.
@@fofo-boi4509 it's because everyone watches digitally nowadays and every youtuber follows a portion of the loomis method. however, these youtubers leave out the important notion that you do need to adjust the guidelines accordingly
Sir i have to thank you emphatically. I haven’t drawn in over 6 years. But due to my current circumstances I’ve had to find things to engage my brain. And because of you I’ve gotten back into art again. THANK YOU!
I draw heavily stylized drawings so I don’t really use the Loomis method because of how it favors realism drawings more. I use the box method which can also be a great partner with the Loomis method as you can just adjust the size of the box as well! Thanks for the video DLAS! Quality and informative content as always!✨
I’m not kidding when I say your tutorials are the best I’ve seen. I stopped drawing a few months ago and it’s been really difficult to get back into what once was my greatest source of happiness. Your tuts have been so helpful at helping me get back into anatomy, proportions, perspective and all sorts of other stuff! You’re very good at making efficient, easy to follow guides and I’m always learning something new on each video I click. Idk if this is a comment you get often, but I just wanted to show some appreciation for you and your channel :)
Yes! Loomis head method video would be really helpful. Also love the amount of effort in your videos! (especially considering you do them completely on your own. Super inspiring!).
Exactlyyyyyyy I'm a new artist and what I found to be wrong with the loomis method is just that - the realism. When I first started, I realized that I never really knew how to draw heads. I was watching one of PewDiePie's "drawing for X days" videos and he mentioned some Korean youtuber who does tutorials. So I looked him up, followed one of his tutorials and vois la, that was the first thing I've ever drawn in a sketchbook. That tutorial was based on the loomis method. Then I saw your video on it in the sidebar, clicked it and watching it caused it to become engraved as the first piece of "art theory" I've ever learnt. Then when I actually started drawing things I wanted to draw, specifically cartoon characters, I tried applying the method to cartoon faces from reference only to get frustrated. Great video as always.
I'm going through some of Loomis' books right now, and I would be down for more videos on Loomis' head construction method. But I also think it might be helpful to also just go over and summarize his thoughts in other books too, especially "Fun With a Pencil" where he is constantly playing with the shape of the head throughout the book.
Not only does Andrew Loomis' book "Heads & Hands" cover what you explained here, His book "Fun With A Pencil" also shows how to draw heads using irregular circles and ovals. (Though, more in an american-cartoon style). Andrew Loomis books are great, if you can follow them.
Sir you have just exploded my mind. I'm still new to art and I spent about an hour and a half yesterday working on a face using the loomis method and really didn't like how it turned out. (I was trying to draw a manga character with the loomis method.) After applying what I learned in this video I did a quick sketch in about a minute that turned out a lot better than yesterday's drawing and now I'm sitting and questioning life lol
Personally I'd like to see the full tutorial As well as a tutorial for the muscle groups like you did with the arms, chest and abs. But for the back, legs( front and back), and arms(back) kind of bringing it all together The anatomy breakdown and tips were the most help out of any videos I've found so far. While other videos make the details overloaded with clutter. Thanks for the great content!
i do really want an in depth Loomis method video. I did a draw along in your last video and it really turned out well. I want to continue learning about it since i love the art style of mixing anime and realism together
It's not that the Loomis method *is bad* ... It's how you *apply it!* When I was in college, we learned the loomis method and then learned how to apply it to our individual drawing style. (It's also very useful in animation, for maintaining continuity.) I (begrudgingly) learned it and have used it ever since. I say "begrudgingly" because, at first, I thought it was a whole lot of extra work that I didn't need to do. Later I found out that it was saving me time in the long run because I didn't have to keep going back and fixing my work. Now, I use it all the time!
I recently got your channel from my sister who loves the way you give tutorials on drawing characters. I am so thankful to you because I can draw characters after trying so much. tysm!!!! I really appreciate your wonderful work. Can you please make a tutorial on drawing Fantasy creatures like goblins, wizards, warlocks, witches and so on?? Please it would be very helpful to me after my sister decided to challenge me..... Thank You
Good thing this video came out in time, cause i recently started using the Loomis method and since it "works" i was close to believing it was the ultimate method
if not loomis for stylized, then what do I use? And thank you for saying that it's a case by case situation. I get gaslight into trying a method every time, then when explaining to the person how it doesn't work; it's somehow my fault and im "just not using it right" or get accused of trying hard enough. You helped me learn when to use this, it's more helpful than one may think cause I thought each construction method worked for everything.
also yes i'd love a tutorial on all the common methods of drawing faces, including Loomis. That way I can try each of them out with your video and see which i like best :)
The major lesson I learned from Loomis was simply that when drawing heads, you should conceive of them as 3D objects. e.g. for cartoony heads you can use an egg shape as base - but you should think of it as an egg shape, not a flat oval, with contour lines running around it (which greatly help with foreshortening, and with preventing you from misaligning features like eyes). I find it is useful to think in this way even when drawing a portrait from a reference photo.
as a beginner, it's exciting to learn some methods masters use when drawing/constructing faces and other human body parts. For me, the idea of knowing these methods is to understand the landmark and a base to measure the proportion. I really hope to see the full tutorial of this method! ^^
I think the problem (starting at 4:00) lies with these tutorials only teaching the basics of the Loomis Method. You can find thousands of videos on the Loomis Method, but they're all the same. Even the so-called 'in-depth' ones just teach how to draw the 'default' human head, without demonstrating its flexibility. As a result, people encounter difficulties because they’re limited to what they’ve been taught, believing that nothing beyond a 'perfect' human head can be drawn. In his book Drawing the Head and Hands, Loomis, on pages 36 to 40, shows how to draw heads with different shapes, sizes, and proportions simply by adjusting the lines (brow line, nose line, hairline, etc.). I’ve personally drawn heads with bizarre proportions using the Loomis Method in my practice sessions, and I’ve even copied portraits of people. The key is identifying the facial landmarks and adjusting the lines accordingly. We don’t need yet another video teaching the Loomis Method; we have plenty of those already. What we really need are videos that explore the flexibility of the Loomis Method, challenging beginners to create heads in various shapes and sizes.
3:38 maybe kinda embarrassing but this is what I've been trying for so long and I can't get it to work, it might be stupid of me but thanks for mentioning this because this gave me some damn needed hope xD
Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ ...Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’... Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role... Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first... Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals.
I love stylized but realistic drawings, theyre so cool. Ive been trying to learn art and i rly like drawing in anime styles but i also want to be able to draw real people and have it actually look like them, so ive kind of gravitated towards an srt style rly similar to yours!
I try both drawing and sculpting over the Loomis method and it works wonder. Of course it has to be adjusted for each individual but it's easy because with sculpting you are forced to master the geometry and anatomy. Transition to any other style becomes much easier
It depends on how did you use Loomis method in a correct way (even anime or realistic). Just training and practice it as part of drawing exercise about Loomis method. Anyway it's very great explanation.
I own the book of Andrew Loomis drawing heads and hands, and he plays with shapes and doesn't always stick with he measurements he even said it. Is actually a pretty good books that's helping to come back to art
I'd love a video on the Loomis method - I practiced along with your last video and it was so helpful. I like to view it as a tool, I guess like what you say in the video, something that is supposed to work for you, your way & just playing with it as a guideline I was able to get lots of different looks, that I customized to work for me. So an in-depth tutorial would be super cool to me - I understand if it won't happen tho if that's not the majority vote. I'm just of the opinion that more tools can't hurt the artist. Btw, the irony of using Tom Cruise as an example of perfect proportions & meanwhile his famous teeth - just makes it all the more true, no one is an exactly perfect model. Thanks Marcel for your videos - I wasn't challenged to grow my art style in over a decade, I just got complacent until recently I began experimenting again & finding your vids was one of the best things to happen for me. Every time I watch one I leave with a great refresher, a knew outlook, some gaps filled in for my foundation that I just never got around to learning & ALWAYS inspired. No joke, my art improves noticeably after every view. Already pre-ordered your book, can't wait! Was able to read the introduction in preview & I loved what you had to say - keep being you ✌🏻💚
I would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE a tutorial on the loomis method. If you would be so kind as to create one for this struggling artist here, I'll buy you a coffee
tbh i like how bridgeman suggests to draw the head. Just start with a square, attach some skull bits/face bits. I think what I use is an amalgamation of what i recently memorized from bridgman and an old and totally legit digital class from Scott Eaton. I find it much more specific and hence harder to get wrong than the loomis method, and I find memorizing the skull underneath helps tons! the more you understand the anatomy underneath, the more you can morph the face around it, i suppose, whether you're shooting for something realistic or otherwise. Sameskull syndrome is many times worse than sameface syndrome! the skull is the foundation of the face!
you are a amazing artist,M...................Mario,i love your drawing and your art style,you've teached me so much on the art world,i've seen every single video of yours!and every manga!
I would love a tutorial and on how to use the loomis method and also how to measure the proportions correctly on the face, I have trouble measuring where everything is in a scaled down drawing that I begin to create.
Its important to see the loomis method as guidelines, not absolute geometric truth. You could even take the three sections of the face and look at them as sliders to be shifted around. After that, its a matter of knowing the different ways the different features of the face can be shaped. Then you get to stylization.
Yea I think some people misunderstood that the Loomis method is a template It's designed to be modifiable and give you better proportions I don't think they don't like the Loomis, they just don't know how to use it. For example that one drawing using it 3:38 was just using it wrong. They were using the basic foundational Loomis when they should have modified the proportions to fit the reference That's why Its drawn the way it is, so you can modify the shapes to your liking but still keep proportional accuracy
i've never really used the loomis method, i've seen it and i know about it but i feel like you can get by just doing the two eggs method and dividing up the face with specific values and anything that falls out of line with those are considered bigger or lesser jaw or more eyes wideset or narrow or longer mid face etc. those face values are pretty easy though, it just takes a little memorization and you don't really have to really follow them that strictly which is a plus and it just generates pretty believable faces. the reason for the two egg shapes is one for the length of the face vertical and the other is the length of the skull in profile as a skull is not a circle it's a bit oblong, but you do have to kind of observe faces to understand that not every skull is exactly that, some have rounder faces, some have more square faces, some have more triangular faces but you can use your basic understanding of how to measure out a face so it doesn't look too cartoonish but yeah some people have really interesting skull shapes and faces almost bordering on cartoonish. but yeah i think you showed pretty much the issue with the loomis method when you did that side profile view and how awkwardly small the skull became in contrast to the face because you just used a circle, i used to have that issue of too small of a skull just drawing a circle and a center line past the circle to basically an arbitrary length to put the chin.
I think it would be cool to see an alternative to Loomis' method. I've seen a bunch of tutorials on it but, when it comes to anything else, they're like 'figure it out. IDK.' By the way, great video. You always make me laugh, Mariachi
FULL Loomis Tutorial:
👉 ruclips.net/video/A6KMT4Potss/видео.html
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Omg hi mario!!!! i love your vids! you tutorials have powered my entire art journey! I really appreciate the effort you put in your videos!
@@potioneddie6631 That's actually kinda creative
Hello Mars L! Really love your video, please a full totorial of this method. PLEASE-
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Andrew Loomis drew a variety of faces, including in his books. You are supposed to take the outline from the method and edit it to fit whatever face you want to draw.
How do you do that though?
@@simmersman9736 by adjusting the lines. for example he said in his book that the middle of the circle is the position of the brow. you could adjust it by making the line lower making the forehead look prominent
This was on my mind the whole video...
That's what happens when people start drawing with copying instead of actually learning
Yeah came in the comments to point out that Andrew Loomis’s book covered these questions. He encouraged learning the anatomy of the face as well. The book is free if you google it.
I feel like this video did Andrew Loomis wrong. 😢
Thank you Mitochondria for this amazing tutorial 🙏🙏
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Yes please make a full tut on loomis method. That would be cool.
As much as a full video will help people need to go read the actual book, it covers lots of things that dont get mentioned in videos like how to use the method to draw other head shaps, women and children
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Yes and also funny like this.
Yesss
I told myself I wouldn't invest too much time and money in drawing, that it was just going to be a fun way to relax at the end of the day... After a month of doodling, I saw myself getting better and better, I ordered more expensive supplies and now here I am bingeing this whole channel! I love your tutorials and your sense of humor, super easy to digest for this beginner. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us! This channel is awesome and I haven't left a RUclips comment in forever but I just had to let you know that.
How can I make this about me? I'll allow myself one sentence to not talk about me and mention the channel I'm using to talk about myself
@@nengelen Any creator loves to hear how their work affects the lives of others, that they're not creating alone into a void. I won't respond to you again, but it's poor form for you to hijack this comment to try to bring negativity. I hope you fix the sickness in your soul that causes you to lash out and bring cruelty and selfishness into a place where there was none before; perhaps it is a projection of your own malice.
You journey motivates me. Even it I draw for years, I am stuck to a certain level where I am not consistent. I guess I should think less about the result and just enjoy the process :/
Thank you for sharing 😊
Right there with you, I only started back in May, said "Eh, I have a pen and a few sheets of scratch paper a day for work, may as well". Then after a .month I caved and got a sketchbook.
Pls make a full tutorial on this method . I would really appreciate it😀
He has
@@yeashizzo yes but watch the full video first
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He already did it broski
He did it
A full loomis head tutorial would be wonderful, Marionette.
Maxwell is such a nice guy, providing us with the possibility of a full loomis head tutorial!
Anderw Loomis himself in his book "Drawing the head and hands" mention on page 36:
"Varaiety in spacing creates types
In order to create differences in type and character, we may decide not to follow the basic measurements or divisions to meticulously. By varying the proportions of the three divisions of the face, we come up with a good deal of variety in the resoults. There are thousands of possible combinations. It is fun to experiment with them."
So problem with Loomis method is not method but that most of people who use it or teach it use only most basic form of it. In his book Loomis describe many variants of this method, he describe separetly method for men, women, boy, girls and babies and for different types of heads and faces. I strongly reccomand everyone to read this book, it's avalable in digital form for free.
i think a lot of people don't read the book even youtube "teachers"
The problem with loomis is it’s too mechanical, too many steps, and too angular. A simpler, rounder method is better - something like Disney.
@@reginaldforthright805 It may seems complicated but for me it isn't, for me it is very helpful to keep correct proportions in different angles.
Where can i get the free digital book
@@LoneRoverr I think it's on internet archive(down for maintenance right now). there are a couple other pdf hosting sites that will have it. if you get better at searching for things you will be able to find many useful anatomy and art books without having to be told directly where they are, research is a really useful skill.
You can still use the loomies method for anime/cartoons if you move the lines. I never knew everyone was doing the same measurements every time. No wonder y’all suffer from same face syndrome. Great video Mickey!
I agree. I do the same.
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Apparently no one has read the book since Loomis himself explains how to shift things around once he explains the basic proportions.
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Thanks for the tips, Maximous!
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Thanks for the great video as always, Menschheitsgeschichtsschreiber! I think we would all love a full Loomis tutorial, but I'd also appreciate a video on how to do wrinkles on clothes bc I always have a stroke while doing them
What is the meaning of the long word? (Just wondering^^)
@@angillusions somewhere along the lines of "historian of humanity's history"
@@bautispidey8864 oooh okay thank you!
He has already done a tutorial about that
Yes, we need a full loomis method tutorial that'd be really great, love your videos bro.
The funny thing is that Loomis explains this in his book as well if I remember correctly. Anyways cool video Malte and late JoJo is definitely one of the best looking manga out there for these reasons. Early JoJo not so much
True but godamn Araki's art evolution from part 7 onwards was just beautiful, either that or monthly releases actually allowing him to be able to draw like that
Araki is such a great artist II have read some of his parts in JoJo I really need to catch up but his drawings are so pretty and I think that is why I am so obsessed with drawing muscles 😂
Yeah he does explain it. Before Loomis even shows the method he shows a variety of face types. Then once he shows the method he writes how shifting the lines leads to a variety of shapes and expressions. No one reads the book apparently.
@@fofo-boi4509 yeah like why do they think every yt tutorials talk about all those books? They're really good and the vids should be supplimental
@@fofo-boi4509 it's because everyone watches digitally nowadays and every youtuber follows a portion of the loomis method. however, these youtubers leave out the important notion that you do need to adjust the guidelines accordingly
the book that introduces the loomis method has a chapter about skewing proportions to make different-looking faces
Sir i have to thank you emphatically. I haven’t drawn in over 6 years. But due to my current circumstances I’ve had to find things to engage my brain. And because of you I’ve gotten back into art again. THANK YOU!
I draw heavily stylized drawings so I don’t really use the Loomis method because of how it favors realism drawings more. I use the box method which can also be a great partner with the Loomis method as you can just adjust the size of the box as well! Thanks for the video DLAS! Quality and informative content as always!✨
what do you use? please im desperate
I’m not kidding when I say your tutorials are the best I’ve seen. I stopped drawing a few months ago and it’s been really difficult to get back into what once was my greatest source of happiness. Your tuts have been so helpful at helping me get back into anatomy, proportions, perspective and all sorts of other stuff! You’re very good at making efficient, easy to follow guides and I’m always learning something new on each video I click. Idk if this is a comment you get often, but I just wanted to show some appreciation for you and your channel :)
Yes! Loomis head method video would be really helpful. Also love the amount of effort in your videos! (especially considering you do them completely on your own. Super inspiring!).
Exactlyyyyyyy
I'm a new artist and what I found to be wrong with the loomis method is just that - the realism.
When I first started, I realized that I never really knew how to draw heads. I was watching one of PewDiePie's "drawing for X days" videos and he mentioned some Korean youtuber who does tutorials. So I looked him up, followed one of his tutorials and vois la, that was the first thing I've ever drawn in a sketchbook. That tutorial was based on the loomis method. Then I saw your video on it in the sidebar, clicked it and watching it caused it to become engraved as the first piece of "art theory" I've ever learnt.
Then when I actually started drawing things I wanted to draw, specifically cartoon characters, I tried applying the method to cartoon faces from reference only to get frustrated.
Great video as always.
Thanks for this tutorial, Maurice
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I'm going through some of Loomis' books right now, and I would be down for more videos on Loomis' head construction method.
But I also think it might be helpful to also just go over and summarize his thoughts in other books too, especially "Fun With a Pencil" where he is constantly playing with the shape of the head throughout the book.
Not only does Andrew Loomis' book "Heads & Hands" cover what you explained here, His book "Fun With A Pencil" also shows how to draw heads using irregular circles and ovals. (Though, more in an american-cartoon style). Andrew Loomis books are great, if you can follow them.
Sir you have just exploded my mind. I'm still new to art and I spent about an hour and a half yesterday working on a face using the loomis method and really didn't like how it turned out. (I was trying to draw a manga character with the loomis method.) After applying what I learned in this video I did a quick sketch in about a minute that turned out a lot better than yesterday's drawing and now I'm sitting and questioning life lol
Excellent tutorial as per usual, Miku!
I will always appreciate more educational videos, no matter the subject, Magmar.
"15 characters, one face" had me dying😂 once I realized it was true
Personally I'd like to see the full tutorial
As well as a tutorial for the muscle groups like you did with the arms, chest and abs.
But for the back, legs( front and back), and arms(back) kind of bringing it all together
The anatomy breakdown and tips were the most help out of any videos I've found so far. While other videos make the details overloaded with clutter.
Thanks for the great content!
I've been trying to use it since I learned it through your video thank you MARCEL
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We dare not speak his name!
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@@NotJpTem DLAS (drawlikeasir) real life name
@@KAW-69you mean Michelle
i do really want an in depth Loomis method video. I did a draw along in your last video and it really turned out well. I want to continue learning about it since i love the art style of mixing anime and realism together
love your content Marshmellow, keep up the great work!
Thank you Maurice I would really like a tutorial on the loomis method since all your other ones helped me out a lot
I love all of your tutorials, Monopoly
PLEASE LOOMIS METHOD VIDEO PLEASE IVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH DRAWING HEADS MY ENTIRE LIFE AHHHHHH love your vids man keep being awesome
It's not that the Loomis method *is bad* ...
It's how you *apply it!*
When I was in college, we learned the loomis method and then learned how to apply it to our individual drawing style.
(It's also very useful in animation, for maintaining continuity.)
I (begrudgingly) learned it and have used it ever since.
I say "begrudgingly" because, at first, I thought it was a whole lot of extra work that I didn't need to do.
Later I found out that it was saving me time in the long run because I didn't have to keep going back and fixing my work.
Now, I use it all the time!
I recently got your channel from my sister who loves the way you give tutorials on drawing characters. I am so thankful to you because I can draw characters after trying so much. tysm!!!! I really appreciate your wonderful work.
Can you please make a tutorial on drawing Fantasy creatures like goblins, wizards, warlocks, witches and so on??
Please it would be very helpful to me after my sister decided to challenge me..... Thank You
Thanks for clarification, Marci
Good thing this video came out in time, cause i recently started using the Loomis method and since it "works" i was close to believing it was the ultimate method
Thanks for the new video Mitchel, I love your content ❤
I'd personally love a full tutorial vid on the Loomis method, simply because I enjoy your tutorials lol. Another great vid, Mitochondria, keep it up
Thanks for that amazing video Marco
if not loomis for stylized, then what do I use? And thank you for saying that it's a case by case situation. I get gaslight into trying a method every time, then when explaining to the person how it doesn't work; it's somehow my fault and im "just not using it right" or get accused of trying hard enough. You helped me learn when to use this, it's more helpful than one may think cause I thought each construction method worked for everything.
This video was really helpful, Thank you so much macaroni
also yes i'd love a tutorial on all the common methods of drawing faces, including Loomis. That way I can try each of them out with your video and see which i like best :)
Ty for this tutorial Margaret
Thank you, Marcel for making it clear to *not* use the Loomis method for stylized characters.
big thanks for this video, Mug !
A full Loomis method would be great, but also some video exploring alternative methods you know would be good too.
Thanks for the tutorial marcel
I've been getting the hang of the Loomis method, but I'm still far from mastering it. I definitely need a full tutorial. Thanks for this video!
thx for the tutorial Mahmoud 🥰
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The major lesson I learned from Loomis was simply that when drawing heads, you should conceive of them as 3D objects. e.g. for cartoony heads you can use an egg shape as base - but you should think of it as an egg shape, not a flat oval, with contour lines running around it (which greatly help with foreshortening, and with preventing you from misaligning features like eyes). I find it is useful to think in this way even when drawing a portrait from a reference photo.
Thank you Macarena I found the tutorial very helpful
Always love the videos mĩťçħ I’ve been watching you’re videos for 2years now
as a beginner, it's exciting to learn some methods masters use when drawing/constructing faces and other human body parts. For me, the idea of knowing these methods is to understand the landmark and a base to measure the proportion. I really hope to see the full tutorial of this method! ^^
SURE! please make a full tutorial on loomis method
Yes!Tutorial! Full Loomis Method! Yay! Thank you Sir.Marcel !
Thanks for the video Maui, we appreciate it
"Mobungolus" always has our back with the drawing tips. Im improving everyday. Thanks again "Marshal"
Thank you for the one day late birthday gift muad’dib
Yes please make a tutorial about loomis method. Also what kind of guideline would be best to use for stylized faces like in anime?
I think the problem (starting at 4:00) lies with these tutorials only teaching the basics of the Loomis Method. You can find thousands of videos on the Loomis Method, but they're all the same. Even the so-called 'in-depth' ones just teach how to draw the 'default' human head, without demonstrating its flexibility. As a result, people encounter difficulties because they’re limited to what they’ve been taught, believing that nothing beyond a 'perfect' human head can be drawn.
In his book Drawing the Head and Hands, Loomis, on pages 36 to 40, shows how to draw heads with different shapes, sizes, and proportions simply by adjusting the lines (brow line, nose line, hairline, etc.). I’ve personally drawn heads with bizarre proportions using the Loomis Method in my practice sessions, and I’ve even copied portraits of people. The key is identifying the facial landmarks and adjusting the lines accordingly.
We don’t need yet another video teaching the Loomis Method; we have plenty of those already. What we really need are videos that explore the flexibility of the Loomis Method, challenging beginners to create heads in various shapes and sizes.
3:38 maybe kinda embarrassing but this is what I've been trying for so long and I can't get it to work, it might be stupid of me but thanks for mentioning this because this gave me some damn needed hope xD
Can you please make a video on landscape
full Loomis tutorial will be awesome, and +1 for inking with a fountain pen looks like a black forest.
Thank you so much Marcus, Sometimes the loomis method doesn't loomis methods
Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ ...Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’... Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role... Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first... Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals.
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hell yeah!! I wanted to do this for a long time!!
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Great video!
Everyone would love a full tutorial on the Loomis method.
PS: The videos on the second channel are really nice
Thanks, Ma... Ma... Marcel
Yes please! Full Loomis tutorial 😊
Thank you for teaching me how to make manga and other stuff, I always watch your videos and I really love it!
IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE?!!! 2:24 (I was looking for that guy that yells it but i guess i'll be the substitute)
I love stylized but realistic drawings, theyre so cool. Ive been trying to learn art and i rly like drawing in anime styles but i also want to be able to draw real people and have it actually look like them, so ive kind of gravitated towards an srt style rly similar to yours!
Thx a lot Mario 😃😃
why there is still so many people doesn't know Marcels name?
I try both drawing and sculpting over the Loomis method and it works wonder. Of course it has to be adjusted for each individual but it's easy because with sculpting you are forced to master the geometry and anatomy. Transition to any other style becomes much easier
great job Marcel, you have succeded again to let me know how to draw. especially heads.
5:12 is that a german joke?
no. he is just trying to be self deprecating and funny but its not
@@811see pretty much.. besides, everyone knows he was actually talking about asians 😅
It depends on how did you use Loomis method in a correct way (even anime or realistic). Just training and practice it as part of drawing exercise about Loomis method. Anyway it's very great explanation.
Why dont you hire a editor, I think it would speed up your upload quantity
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He is just don't want to do not money
I own the book of Andrew Loomis drawing heads and hands, and he plays with shapes and doesn't always stick with he measurements he even said it. Is actually a pretty good books that's helping to come back to art
Am i late? Uhh 😐
I'd love a video on the Loomis method - I practiced along with your last video and it was so helpful. I like to view it as a tool, I guess like what you say in the video, something that is supposed to work for you, your way & just playing with it as a guideline I was able to get lots of different looks, that I customized to work for me. So an in-depth tutorial would be super cool to me - I understand if it won't happen tho if that's not the majority vote. I'm just of the opinion that more tools can't hurt the artist.
Btw, the irony of using Tom Cruise as an example of perfect proportions & meanwhile his famous teeth - just makes it all the more true, no one is an exactly perfect model.
Thanks Marcel for your videos - I wasn't challenged to grow my art style in over a decade, I just got complacent until recently I began experimenting again & finding your vids was one of the best things to happen for me. Every time I watch one I leave with a great refresher, a knew outlook, some gaps filled in for my foundation that I just never got around to learning & ALWAYS inspired. No joke, my art improves noticeably after every view.
Already pre-ordered your book, can't wait! Was able to read the introduction in preview & I loved what you had to say - keep being you ✌🏻💚
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Full loomis method tutorial. YES PLEASE
I would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE a tutorial on the loomis method. If you would be so kind as to create one for this struggling artist here, I'll buy you a coffee
tbh i like how bridgeman suggests to draw the head. Just start with a square, attach some skull bits/face bits. I think what I use is an amalgamation of what i recently memorized from bridgman and an old and totally legit digital class from Scott Eaton. I find it much more specific and hence harder to get wrong than the loomis method, and I find memorizing the skull underneath helps tons!
the more you understand the anatomy underneath, the more you can morph the face around it, i suppose, whether you're shooting for something realistic or otherwise. Sameskull syndrome is many times worse than sameface syndrome! the skull is the foundation of the face!
you are a amazing artist,M...................Mario,i love your drawing and your art style,you've teached me so much on the art world,i've seen every single video of yours!and every manga!
I would love a tutorial and on how to use the loomis method and also how to measure the proportions correctly on the face, I have trouble measuring where everything is in a scaled down drawing that I begin to create.
Thanks, this is really helpful. Will you also make a video of drawing unique faces and heads in different angles properly?
See this video made me pretty happy to see that I have been applying the Loomis Method correctly
A full tutorial on the loomis method would be AMAZING.
Its important to see the loomis method as guidelines, not absolute geometric truth. You could even take the three sections of the face and look at them as sliders to be shifted around. After that, its a matter of knowing the different ways the different features of the face can be shaped. Then you get to stylization.
While I don’t use the Loomis method myself, this is useful info. Thanks.
Yes please do a full video on Loomis and then can you do one on how to draw style cartoons I struggle with faces and heads so it would really help
Yea I think some people misunderstood that the Loomis method is a template
It's designed to be modifiable and give you better proportions
I don't think they don't like the Loomis, they just don't know how to use it.
For example that one drawing using it 3:38 was just using it wrong. They were using the basic foundational Loomis when they should have modified the proportions to fit the reference
That's why Its drawn the way it is, so you can modify the shapes to your liking but still keep proportional accuracy
Yes please. It would be great if you could do a full tutorial on the Loomis method.
Hey Marcus, please make a tutorial on full loomis method. It'd be awesome.
i've never really used the loomis method, i've seen it and i know about it but i feel like you can get by just doing the two eggs method and dividing up the face with specific values and anything that falls out of line with those are considered bigger or lesser jaw or more eyes wideset or narrow or longer mid face etc.
those face values are pretty easy though, it just takes a little memorization and you don't really have to really follow them that strictly which is a plus and it just generates pretty believable faces.
the reason for the two egg shapes is one for the length of the face vertical and the other is the length of the skull in profile as a skull is not a circle it's a bit oblong, but you do have to kind of observe faces to understand that not every skull is exactly that, some have rounder faces, some have more square faces, some have more triangular faces but you can use your basic understanding of how to measure out a face so it doesn't look too cartoonish but yeah some people have really interesting skull shapes and faces almost bordering on cartoonish.
but yeah i think you showed pretty much the issue with the loomis method when you did that side profile view and how awkwardly small the skull became in contrast to the face because you just used a circle, i used to have that issue of too small of a skull just drawing a circle and a center line past the circle to basically an arbitrary length to put the chin.
I think it would be cool to see an alternative to Loomis' method. I've seen a bunch of tutorials on it but, when it comes to anything else, they're like 'figure it out. IDK.' By the way, great video. You always make me laugh, Mariachi
You are god for me. You taught me everything, EVERYTHING.
Complete tutorial would be nice. Good job Malenia Blade of Miquella
THANK YOU SO MUCH FATHER MATRIN, THIS SOLVED 50% OF MY PROBLEMS!!
Marcel this video has helped me more than you know